The Reach

Sarah is no ordinary child. She has been found to be suffering a mental illness and locked away in a children's psychiatric ward. However, that is just what they want people to think. Scientists have been studying Sarah’s remarkable psychic power for years, enhancing it, manipulating it…twisting it......more

This could be called a horror novel, but perhaps a thriller with some paranormal aspects might be a better fit; either way, not Kenyon's best. The story centers on a 10 y.o. Sarah, but the main protagonist is Jess-- a graduate student in psychology in Boston. Jess comes from a troubled home-- alky m......more

I expected horror. The cover promised me horror. The author being compared to Stephen King made it clear that this would be horror. With all of the above and Goodreaders shelving it as horror(me included), I was led to believe that I would get horror and be scared. I didn't and I wasn't. I should have......more

Many have likened this novel to King’s “Firestarter” and it is very easy to see why. We have a little girl, with unimaginable power, an evil institution trying to bend and wield her power and an unlikely hero trying to save the child. Kenyon even named a secondary character “Charlie” as if to acknow......more

Nate Kenyon has reinvented the "wild talent" novel with THE REACH, and it's about time somebody did! I couldn't put it down! Kenyon has crafted the perfect melding of paranormal sci-fi with the horror trope of a wrongly (or is she?) imprisoned asylum inmate. Add to that a smattering of mystery and......more