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Sandy, from Sydney: Dark to Light Kindle Edition

by Bobby Underwood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In a despotic future, a young teenager in Sydney, Australia discovers a war is going on between good and evil. Choosing God, she keeps to the shadows, joining friends and spreading the word even as freedom wanes. A young American woman living in the Snowy Mountains, who knows more about evil than Sandy can ever imagine, becomes more than a friend; she becomes Sandy’s family. Poignant and powerful is this achingly tender yet spiritually uplifting short story about what might happen to our children, should we turn away from Heaven.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09QSQG9QG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (January 19, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 19, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1855 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 37 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Bobby Underwood

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Bobby Underwood is an American now living in the Snowy Mountains of Australia with his lovely wife, Barbara, also an author, and their dog, Cisco. They live in the Snowy Ways town of Tumut, situated along the Tumut River. "Resting Place by the River" is the Aboriginal meaning of the town's name.

The author is a respected film buff and his reviews for classic films of the 1930s and 1940s have garnered many favorable comments over the years. His Amazon reviews for Mrs. Miniver and The Bishop's Wife were quoted in the Saturday Evening Post of Nov/Dec 2006.

He has written in several genres and prefers to think of himself as a storyteller, rather than be pigeon-holed. He believes any story well-told, in whatever genre, will transcend that genre and become a memorable story.

In addition to being the author of the sensual Matt Ransom crime series set in the 22nd century, the humorous Sheriff Jace Wilkinson stories set in rural Idaho, the Wild Country old-fashioned western trilogy, the Nostalgia Crime series set in the 1940s, the new modern-day Seth Halliday mystery/crime series, the Tales of the Night Collections (After Closing Time and Where Lonely Lives), and the romantic fantasy collection, Lovers' Tide, he has also written three otherworldly romance novellas, and a nostalgic Christmas novella, Grover's Creek. His latest work is a nine-story collection of old-fashioned mystery and suspense tales which pay homage to writers like Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and James M. Cain, and one of the greatest of all radio programs from the golden age, Suspense. It is called The Unlocked Window.

His books:

MATT RANSOM SERIES

1) The Velvet Sea (novella-length)

2) The Tender Shore

3) The Gentle Tide

4) The Lovely Harbor

5) The Sandy Shore

6) The Beautiful Island

7) The Sensual Sea

8) The Sapphire Sea

9) The Dreamless Sea (2017)*

MATT RANSOM SHORT STORIES

1) A Matt Ransom Halloween (Includes the non-Matt Ransom novella, Passage to Tomorrow, as a bonus)

2) A Matt Ransom Thanksgiving (Includes the non-Matt Ransom novelette, Beyond Heaven's Reach, as a bonus)

3) A Matt Ransom Christmas

WESTERNS

The Wild Country

The Trail to Santa Rosa

Whisper Valley (2017)*

SETH HALLIDAY

The Turquoise Shroud

The Long Gray Goodbye

Eight Blonde Dolls (2017*)

SHERIFF JACE WILKINSON STORIES

The Idaho Affairs

NOSTALGIA CRIME NOVELLA SERIES

Beautiful Detour

Where Flamingos Fly

OTHER TITLES

Grover's Creek

Chance at Heaven - (includes as a bonus story, Joy Island)

Passage to Tomorrow

Beyond Heaven's Reach - (includes as a bonus story, Gypsy Summer)

Nautica City

After Closing Time (Tales of the Night I) - stories include: NIGHT RUN, REQUIEM, and GYPSY SUMMER

Where Lonely Lives (Tales of the Night II) - stories include: CITY OF ANGELS, CHRISTMAS EVE, and NIGHT CRY

Lovers' Tide: Tales of Haunted Romance - stories include: SURFER GIRL, GALVESTON, JOY ISLAND, and HOLLY

*Signifies a tentative release date

The author appreciates all his readers and their continued support and hopes to keep writing stories they love to read for many years to come. He is especially grateful to those who review or rate his stories on Amazon.com or Goodreads.

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Gary Sites
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story of hope in a world gone mad
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2022
In this dystopian tale of the battle between good and evil, 17 year-old Sandy tells us a story of what a world is like when evil rears its monstrous head to take the reins of control for a little while. Even though this is a work of fiction, I see so many similarities to the evil and lies we’ve had to fight against in the past two years of this covid PLANdemic. Sandy sees and experiences the heinous acts of immoral politicians and powerful elites taking away the freedoms so many people take for granted, while the mainstream media frolics in the same bed with the evil doers. But Sandy is not one to back down, nor is she alone. She courageously fights for what is moral and right, helping others along the way to see what evil is, and that it can be, and always will be defeated.

This is another fine piece of writing by Bobby Underwood. It reminds me of Orwell’s “1984” and Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”, but in a much more condensed form with sparkling images and dialogue that remind us of how important freedom is, and what it sometimes costs to keep it. But more than that, it is a story of hope, in that good and love will prevail all.
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E. MacMichael
5.0 out of 5 stars A passionate voice against tyranny
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2022
"Sandy, from Sydney: Dark to Light" is a short story everyone should read. Not one of us has been unaffected by the mass brainwashing campaign spanning the last couple centuries, most recently packaged as the COVID scare. In this story, the author takes a firm and laudable stand against New World Order tyranny (medical and political) and the hideous tragedy of child trafficking.

The tale is told from the viewpoint of an intelligent Australian teen living on the run to protect herself from forced vaccination. Sandy Brickman has become an outlier, tapping into a silent network of "Patriots" in order to survive. Fortunately, she often receives help from a gentle friend, Mary, a former American who had once been a victim of child slavery. As Sandy learns from Mary and her own research of the ongoing horrors of the global oligarchy, she is heartsick and incredulous that the majority of adults, including her own mother, have become sheep, giving their power over to hysteria-driven media and criminalizing anyone who stands up for truth, decency, and the freedom of choice.

Sandy sees herself in the midst of a war between good and evil, and takes comfort in her belief in God. Biblical quotes are sprinkled throughout the story's text and, if this is your framework, then you will find resonance with the author's words. That said, I don't see this as a religious work. The message of the story comes straight from the heart and speaks to people of all spiritual inclinations.

The tale wraps up with an event that, at this point in time, is quite fictitious, but it expresses a wonderful vision and works well to bring the story to conclusion on an uplifting note. Personally, I don't believe any organization will save us from the machinations of the global elite and the evil that feeds off of them. We ourselves have to take the responsibility to be the "'white hats" who stop the tyranny entrenched within our race.

For those who have seen through the lies of the "pandemic" and kept themselves clean of the damaging vaccines, this story will reaffirm that you are not alone in your convictions. For those who crumbled in the onslaught against humanity, "Sandy, from Sydney" will give you a taste of the courage and intention that needs to blossom within us all.
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