The Shifting Sands
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Lane West's book, "The Shifting Sands" is a "Grabber" right from the beginning; due largely to the visceral first person narrative used to acquaint us with "Aaron the Warrior." The author's impeccable visual descriptions titillate the reader's vision of the situations and surroundings.
"Lane West" is a novelist with extreme literary courage to risk unleashing such an extravagant imagination with carefree abandon.
Al Cairo.......(Veteran freelance producer, director and writer for over 50 of
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I began reading this book very much a skeptic. I critique horror, ("Steven King, Anne Rice and Dean Koontz) but "The Shifting Sands" was refreshing change of pace. This erotic love story with a mythological spin quite surprised me with the clever twists of plot and the excitement, frustrations and joy brought by love as it catches the unwilling heart.
There were times that I just couldn't put the book down until the end of the chapter and then I couldn't wait to pick it back up again to see how Aaron, Samanda, Kaybra and their army would handle their trials and tribulations, while all the time Aaron was quietly struggling against his rising desire for the beautiful Samanda who seems determined to provoke him at every opportunity.
The women in this book are strong willed, sexually charged individuals who are not left to the mercy of anyone or anything, in fact, they are capable of not only defending themselves but also taking what they desire.
I honestly wondered how everything would finally fit together, when it did it led to an ending that left me craving for the sequel.
Sue Harrod......(Literary critique "The Midwestern")
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
By: Victor Perillo
Former agent of Gary Coleman.
Current Film Producer and Screen-Writer.
Your author, Lane West, brilliantly transports us to a mystical methodical land upon reading the first page of this story. Then, without hesitation we are led into this world created by Lane that reeks of phantasmagoria, fantasy and eroticism. It is only through the colorful and descriptive writing of West, that we become so accepting of the principle characters and their plight. After the first page is turned we never look back to question, “Where are we?” We have been swept away on a magic carpet ride by the author to a land where women are the epitome of sexual dominance.
Aaron, our hero warrior can battle beasts of beasts, but cannot be superior to the comely and sexually radiant Queen. It would be any mans erotic dream to be scolded and dictated to by this powerful woman cat. If dominatrix empowerment be your whim, then the “Shifting Sands” will satisfy all of your desires.
“Fight the battle, stay true to your Queen and return the victor, then you shall be rewarded” say’s the Queen as she massages the bulge in Aaron’s leathers. With metaphoric poetry interwoven into every scene like a powerful aphrodisiac, West does not once tire us throughout this entire sensuous saga.
As one reads Lane West’s writings their sensuality becomes instantly recharged. That the belief that men are the dominant stronger sex no longer is so. Sigmund Freud would endorse this book on the basis that, “Sex controls and dictates our every move.” That the leading character represents the masculinity within all men and the beautiful, seductive and often chameleon-like Queen represents all women. “The Shifting Sands” dramatizes just how powerful the eternal woman cat’s dominant influence can be on mortal man.
In conclusion of Lane West’s colorful and sexually uninhibited writings, you will be resolved that this story does not linger in the world of “XXX, Cheap Sex.” There is too much poetry and human value contained within this literary piece.
If you explore West’s crisp on site visions throughout this book you will feel as if you could touch or speak to any of the characters at any time you wish. While reading, you will instinctively feel the hot breath of every predatory monster that looms around or over any given sandstone and dune on the back of your neck.
Discovering there really is no other place like it, one hesitates to put the book down, only to return to their daily routine.
“The Shifting Sands,” is in a category all of its own and well it should be, as this story is a welcomed departure from the typical romance novel.
VIC PERILLO