Nightmare

Set in the future, Kendi is a young Australian Aborigine, separated from his family and sold into slavery. Is future promises nothing, that is until he is discovered to be Silent; that os to have to ability to communicate across the Universe through dreams. He is them a valuable commodity and his immediately sold on. He comes into the hands of a group called the Children of Ifran, who inform him he is now a free person, but welcome to join them.

Joining the Children of Ifran and studying with them to perfect his dream capabilities he becomes involved in the case of a serial killer who stalks his victims through their dreams. Working alongside his tutor he becomes mixed up in a gripping and tension packed drama as they close in on the killer. At the same time Kendi is trying to come to terms with his own personal problems. In addition to his lost family, he realises early on that he is attracted to men rather the women, but having nearly made a fool of himself twice before, when he recognises a special connection with his tutor’s son Ben, he is reluctant to act upon it. Will Kendi and Ben ever get it together, and if they do how will others react?

Nightmare is very well written, and Steven Harper creates a fascinating future world which does not require the reader to grapple with complicated politics and technology. An involving very enjoyable story.
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