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I Am Titanium: Pax Black Kindle Edition

by John Patrick Kennedy (Author, Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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With great powers come great mistakes…

Pax is a teenage genius. Learning how to contact the astral plane and communicate with a spiritual being changed his life. It's too bad he's dying. When Pax's astral mentor gives him a chance at life and immense power, he doesn't hesitate. All Pax has to do is help the astrals inspect Earth. Piece of cake. As Pax learns the astrals have their own agendas for his planet, he and his friend Scarlett's lives will be changed forever. And the astrals aren't even the biggest threat… Can Pax protect the Earth against beings who couldn't care less about mankind's survival? I Am Titanium is an awe-inspiring sci-fi/fantasy novel that will take you on a bizarre and mystical adventure. If you like heart-pounding thrillers, sumptuous writing, and earth-shaking action, then you'll love John Patrick Kennedy's unique and incredible novel.

Buy I Am Titanium to get lost in a strange, new, and beautiful world today!

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Indiefab Finalist -Foreword's Book of the Year Awards "I Am Titanium starts off strong, with intriguing descriptions of scenes and scents to go along with a fresh new concept in sci-fi, and maintains a fast pace throughout...I Am Titanium is an origin story for the next generation of superheroes facing off against an insidious evil." - Foreword Clarion Reviews "I AM TITANIUM is a terrific science fiction novel that combines thoughtful complexity with heart-pumping action." - Indiereader "...such an awe inspiriting novel; it gave me chills." -Readers' Favorite

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0100PHIMW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguined; 2nd edition (June 17, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 17, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1825 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 341 pages

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John Patrick Kennedy
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John writes on a Macbook Pro and finds himself hardly able to go a day without creating something, be it an idea in infancy, or one of the many novels he has going at any time. He is prolific and some friends say, even manic in the pursuit and perfection of his craft. He loves to rip wide open his readers' minds, showing them something--a world, a character--they have never read or experienced before.
John was born in Brooklyn to human parents. When John grew older, he discovered a taste for wanderlust and adventure. As a young man, he travelled the world with little but what he could carry on his back. He has climbed Denali, hiked the Amazon, and even spent a year in Japan, teaching English and feeding deer in the famous Nara Park. His love of Asian history and philosophy has led him to become a master at Jeet Kune Do and a practicing Taoist.
Awarded the Kirkus Star in 2019 for his novel, Plague of Witches. Winner of Kindle Scout in 2017 for his novel, Princess Dracula.
John enjoys feedback, and communicating with fans. Anyone can feel free to contact him via his Facebook fan page here: facebook.com/AuthorJohnPatrickKennedy.
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Jade Clark
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While studying physics in college, Jade wrote romance novels under a pen name to pay her way. She discovered that she was not only a very good writer, she loved writing more than science--more than anything, really, except maybe animals and sports (her favorite sports being soccer, football, and basketball.) Jade's love of sports has led to a hobby in DFS (Daily Fantasy Sports.) She also trains in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) to keep her mind and body sharp. Born in Romania, Jade often travels back to her country of origin to visit family and friends, but she's proud to be an American.
An opportunity to go into modeling took Jade away from her university life (though she is presently finishing her degree via a low-residency program.) She moved into New York City, where she lives in a spacious Tribeca loft with her best friend.
Jade loves animals and owns several, including two horses, a rabbit, a fish, and her best friend, a Siberian husky, named Vanessa. Vanessa inspired a love of wolves in Jade, which led to the development of her first novel for young adults, Weresisters, written with YA author, Shelley Stoehr. Jade's love of science led her to pen a second novel, I Am Titanium, written with popular author, John Patrick Kennedy. Her next project is an NA series, with the first installment, coming soon!
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Kieran Hair

Be Careful What You Wish For

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2015

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“I Am Titanium” begins with a wonderful quote by Lao Tzu: “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” However, it easily could have begun with the much better-known axiom “Be careful what you wish for.”

The story centers on Pax and Scarlett. Pax is confined to a hospital bed, and Scarlett is a young volunteer (also a hopeful writer and major Stephen King fan) who looks after him. Pax’s heart stops on a routine basis, and Scarlett’s heart breaks just a little bit every time she thinks of his aimpending death. Luckily, they have a solution.

Pax is able to contact the astral plane. While people on the internet with whom he shares his theories about the physics involved in such a world tend to think he is just a dumb kid with an overactive imagination, Scarlett believes him. And together, they agree that the only way Pax will be able to save himself is to contact his friend Terry (short for Terkun’shuks’pai) on the astral plane. That’s when Terry helps Pax with a most brilliant plan. They decide that, since his mortal body is damaged beyond repair, they will make Pax a new body out of astral materials.

Scarlett gets wrapped up in the scheme as well, and before they know what’s happening to them, the two have powers they had never dreamed about before. These powers, unfortunately, are too much for them to control. And the beings that give them these powers have plans that will shake the planet and everyone living on it to the very core.

Aspects of this story may seem commonplace, but the author’s take on them is absolutely amazing. Completely fresh, totally original, and one of the most exciting sci-fi/fantasy novels that I have ever read. Be warned that parts of this story are not for the faint of heart. While the characters may be teenagers, this is certainly geared toward adults. But anyone who chooses to read this book is in for one heck of a ride. It’s hard to imagine where the author may take the series from here, as parts of this read more like a standalone, but it should be interesting to see where the future of this series goes.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2016

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Not very heroic heroes but very human and therefore interesting, I wasn't thrilled with the book but I will read the second one just to see where it's going and will they get better. I'd say it was worth my time and did enjoy some of the character conflict even when they were being childish. Not a bad beginning let's see what happens next! Pax out!

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atomskeater

Good bones and an interesting premise, but it needs to be fleshed out more. I'd actually rate it between 3 and 4 stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2015

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Pax is dying, his body failing him due to a rare and incurable disease. His only solace is in Scarlett, his friend, and the fact that he can project his spirit into the astral realm. When his body is finally on the bring of giving out, Terkunshukspai (or "Terry") offers him a part in an experiment to see if humans are worthy to one day ascend to the astral realm. The plan to make Pax an astral being in the real world works, but not without some consequences. Now Pax is caught up in a turbulent world, humans who don't understand him, negative energy tries to assault him, and he has to worry about the final assessment of humanity's worth from the spirit realm, for in the end they might be his executioners.

The book has a great hook and gets moving with little preamble. This is good because overall it felt pretty short. That said I think there's a good basis for a series here, as there are many different "forces" all with their own unique goals and beliefs. The characters have some depth to them, but Id like to see more. Pax is shaped by his chronic illness and his mothers cold way of raising him following the death of his father. Scarlett is in love with Pax and following their ascension into astral beings has hope that they can be together and her drab life can change for the better. Terry and Lana are both astral beings with wildly different perspectives on humans. The writing style is pretty average. There's nothing particularly great about it, but at the very least the descriptions contain a good level of detail and there aren't crazy typos everywhere. If the characters were fleshed out more and given more realistic depths, I could see this becoming a much more popular series.

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Trip like Me

I didn't think I'd like this....til I did.

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015

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I bought this on a whim and decided to skim through a couple pages while I had a little time. From everyone elses reviews and the summary I really didn't think I'd like it.

Then I finished it. Like 5 or 6 hours later.

Any book that I lose track of time in is instantly a 5 star review. That's just a policy of mine. So on to the pros / cons

Cons
- The sex scenes are WEIRD. Almost out of place but man at times it got kind of trippy. And yes for any younger readers, there are quite a few of them.
- Some of the motives and actions of side characters didn't really make any sense.

Pros
- Fantastic characters with extra praise going to Pax and Scarlett. They are well developed and take you along for the ride on their shifting emotions. Scarlett in particular is one of the best female characters I've read in quite some time.
- The plot has fantastic twists. There were plenty of times that I found myself confused as to just who was really the bad guy as the bodycount racked up to a unbelieveable level. It all fit in with the story however and did it very very nicely in my opinion.
- High bodycount. Yeah it was in the bullet before, but i love stories that crank out a lot of death and destruction. And be sure, there is A LOT of it. From all 4 main characters. It's almost as if Dragonball Z decided to have a rated R rating.

I'm pretty excited about the next book. This was an excellent start and it really sucks you in and makes you care about what's going on. I highly recommend it.

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2015

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Interesting premise, complex plot, interesting characters. Well written. A good evening's reading. This promises to be a good series to follow.

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David B. Shaw

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2016

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Good Read

Anarchymedes

Like that Linkin Park's song

Reviewed in Australia on August 21, 2015

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"I wanna heal/I wanna feel/What I thought was never real/I wanna let go all the pain I felt so long."
That's the song I mean. Maybe I shouldn't be reviewing this book, after all: I'm probably biased, the whole thing being too close, too personal for me to be truly objective. It's just that when I love what the author is trying to say, I'm prepared to forgive a lot about how he/she says it. That's why I can't get enough of Robert Howard's Conan stories, and that's why I swallowed this book in a day, forgetting to eat. Let someone else pick at a somewhat dis-joined Lovecraftian concept of the Universe, the all-too-human Machiavellian astral beings, the negative energy with a mind of its own wanting to help, and so on.
I remembered my own acute leukaemia when I was 5, my own battles at school, trying to keep my integrity and self-respect in the uni – and I just couldn't put it down.
I'll surely look forward to the next instalment – and I freely admit that I very much want to see the main characters alive and happy at the end. They both are just too much like me, my old friends, the girl i still remember after 25 years plus, and my son for me not to care. I couldn't save some of them, so I feel for these. And all the marketing considerations be damned.

ScottyB

Good concept, has potential.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2015

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I enjoyed reading this story and think it holds much promise for future tales. Keep up the good work sir.

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Peartrice

Great Storyline, however...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2016

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I've given this book a three rather than a four star because while I like the storyline, Clark just jumps on the bandwagon of putting sex in to appeal to older readers. There is plot detail where when one of the character's astral powers are out of control, the only way to stop her exploding with enough force to level a city is, that's right, sex. There is on use of sex which is OK, however the idea that I mentioned before is just to far.

Karl Rudd

Main characters needed a bit more build up becaise I didn't understand or care enough about them when things started to go bad.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2016

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Had high hopes but things got twisted too quickly. Main characters needed a bit more build up because I didn't understand or care enough about them when things started to go bad. Didn't finish.

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