The Seer

By David Stahler, Jr.

Rating: 4 stars

Reviewed by Noelle

This is the second book in the Truesight trilogy. We pick up the story with Jacob traveling the plains toward the city of Melville. Jacob used to live in the community of Harmony, where all the residents are blind and embrace blindness as a way of life. But when Jacob suddenly starts to be able to see, he finds that the comfortable community he has always known is full of corruption and secrets. When his secret is revealed, Jacob is forced to leave the community. But as he runs in fear from his home, he feels comfort in following behind Delaney, the talented musical apprentice who used to work under his mother. The high councilor told them she was dead, but now Jacob believes she is still out there, a runaway headed for the city. Jacob is picked up by an ex-mercenary named Xander, who takes him in and who, Jacob discovers, also helped Delaney. When they go to visit Delaney in Melville, they find she is being hailed as a new musical star and a virtual prisoner of the company who took her in. Jacob's continuing nightmares about Delaney make him realize he needs to be the one to rescue her from her situation. As Jacob and Xander lay plans to spring Delaney, Jacob becomes aware that his nightmares may actually mean more than he realized. Will Jacob be able to rescue Delaney? What do his nightmares really mean? And what is Jacob's destiny? This is a great adventure science fiction story, with a boy growing into his strength in a world that he realizes is in shades of gray, not black and white like he always believed. A third installment to the series is in the works.