IMAGER

Young Rhenn thinks his life is over when the master portrait artist with whom he is serving as journeyman is killed in a fire and he is unsuccessful in finding a new position. But as he faces the fact that he is an “imager”—one who can visualize things that then materialize—he begins a new life of exciting opportunities. William Dufris is an engaging storyteller who gets inside his protagonist. He follows the ups and downs of the plot as if the events were happening to him. He presents a convincing young man with an attitude of invulnerability. In the dialogue between Rhenn and his father, Dufris reflects the youth's mild condescension and contrasts it with the father's weary impatience. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2009]