Here’s the set-up for Matt Xell’s Tower of Parlen Min (Book 1), just 99 Cents on Kindle:
Ves Asirin, an orphaned and introverted boy with a complicated memory loss disorder, wins a trip to the TOWER OF PARLEN MIN, the home of the wealthiest inventor of the time, Jacobius Trent.
There, with 19 other children, he must compete in the Sword Challenge–a series of intricate puzzles and daring tasks–for a prize of $12 million.
As dazzling, glorious and liberating as the Tower seems to be for him, Ves finds that it keeps a dark and secret history that he has been unknowingly connected to for over 150 years, a secret that will define his future and destiny … if he can escape the shadow: a powerful and seemingly unstoppable supernatural serial killer.
Two more in the series are available via the Author’s Page or Amazon search.
From the reviewers:
I’ve always been a big fan of games, challenges, puzzles etc. in books and this story has a bit of everything, as well as a great storyline to tie it all together. A lot of what Matt Xell decided to put his characters through was highly original and deeply engaging. There tends to be a lot of repeated content in books like these and so Xell’s take added some much needed originality to the genre. – Sift Book Reviews
Great price for the content, fantastic adventure. Ves, being an orphan and winning a once in a lifetime chance of going to the tower is still very cynical especially when it comes to meeting all of the other people in the challenge. But with his inability to remember a lot of things and being in this particular situation, it’s understandable. I have seen characters like him before, but never as the lead. It made for a very insightful view into a real guy’s perspective. – Crista “CubicleBlindness”
In this incredible story of young adult, speculative fiction the talented author, Matt Xell, does an amazing job of developing dynamic and unique characters and submersing them into a bizarrely beautiful and terrifying world. I recommend this book to Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson & The Red Pyramid series) and Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games series) fans. If you love these authors will ‘eat up’ Matt Xell’s writing. I know I did. – Amy M. Jones
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