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Pratima's Forbidden Book (The Protected Books 1) Kindle Edition

by S. A. Gibson (Author), Terry Osterhout (Photographer) Format: Kindle Edition
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Pratima has been trained as a scholar. She is thrown together with William, the young library worker, to act in defense of the kingdom against strange weapons in the hands of dangerous people. Her choices will make or break a nation. Future India without technology is a wondrous land.

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"Well-written and loaded with interesting characters, it's no wonder that I was addicted to this one from the first page to the last." -Lindsey

"Pratima's Forbidden Book is such an exhilarating read! It will draw you in instantly and demand your attention until the end." -Chel

"A lot of interesting and unique personalities fill this thoughtful and methodical book" -DA

A fast paced adventure tale, Pratima's Forbidden Book will take you on an emotional ride.

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    203 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    February 22, 2015
  5. File size
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1. What inspired you write Pratima's Forbidden Book?I had a conversation with my spouse about what countries in the world would best survive a loss of civilization. We talked about India. We remembered that steam trains run in India even today. We thought about donkeys, oxen, buffaloes, and camels used for transportation. In many ways India might be best able to survive the loss of civilization. So, this story set after the collapse of modern technical society is set in Northern India.
2. What were the traits you wanted in your main character Pratima? I was most interested in writing about the interaction between the different cultures to be found in India in the alternative future of the story. So, Pratima was intentionally written to be an outsider. While she has lived her whole life in India, she is born to a family that originated outside of India. So, she perhaps brings an ability to see her fellow Indians with a different lens. 
3. What are some important themes you tried to touch on in the book?The education and emancipation of women is important to me. I want Pratima to be a young woman who attempts to always educate herself and other women. Science should be one of the most important ideas in the story. Also, the attempt to find peaceful resolution to danger is important. It is too common for people to think violence is the solution to all problems. I felt it was important for Pratima to attempt to stop enemies without killing them when possible. So, she trains the village women, at one point in methods of non-violence as Gandhi practiced it.
4. What writing style do you use?Pratima's Forbidden Book is written in third person with a few different POV characters. I hope that writing it in present tense will feel more action oriented to readers. I also added chapter notes at the end to give more detail about locations, technology or other information that readers might be curious about. The book is not constant action. Although Pratima and the other characters must constantly move to solve the problems in the story, the tension should rise and fall several times through the book.
5. What different cultures are represented in Pratima's Forbidden Book? Pratima is a mixed race young woman. Willam, her companion is a mixed race boy. There are Indians represented from Rajasthan, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh. Chizuko is a woman Samurai from Japan. There is a gay character and representatives of other groups that are not treated fairly by some characters in the story. The intersection of cultural differences is an important element in the book.
6. Which authors do you enjoy?I have read a multitude of Science Fiction novels. I most often read stories where multiple cultures interact with each other. I enjoy Luis McMaster Bujold (Barrayar, where Cordelia must confront and live with the alien Barrayarians), Sharon Lee (Fledgling, where Theo must learn about the Liadens and other space faring groups in her universe),  Sara King (Zero Recall, where humans must learn to live with the dangerous aliens who have power over Earth). Ryk E. Spoor (Spheres of Influence, where humans find that advanced civilizations control access to space). I like character driven stories about conflict and the resolution of conflict, with intelligent female leaders.
7. Are there other stories related to Pratima's Forbidden Book?   Once you have read Pratima's story you can read more adventures of William Way in A Dangerous Way, available at Amazon.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TKFFOSE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Protected Books; 3rd edition (February 22, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 22, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 203 pages
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S A Gibson is a doctoral candidate in the field of education and has studied communication and computer science. He has lived in Northern and Southern California. He has published articles and book chapters relating to computer science, artificial intelligence, mediated intelligence and human communication. His Facebook page is ProtectedBooks.

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    There's no question that this is a book with a diverse cast, not just in their backgrounds but in their characterization. A lot of interesting and unique personalities fill this thoughtful and methodical book. It's less about action and more about character study, which can be a nice change of pace and something you see less of these days. If I had a comment, not a complaint, it's that this is a book that felt like sitting down to the sort of banquet you'd see in a fantasy, with more food than you could fully digest in a single sitting. Which isn't bad, variety is the spice of life after all, but I felt that if the author so chose, we could have had a series of tales focusing on just a single character at a time. One whole book dedicated to a Samurai would definitely have it's own market, which may draw those readers back to see a story they might not have otherwise. Still, this is hardly a complaint, as no one is ever going to complain about too many interesting characters.

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