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When fifteen-year-old Jacob Lau is pulled from the crumpled remains of his mother's car, no one can explain why he was driving or why the police can't find his mother's body.
Made a ward of his uncle and thousands of miles from home, a beautiful and mysterious neighbor, Dr. Abigail... read more
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Summary edit
A young boy named Jacob finds out he has powers more than he ever imagined
Characters edit
- Jacob Lau: A fifteen-year-old boy who grew up in Hawaii is forced to live with family he never knew he had in Paris, Illinois, after his mother disappears in an accident that leaves him with strange nightmares. He suffers from the bigotry from his classmates because he is part Asian/part Caucasian. He begins to realize that something about him is different when he meets Dr. Silva.
- Dr. Abigail Silva: A brilliant, seemingly young and beautiful woman with a doctorate in a specialized branch of botany, Jacob's neighbor
- Malini Gupta: An Indian girl in Jacob's school, quiet, smart and like Jacob, ostracized for being 'different'
- Dane Michaels: The school big shot, a bully whose family had lived in Paris for many generations. Dane torments Jacob as soon as he starts school.
- Phillip Westcott: Dane's 'sidekick'
- John Laudner: Jacob's uncle, who Jason never knew about until his mother went missing
- Carolyn Laudner: John's wife, can't stand Jacob.
- Katrina Laudner: John and Carolyn's daughter, two years older than her cousin, Jacob-as mean to him as the rest of the kids
- Gideon: Abigail's orange cat with a highly developed ability to understand humans and what they want
- Veronica: Jacob's great-aunt, now in a nursing home
- Lillian Lau: Jacob's Chinese mother, who went missing after an accident and was presumed dead
- Oswald Silva: Abigail's late husband, buried in her backyard under a magical tree
- Charlie Laudner: Jacob's father, killed in Afghanistan, disowned by his family for marrying out of his race
- Mordechai: watcher, fallen angel
- Auriel: A beautiful high school student interested in Jacob
- Jim Gupta: Malini's father, the only insurance agent in Paris, Illinois
Setting & Locations edit
- Hawaii: Where Jacob and his family had lived
- Paris, Illinois: A small town where Jacob lived with his uncle and family
- Manoa Falls
- McNaulty's
First Sentence edit
Death lived up to Jacob's expectations.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - The Boy Who Died
Chapter 2 - The Uncle Who Wasn't
Chapter 3 - The Memory
Chapter 4 - The Girl Next Door
Chapter 5 - The Lows of Paris High
Chapter 6 - Dane
Chapter 7 - Excavation
Chapter 8 - Ancient History
Chapter 9 - Heads Will Fly
Chapter 10 - A Possible Life Sentence
Chapter 11 - Moon Tea and Somali
Chapter 12 - A Girl Worth Fighting For
Chapter 13 - Not So Ordinary Sunday
Chapter 14 - The Other Garden
Chapter 15 - The Root of the Problem
Chapter 16 - Oswald's Rules
Chapter 17 - The Fight
Chapter 18 - No One Said Anything About Shots
Chapter 19 - This Might Be Cooler Than It Sounds
Chapter 20 - Birthday
Chapter 21 - Red Stones for Manioc
Chapter 22 - The Healer
Chapter 23 - Earth Mother
Chapter 24 - The Small Print
Chapter 25 - The Skeleton is Thrown from the Closet
Chapter 26 - Master Lee
Chapter 27 - The Search
Chapter 28 - Independence Day
Chapter 29 - Fire and Ice
Chapter 30 - The Hardware Store
Chapter 31 - Gideon's Passage
Chapter 32 - The Wrong Direction
Chapter 33 - The Dishonest Mistake
Chapter 34 - Fired
Chapter 35 - Apology
Chapter 36 - The Gift
Chapter 37 - Reconciliation
Chapter 38 - Taken
Chapter 39 - Malini's Confession
Chapter 40 - Into the Dark
Chapter 41 - The Other Side
Chapter 42 - The Emancipation of Jacob Lau
Chapter 43 - Showdown
Chapter 44 - Battle
Chapter 45 - Homecoming
Chapter 46 - Gideon's Challenge
Epilogue
Glossary edit
- Soulkeeper: A person with a recessive genetic abnormality that gives them the ability to fight the Watchers
- Soulkeeper's Staff: A branch of the tree that grew out of Oswald's corpse
- Watcher: Angels who defected with Lucifer, have fallen from God's grace
- Horseman: A warrior Soulkeeper
- Red Stone: An enchanted gem given by a healer that enables another Soulkeeper to see into the healer's powers, given when they will be separated for long periods of time
- Healer: A rare Soulkeeper able to heal others, detect good from evil
- Helper: A Soulkeeper with the knowledge to train a Horseman
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in The Soulkeepers. (standard series)
Followed by Weaving Destiny.
Authors & Contributors edit
- G. P. Ching (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 24, 2011
ISBN: 978-1460995457
Page Count: 308
Publisher: CreateSpace
Country: United States
Publication Date: June 24, 2011
ISBN: 978-1460995457
Page Count: 308
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: n/a
- Dewey: 813.54
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