The Eyes of Death concerns psychic powers, which, probably, most people in the world believe to be real, although most people in the West think of as imaginary. Therefore, it could be classed as either Non-Fiction-Body Mind and spirit or Fiction-Fantasy. However, The Eyes of Death is a book written in the third-person singular, the main character of which is Hannah Powers, who lives in the ‘preppy-type’ city of Evanston north of Chicago.
The general atmosphere of the novel is tense, as if something is always just about to happen. And it does too, an early example of which is an attempted armed robbery on a small shop and the tragic consequences of it. Hannah also becomes aware of her psychic powers but is to some extent confused and disappointed by them, because she cannot help the people who are the subject of her Second Sight. In fact, she begins to think that she must be mentally ill, or at least, mentally damaged, but there is no medical evidence for this. Hannah seems to find her new life with psychic powers both frightening, lonely, and very sad, because she can do nothing to help the people, whose future she has foreseen.In the end, it’s either her sanity or acceptance of her psychic power and live with the fact she can do nothing about saving people’s lives. She must choose.
Review of The Eyes of Death
“If you are intrigued by paranormal activity or have an interest in the inexplicable, this is a good novel for you. I am personally fascinated by those stories about seeing, feeling or investigating the hereafter. I am a believer in the power of perception and premonition, so this book got my attention from the beginning.”
“Donald is magnificent in introducing characters and scenes to the reader. So many details, so descriptive, it makes you feel you are there, an observant. Colors, textures, flavors, scents fill this book as a passing movie, more than an obsolete group of words.”
“One of my favorite introduction to a character is the description of Gwyneth. “Not quite an Eileen Ford model, but close – her ashy skin, like a corpse’s, caused her eyes to appear like a bright light snow, similar to an aurora.” Splendid!!
“Hannah’s character and her interaction with Jake and Ashley are not short of the same kind of writing.”
“I recommend this Book, not only for the story itself, but also for the richness of the writing.”
Dr. Sam Vaseghi
Executive Editor, Wisehouse AB
Excerpts
“Hannah looked slightly above Emily’s white casket. She saw a white-gray ghost image that radiated around the casket. It formed a perfect outline of the casket. Hannah looked directly at Emily. She saw no outlines. She looked at others attending the funeral. She saw no outlines. She looked above them. She saw the white-gray ghost image that radiated around and faultlessly outlined them.”
“Glass windows laced one side of the Erie Evanston-Skokie Health Center on Hartrey Avenue. Down the brightly naturally lit hallway large rounded lights in the ceiling accentuated the light. In an office off the hallway, a finger struck computer keys, one-after-another. A file opened on the computer monitor. Jake said, “Mild head trauma. Grade one, mild concussion. Examined immediately and at five-minute intervals for the development of mental status abnormalities or post-concussive symptoms.” Jake struck the computer keys again.”
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Author
Donald L. Vasicek is an award-winning writer/filmmaker. He has written, ghostwritten and
Don is the founder and owner of Olympus Films+, LLC, a global writing, filmmaking and consulting company, in business since 1993.
Don studied producing, directing and line producing at the Hollywood Film Institute and at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. He studied screenwriting at The Complete Screenplay, Inc., with Sally Merlin (”White Squall”, “Short Circuit”), as his mentor.
Don has acted in 20th Century Fox’s “Die Hard with a Vengeance”, NBC’s Mystery of “Flight 1501″, ABC’s “Father Dowling”, and Angel Street Films LLC’s “Running Horses.”
These activities have resulted in Don’s involvement in over 100 movies during the past 25 years, from major studios to independent films.
His documentary film, “The Sand Creek Massacre” won best film at three film festivals. It was recently catalogued into Smithsonian Institute Libraries. Films Media Group, the largest educational video distributor in the world, is distributing the film.
Don has also written, directed and produced “Faces”, “Oh, The Places You Can Do….”, acted as a writer consultant for MGM’s “Warriors of Virtue”, American Pictures’ “The Lost Heart” and “Born to Kill”, story credit for Incline Productions Inc.’s “Born to Win”, Executive Producer for Pamela Cuming’s film, “The Road Home,” and actor in Angel Street Films LLC’s “Running Horses.”
Don also has written, ghost written and published over 500 books, short stories, and articles, including his first novel, “The Real Ghost”, which won the Waldorf Best Book Publishing Award and has been published by Waldorf Publishing. His podcast, Just Write It! is on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio and his writing blog can be accessed at http://www.donvasicek.com.