Review: Personal growth meets Fantasy/Sci Fi
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
I've read a few of Ammon-Wexler's personal growth books and was impressed by them enough to check out her other writings. Being a fan of all things dragon, naturally I had to get Birth of a Warrior.Overweight, out of shape graphic designer Zoey is just another cog in the wheel of life. Her career is going nowhere and she lacks the drive to do anything about it. When an accident leaves her nameless and comatose in a hospital, her mind enters into a parallel universe. In order to return to her own body and place, she must find the strength and focus to defeat a dragon. Failure to do so means a certain lobotomy.This is a brilliant mix of fantasy and personal truth. Many of us have our own Zoey's Dragon, a seemingly unbeatable enemy that prevents us from achieving our goals and leaves us wallowing in mediocrity. In a lesser writer's hands, this could have easily been another sanctimonious, self-help hackjob, but Ammon-Wexler is a wizard when it comes to story telling and Birth of a Warrior proves it. This one's a real page turner and you won't want to put it down until you've finished the last page.