Awake

Oprah Winfrey Network TV show host and #1 New York Times bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant calls Awake, “A visionary page-turner!" Akara is home to a civilization far more evolved than our own ... Long ago, on Akara—a planet in the Pleiades cluster—the Ravaging Era raged. It was a time of toxic greed, rampant warfare, and environmental devastation. Akarans were on the brink of extinction. Out of the turmoil, a critical mass of beings experienced an awakening, which sparked a spontaneous shift in consciousness across the planet and ushered in the Rebirthing. A thousand years later … Mobius—a candidate for the Discovery Corps, Akara’s elite space program—stumbles upon an ancient relic. The artifact reveals that a rogue space commander from the Ravaging Era attempted to colonize the Earth. The legacy of his reign now places Earth in jeopardy, and Mobius is compelled to try to save the precious blue planet. He embarks on a quest that not only unlocks his secret destiny but also points to the possibility of a mass awakening of human consciousness. A Rebirthing on Earth. About the authors: DAYNA DUNBAR is an award-winning novelist published by Ballantine Books. Her two previous novels—The Saints and Sinners of Okay County and The Wings that Fly Us Home—were selected for the exclusive Ballantine Reader’s Circle. Fannie Flagg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, described her first book as: “Beautifully written.… A funny and poignant story.” She holds a Master's Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica where she met Julia Nadine Padawer, her co-author on Awake, and began their creative collaboration. With Awake, she has fulfilled her lifelong desire to write a spiritual, science-fiction thriller. JULIA NADINE PADAWER is a former award-winning Madison Avenue advertising executive. She is currently spiritual and life purpose coach and intuitive. She is also a writer and creative consultant and collaborator. In partnering on Awake, she brought together her passion for science-fiction and her own awakening experiences along her spiritual journey, which have included spending a year in an ashram, living for three months in a Buddhist retreat center, and regularly attending 10-day silent meditation retreats in a Trappist monastery. She holds a Master's Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica where she and her writing partner, Dayna Dunbar, met and began their creative partnership. Get your copy of Awake today!