ObesityHelp Editor K.A. Plouffe Wins Beverly Hills Book Award
April 22, 2013ObesityHelp Congratulates OH Magazine editor K. A. Plouffe for his recent book award! We featured a review of his book back in December and we are excited about his success! You can read the book review here.
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Date: 4/22/2013 Re: K.A. Plouffe, Author of Annie’s Odyssey — Winner in the Visionary Fiction Division of the 2013 Beverly Hills Book Awards
Today the 2013 Beverly Hills Book Awards announced their winners and Annie’s Odyssey by K.A. Plouffe of Mount Vernon, ME was a finalist in the Visionary Fiction Division.
For people who walk into a book store and ask themselves the question, “isn’t there more to life and where can I read about it?” the new up and coming category of Visionary Fiction may hold the answer and K.A. Plouffe’s books Annie’s Odyssey is a shining example of that genre. A book about truth, it also values innocence and wisdom and teaches its readers how to better live their life to the fullest while taking them on a grand and fulfilling adventure. John Milton wrote, in PARADISE LOST, “The mind is its own place, and in itself/can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.” Most people are fighting some sort of battle, and books like Annie’s Odyssey teaches them there’s no shame in the experiences life hands you, and great fulfillment can be found in finding ways to rise above circumstances in order to achieve dreams.
About the Book: Annie’s Odyssey - Annie dreams that pop singer fame will make everything right. But mysterious visions refuse to die and keep dragging her down. Each vision makes her feel more disconnected from her world and threatens to permanently separate her from reality. Then, rape and betrayal shatter her dreams entirely and drive her to the brink of suicide.
Late one night at a local beach the water beckons Annie. Just a few more steps and she knows the wet darkness will end all her pain. However, while teetering on the point of no return, Annie encounters the mysterious Esmeralda who, in a flash, initiates Annie’s amazing and brutal transportation from modern city to medieval land. There, fate recasts Annie as reluctant hero on a mysterious and epic quest.
Reborn into a world of wizardry and wonder, Annie befriends Rex, a sorcerer struggling with his own challenges. Together they witness a dramatic battle and birth, during which Annie receives a mysterious talisman from the newborn dragon, Holdfast. Set upon by a warrior Princess Zoila and her army of evil ghouls, Rex and Annie become unlikely partners. Thrust together by circumstance, they undertake a journey to solve the mystery of the talisman and help Annie find her way home again before it’s too late.
Along the way Annie and Rex are drawn into a deadly power struggle between members of the local royal family--a struggle in which Annie plays a crucial and dangerous role in the fate of all. To return home, Annie must solve the enigma of the dragon's gift, help two princesses defeat an evil monarch, and face the terrible secret that haunts her. Her time is running out as the world that Esmeralda cast her in grows increasingly unstable. If Annie doesn't face the terrible secret that haunts her soon, both worlds may be lost to her forever.
Publisher's Note: Lovers of Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of OZ, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Once and Future King Will Love Annie’s Odyssey!
About the Author: K. A. Plouffe is a retired Air Force mental health technician. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Psychology and is completing a M.S. in Counseling at Walden University. He is a writer with ZERO|END™ productions and a contributing editor to OH Magazine. He continues to work in the mental health field and lives with his wife in Maine.
Contact: Lauric Press www.LauricPress.com
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