Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a Legend

eBook

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2022 by TouchPoint Press.

(1 review)

We are all given a space in life to fill, a roaring emptiness in time... and it’s how you choose to fill that void, that will determine the difference in becoming a man or a legend.”

That’s what my father said to me a few years ago before he walked out on Mom, Emily, and me. If I would have had any sense back then, I would have asked him exactly what that meant.

Instead, I’m out here learning it the hard way – dodging bullets and bombs while America is at war – my friends fighting back with all we have, while trying to keep these orphaned children safe and our dreams alive.

They call us The Risers. Well, okay... so we call ourselves “The Risers.” But either way, we’re out here doing everything we can just to survive and rise up from our nation’s ashes with honor, integrity, …

We are all given a space in life to fill, a roaring emptiness in time... and it’s how you choose to fill that void, that will determine the difference in becoming a man or a legend.”

That’s what my father said to me a few years ago before he walked out on Mom, Emily, and me. If I would have had any sense back then, I would have asked him exactly what that meant.

Instead, I’m out here learning it the hard way – dodging bullets and bombs while America is at war – my friends fighting back with all we have, while trying to keep these orphaned children safe and our dreams alive.

They call us The Risers. Well, okay... so we call ourselves “The Risers.” But either way, we’re out here doing everything we can just to survive and rise up from our nation’s ashes with honor, integrity, and justice.

Now, with smoky memories of a lost childhood, and the horrible, lingering, cardboard taste of MRE crackers (still left over from living in Dad’s bomb shelter), my mini army and me march forward, taking back what was once taken for granted.

But to be honest, I’m really just out here winging it. Wish me luck.

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Nerywood reviewed Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a Legend by Jacob Paul Patchen

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4 stars

Disclosure: Got this ebook for free as part of a early reviewers program. While I got this book for free I'm giving my honest opinion of it. Jacob Paul Patchen (the author) nor TouchPoint Press (the publisher) nor the company putting on the early reviewers program have any say in this review at all, and they didn't get a copy of this review before it went live.

This is a good book, which I could see a series or a movie from. The author provides enough detail allowing you to visually see the story. There are some points in the book that seemed to jump around, like they went from one place to another, but the author didn't say the journey took place.

There are a couple of small spelling and grammar errors in the book (like tied instead of tried).

If I could, I would have read the book …

Disclosure: Got this ebook for free as part of a early reviewers program. While I got this book for free I'm giving my honest opinion of it. Jacob Paul Patchen (the author) nor TouchPoint Press (the publisher) nor the company putting on the early reviewers program have any say in this review at all, and they didn't get a copy of this review before it went live.

This is a good book, which I could see a series or a movie from. The author provides enough detail allowing you to visually see the story. There are some points in the book that seemed to jump around, like they went from one place to another, but the author didn't say the journey took place.

There are a couple of small spelling and grammar errors in the book (like tied instead of tried).

If I could, I would have read the book in one seating. It's that good.

The pdf I got from the publisher however, the text size was very small. So small that I had to zoom in to least 140% to comfortably read the text. I did convert it to epub for easier reading on my ereader. I'm not sure if this was just a problem on my copy, but I hope it isn't a problem on copies that can be bought.

I have so many favourite quotes that I could probably fill this entire review with quotes, but I won't.

"We never saw it coming, because we were so comfortable looking the other way."

"Another useless piece of technology when things go dark"

"There’s no shame in feeling, son"

"Isn’t that how it all seems to work anymore? Isn’t that what Mom said politics has become? ‘Old white guys with money buying loyalties and moving pawns like a chessboard"

“Well, are you gonna just sit there and look stupid, or are you gonna shake my hand?”