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REVIEWING TODAY: THE KNOWING – J.B. STRATON’S STORY BY BRIT LUNDEN

The Knowing – J.B. Straton’s Story is a sequel/prequel or just plain accessory to Brit Lunden’s earlier work: Bulwark – A Paranormal Thriller. Ms. Lunden plans to include this follow-up in a series that will together comprise her Bulwark Anthology. As such, it may technically stand alone as a long short story, or as a short novella, but in either case it derives most of its depth and appreciation from its relationship to the earlier, foundational book. Bulwark was a fast-paced, concisely written story about horrible, supernatural events taking place in a small town. It included a cast of several memorable characters, one of whom was J.B. Straton, an old widower who rescued two stranded tourists from immersion in a supernatural event.

In The Knowing – J.B. Stratons’s Story, Brit Lunden returns to the locale of Bulwark and its referenced earlier events in order to play a memory sequence detailing the history of J.B. Straton as a young man in love with the woman mentioned, whose death made him a bereaved widower. This reconstruction of his life does not qualify as paranormal (if that is what the reader seeks) but does fill in and deepen the reader’s understanding of an important character. Authors are inclined to do this quite frequently these days. Fans often encourage them to write additional material for the purpose of extending and thickening a story with a plot and characters they like. J.B. Straton’s story is a romance, however, not the paranormal thriller from which it derives. One should keep this in mind when approaching Volume 1 of A Bulwark Anthology.

Joel R. Dennstedt – Top Reviewer for Readers’ Favorite

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