When a young sixteen year old Sophie and Alex meet through painful circumstances, they realise they have more in common than they would have ever thought Both having suffered abandonment, loneliness and bullying together a difficult journey of discovery begins. As those whose eyes are open know, todays world is full of selfishness, greed and pain. Suffering of human and animal kind, as well as our beautiful planet earth is reality. However, after so many destructive, pain filled yesterdays, the arrival of a particular tomorrow could at last bring hope to those of us who need it. The awakening of the Dragonfly.Through a series of coincidental events, Sophie, a troubled, quiet teenage girl, is discovered unconscious by Alex, a lonely and bullied teenage boy returning from another challenging day of school. The location of her discovery a place that's true purpose was long forgotten, Dragonfly Manor, the home of the dragonfly. The unexpectedly, splendidly, wonderfully perfect of homes, which was once found in every village, in every town, in every city, in every country, on every island on our wonderful planet Earth, greeted you with its lovingly made red iron, flower covered decorative garden gate and its gorgeously red wobbly cobbly footpath. Each wobble and cobble was framed by a display of flowers of every shape, colour and smell your mind could conjure up. Its perfectly formed incredibly inviting bright red front door, with its completely oppositely crooked windows, gave the unexpectedly, splendidly, wonderfully perfect home its most inviting of smiles. And on the inside, well, needless to say, those who were lucky enough to be invited in were not disappointed.Discovering they are connected in a most unexpected way, with help from a quirky grandmother, a loving mother and new human and animals friends, Sophie and Alex's journey painfully reveals the impossible truth of who they really are. Battling physical obstacles, their own minds, each other and their grasp on what is real, they fight to get to where they have to be.Time is of the essence. Although they don't know it, Alex and Sophie have become involved in a race. The moment they touch, an old, beyond old duo, sense a change, in the very place they thought would bring them control of the dragonfly and its power, the very same duo who were responsible for the disappearance of every one of the dragonfly homes and their dragonflies. A spark of life they had long forgotten returned in an instant. With a twisted hope, they sensed freedom from their prison and that the time was close for them to gain what they had carried out countless evil acts to gain. The power of the dragonfly.This is the first book in a trilogy. Book two is being edited at present, book three being written. There will also be a collection of short stories(c) 2019 I.A.W.Offor. All Rights Reserved.
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