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Review: Paschia’s Hidden Journals: Vol I: Awakenings and Aeveaternity by Sam Paisley

September 15, 2025 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Rating: 8/10

Synopsis

Billions of years before the first Sentient life existed, The Keepers – the Children of Time – were stewards of the universe. Paschia, the most powerful Keeper of all, spent his life focused on only one thing: discovering his purpose.

Through a series of journal entries, Paschia documented his awakening, growth, philosophy, and the eventual rift that tore him and his siblings apart. In his wisdom, he coded secret messages into his journals, and hid them so that only his most trusted allies might one day uncover the secrets of his life’s work.

Discover the untold history of The Keepers, and the origins of the universe itself, in this first entry into a new prequel series
Paschia’s Hidden Journals: Volume I – Awakenings and Aevaeternity

“To you, I leave everything, should you wish to inherit it…Just remember, knowledge is never a replacement for wisdom.”
~ Paschia

Review

Grabbed this tiny audiobook before even finishing with the novel and I’m glad I got to it. Scott Fleming did a great job with this continuation. 

Paschia’s hidden journals, frequently mentioned in book one, are finally being revealed to us. I think it’s a genius move by the author as this thing is 100% world building. It gives the universe an origin, as well as showing the beginning of the Keepers. I loved how it spanned years unknown…as existence without time cannot truly be measured. 

I also really commend the author as he was able to keep it feeling like a diary throughout its entirety. Yes we receive dialogue, and yes there is more to the cast and happenings, but it always remains within Paschia’s worldview—as he is the one reporting on it. As we know, Paschia is a great creator, as he is the inventor of the empathic weapons (and items) introduced in the novel, and that he was always learning. What a great way to show off the emerging personalities of the other Keepers by him spending time around them learning what they know. 

And as anyone who has ever taken up journaling or keeping a diary will tell you, once you get into the habit, it’s often hard to stop. So if you pay a little attention to that volume one on the cover, the author could keep us plied with information for years. I’m excited by the idea that newly released entries could take readers to entirely different worlds, realms of existence, to sentient life that isn’t even human. This series could be endless in scope. I think the author has shown his skill is up to the task of it too. This is perfect for fans of the first book, novellas, and lore.

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Portal Fantasy, Reviews, Sci-Fi Fantasy Tagged With: #AescepliiPublishing, #PaschiasHiddenJournals, #SamPaisley

About C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead)

I was an avid player of Who Wants to be a Millionaire: Lord of the Rings Edition. When the millions turned out to be fake, and answering that ‘Athelas’ was another name for ‘Kingsfoil‘ grew tiresome, I retired. Now I'm a horror author and an avid reader of all things sci-fi/fantasy/horror/mystery.

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