This book is not for the faint of heart!
When it started out, I wasn't too sure. I wasn't sure if I was at a place I could put forth the effort to follow what was happening. I'll admit it - I've had a lot going on. Going from one storyline to the next was almost more than I could add to my plate. But I'm very glad I did!
As I mentioned, in the beginning I was a little confused. But Meriel does such an amazing job of making each character SO different - in their thinking, in their surroundings, in their personalities - that it was much easier to keep them "straight" than I originally thought it would be (this is me admitting that I was VERY wrong about this book at first!). And then, she brings these characters together for a story unlike any other.
The amazing tale she weaves is one everyone that has a love of the extraordinary (spiritual) should read. The way all the lives intertwine with each other and with those that came before us leaves you wondering what comes next. And yet, she brings it all together so beautifully, so SEAMLESSLY that are are not left wondering for long.
She brings the words to life in your imagination so well that you won't want to put this book down. I highly recommend anyone to read it, even if you do not typically read this style of book, I think you would still find it satisfying.
More About The Book -
WHAT IF THE EARTH YOU KNEW WAS JUST THE BEGINNING?
A New York banker is descending into madness.
A being from an advanced civilization is racing to stay alive.
A dead man must unlock the secrets of an unknown dimension to save his loved ones.
From the visions of Socrates in ancient Athens, to the birth of free will aboard a spaceship headed to Earth, The Unity Game tells a story of hope and redemption in a universe more ingenious and surprising than you ever thought possible.
Metaphysical thriller and interstellar mystery, this is a 'complex, ambitious and thought-provoking novel' from an exciting and original new voice in fiction.
More About The Author -
Leonora Meriel grew up in London and studied literature at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and Queen’s University in Canada. She worked at the United Nations in New York, and then for a multinational law firm.
In 2003 she moved from New York to Kyiv, where she founded and managed Ukraine’s largest Internet company. She studied at Kyiv Mohyla Business School and earned an MBA, which included a study trip around China and Taiwan, and climbing to the top of Hoverla, Ukraine’s highest peak and part of the Carpathian Mountains. She also served as President of the International Women’s Club of Kyiv, a major local charity.
During her years in Ukraine, she learned to speak Ukrainian and Russian, witnessed two revolutions and got to know an extraordinary country at a key period of its development.
In 2008, she decided to return to her dream of being a writer, and to dedicate her career to literature. In 2011, she completed The Woman Behind the Waterfall, set in a village in western Ukraine. While her first novel was with a London agent, Leonora completed her second novel The Unity Game, set in New York City and on a distant planet.
Leonora currently lives in Barcelona and London and has two children. She is working on her third novel.
