Teenager Meghan Raphael Khasynrap has the potential to be a bestselling author, says Toki Blah
A NEW young writer seems to have materialized in town.
‘The Second Sun, Colliding Worlds’, a science fiction novel written by 14-year-old Meghan Raphael Khasynrap has hit the stands. Brought out by Power Publishers, the book is all about four children with extraordinary terrestrial powers, who find themselves involved in an all out effort to save our sun and this world from a ghastly end. The book is all about mind over matter and how the four friends ultimately carry the day. It is the kind of stuff IT-savvy children of today would love to snuggle in bed with.
The plot is racy, nimble and quick. Events jump from one episode to the next with rapid fire frequency calling for memory recall that is exquisitely challenging to young fertile imaginative minds. One can safely say that the style and the plot are reminiscent of how the more intricate and complicated video games are required to be played. The only difference with the book is that one has to keep up with the speed of the writer’s imagination.
Aside from the plot and the modern electronic-conversant school children that the novel portrays, it is the adherence to sentence structure, application of language rules and syntax in general by so young an author that impresses. So is her ability to hold the attention of the reader by the sheer intensity of the story. Taking into account the age and academic background of the young novelist, the fertility of imagination and the ability to translate thoughts into words, it would not be out of context to say here is a budding novelist that one needs to keep an eye on. Great things are expected of her and as a community we wish her the very best.
