A Life Transparent

Donovan Candle is an average guy living a painfully normal life with his wife Donna and their house cat Mr. Precious Paws. By day he toils as a telemarketer while clinging to a dying hope of becoming a successful author. But that changes one morning when Donovan awakens to find he is afflicted with a bizarre transparency and visions of a monochromatic world. No one notices his fading self-not even his wife-and by the end of the week, Donovan is at his wits’ end. During a telemarketing call, he confesses to a stranger, “If something doesn’t happen to me soon, I’m just going to disappear for good.” That evening he arrives home to discover his wife is missing. The phone rings, and on the line is a man who refers to himself as Aleister Dullington-the same man to whom Donovan made his confession. It is with his introduction that Donovan begins an endeavor to save not just his wife but his own existence, and in doing so he will learn the meaning-and danger-of a life transparent.

A Life Transparent is at once inspirational and concrete. Rich in details, rife with witty
dialogue and surreal, chilling events, this novel is a fast-paced, quick, enjoyable read
which poses philosophical quandaries about the root of one’s very existence. But for all
that, the story reads like a thriller and keeps you on your toes – a must-have on the
bookshelves of anyone who enjoys modern fantasy or suspense thrillers.

- Gracie Rafferty Creative Staff, deviantART.com

Todd’s book is an amazing piece of literature that defies all bounds of genre. It is horror, sci-fi, romance, self-help, and more all wrapped up in the covers of a psychological thriller. The characters, both good and evil, are fresh and the plot drives with such forward momentum and exacting execution that every chapter literally ended with me saying, “Wtf!?!” and then continuing. I couldn’t put it down to save my life.

- Andrew Blemings

A Life Transparent is one part horror, one part speculation, and all compelling. It attaches a mythology of consequence to spontaneity and boredom, and throws the reader in with Mr. Candle’s struggle to become interesting without allowing all he loves to be destroyed […] It lacks the polish associated with a career in full swing, but gives us a glimpse into what will soon be just that. Keisling is a dedicated, insatiable writer: A Life Transparent is the preface to a formidable body of work.

- Jon August McRae, author of Io: First Book of Lost and Found Souls

Powerfully cinematic, Keisling’s A Life Transparent evokes a seldom-explored anxiety of contemporary living in spectacular fashion. You will find the violent upheaval of Donovan Candle’s banal existence riveting.

- James Midgley, Mimesis

Fast moving, well written – an excellent read. Do yourself a favor and order a copy. You’ll be glad you did, and you’ll be supporting an up and coming author in the process.

- Stephen R. Smith, 365tomorrows.com

(3 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)

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