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| EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Life as a Cro-Magnon cave dweller revealed! Before Time Ky-e-leron Dorothy Davies Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Channelled Works, Historical Fiction Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Way back in time, Cro-magnon man and woman lived in caves as part of a Clan. The Clan was led by a shaman and daily life was harsh and a struggle.
Meet Ky. Her full name is Ky-e-leron, which means Ky, daughter of Leron. Ky has broken through from the distant past to the present day to relate her story of life. Whether or not you believe such a thing is possible, this is a fascinating and insightful book, covering various aspects of Clan life, and death, leadership and more, so much more. Words: 40000 Ebook Price: $3.95 | 
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More By This Author | Life as a Cro-Magnon cave dweller revealed! Before Time Ky-e-leron Dorothy Davies Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Channelled Works, Historical Fiction Way back in time, Cro-magnon man and woman lived in caves as part of a Clan. The Clan was led by a shaman and daily life was harsh and a struggle.
Meet Ky. Her full name is Ky-e-leron, which means Ky, daughter of Leron. Ky has broken through from the distant past to the present day to relate her story of life. Whether or not you believe such a thing is possible, this is a fascinating and insightful book, covering various aspects of Clan life, and death, leadership and more, so much more. Ebook Price: $3.95 |
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| | | Way back in time, Cro-magnon man and woman lived in caves as part of a Clan. The Clan was led by a shaman and daily life was harsh and a struggle.
Meet Ky. Her full name is Ky-e-leron, which means Ky, daughter of Leron. Ky has broken through from the distant past to the present day to relate her story of life. Whether or not you believe such a thing is possible, this is a fascinating and insightful book, covering various aspects of Clan life, and death, leadership and more, so much more. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Return Of The Hero Jeffrey Peter Clarke Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Troy lay in burning ruins, her proud king Priam and his court slain. The Greek fleet under victorious Agamemnon, king of great Mycenae, sets sail for home, their vessels burdened with loot, the prize of ten year’s hardship and siege before the city walls. A storm strikes but its passing finds the ships of his ally, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, gone.
Ten years pass and Odysseus’ wife Penelope, beset by ruthless suitors intent upon gaining his kingdom, still insists her husband will return. The suitors are closing in. Words: 107300 Ebook Price: $5.99 |
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More By This Author | Return Of The Hero Jeffrey Peter Clarke Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction Troy lay in burning ruins, her proud king Priam and his court slain. The Greek fleet under victorious Agamemnon, king of great Mycenae, sets sail for home, their vessels burdened with loot, the prize of ten year’s hardship and siege before the city walls. A storm strikes but its passing finds the ships of his ally, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, gone.
Ten years pass and Odysseus’ wife Penelope, beset by ruthless suitors intent upon gaining his kingdom, still insists her husband will return. The suitors are closing in. Ebook Price: $5.99 |
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More By This Author Return Of The Hero Jeffrey Peter Clarke Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction Ebook Price: $5.99 |
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| | | Troy lay in burning ruins, her proud king Priam and his court slain. The Greek fleet under victorious Agamemnon, king of great Mycenae, sets sail for home, their vessels burdened with loot, the prize of ten year’s hardship and siege before the city walls. A storm strikes but its passing finds the ships of his ally, Odysseus, king of Ithaca, gone.
Ten years pass and Odysseus’ wife Penelope, beset by ruthless suitors intent upon gaining his kingdom, still insists her husband will return. The suitors are closing in. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR The Toggenburg story of lesbian romance continues - and it's getting hotter! Toggenburg - Book 3 Sea Holly Michaela Francis Click For Book Page and Excerpt Click Here For All Books In This Series Genres: Lesbian Romance, Romance and Love Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF It is the crisis of Sarah’s young life. After finally confronting the reality of her own sexuality and the imperatives of her love, she has finally become Daniela’s lover. Yet that fragile beginning is immediately under peril. Her boyfriend, Alan, has returned from America and both his and her families are eager to formalise the understanding between them. Sarah is ordered by her parents to attend a party at their house in the Southern canton of Ticino where Alan and Sarah will be reunited and a formal engagement and early wedding date are to be announced. Words: 155200 Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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More By This Author | The Toggenburg story of lesbian romance continues - and it's getting hotter! Toggenburg - Book 3 Sea Holly Michaela Francis Click For Book Page and Excerpt Click Here For All Books In This Series Genres: Lesbian Romance, Romance and Love It is the crisis of Sarah’s young life. After finally confronting the reality of her own sexuality and the imperatives of her love, she has finally become Daniela’s lover. Yet that fragile beginning is immediately under peril. Her boyfriend, Alan, has returned from America and both his and her families are eager to formalise the understanding between them. Sarah is ordered by her parents to attend a party at their house in the Southern canton of Ticino where Alan and Sarah will be reunited and a formal engagement and early wedding date are to be announced. Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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More By This Author The Toggenburg story of lesbian romance continues - and it's getting hotter! Toggenburg - Book 3 Sea Holly Michaela Francis Click For Book Page and Excerpt Click Here For All Books In This Series Genres: Lesbian Romance, Romance and Love Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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| | | It is the crisis of Sarah’s young life. After finally confronting the reality of her own sexuality and the imperatives of her love, she has finally become Daniela’s lover. Yet that fragile beginning is immediately under peril. Her boyfriend, Alan, has returned from America and both his and her families are eager to formalise the understanding between them. Sarah is ordered by her parents to attend a party at their house in the Southern canton of Ticino where Alan and Sarah will be reunited and a formal engagement and early wedding date are to be announced. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Decision at Antietam Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Could the South have won the Civil War? This question has been asked and answered affirmatively dozens of times. But how likely was it, in reality? Now Andrew J. Heller (Gray Tide in the East) explores this fascinating subject using the tool of counterfactual analysis, instead of uninformed opinion, to look for an answer in Decision at Antietam. As always, Heller rests his arguments on solid research of the historical records and the works of reputable historians, both scholarly and popular, to which he adds his own imaginative, yet authentic, eyewitness accounts. Words: 48100 Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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More By This Author | Decision at Antietam Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction Could the South have won the Civil War? This question has been asked and answered affirmatively dozens of times. But how likely was it, in reality? Now Andrew J. Heller (Gray Tide in the East) explores this fascinating subject using the tool of counterfactual analysis, instead of uninformed opinion, to look for an answer in Decision at Antietam. As always, Heller rests his arguments on solid research of the historical records and the works of reputable historians, both scholarly and popular, to which he adds his own imaginative, yet authentic, eyewitness accounts. Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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More By This Author Decision at Antietam Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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| | | Could the South have won the Civil War? This question has been asked and answered affirmatively dozens of times. But how likely was it, in reality? Now Andrew J. Heller (Gray Tide in the East) explores this fascinating subject using the tool of counterfactual analysis, instead of uninformed opinion, to look for an answer in Decision at Antietam. As always, Heller rests his arguments on solid research of the historical records and the works of reputable historians, both scholarly and popular, to which he adds his own imaginative, yet authentic, eyewitness accounts. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Delilah and the Deep Blue Sea Michaela Francis Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: SciFi Romance, Lesbian Romance Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF In the year of 1972, Delilah, young hippy girl from Iowa, wanders over to tour Europe. Traversing the Aegean Sea on a rusty old ferry, Delilah falls overboard unseen and vanishes without trace amidst the archipelago of Greek islands.
Although she is feared lost, Delilah is, in fact, rescued although by somebody quite outside her experience. The creature who saves her from the sea is an enigmatic aquatic and hermaphrodite human who takes Delilah to her own, otherwise uninhabited, island. Words: 61600 Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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More By This Author | Delilah and the Deep Blue Sea Michaela Francis Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: SciFi Romance, Lesbian Romance In the year of 1972, Delilah, young hippy girl from Iowa, wanders over to tour Europe. Traversing the Aegean Sea on a rusty old ferry, Delilah falls overboard unseen and vanishes without trace amidst the archipelago of Greek islands.
Although she is feared lost, Delilah is, in fact, rescued although by somebody quite outside her experience. The creature who saves her from the sea is an enigmatic aquatic and hermaphrodite human who takes Delilah to her own, otherwise uninhabited, island. Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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More By This Author Delilah and the Deep Blue Sea Michaela Francis Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: SciFi Romance, Lesbian Romance Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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| | | In the year of 1972, Delilah, young hippy girl from Iowa, wanders over to tour Europe. Traversing the Aegean Sea on a rusty old ferry, Delilah falls overboard unseen and vanishes without trace amidst the archipelago of Greek islands.
Although she is feared lost, Delilah is, in fact, rescued although by somebody quite outside her experience. The creature who saves her from the sea is an enigmatic aquatic and hermaphrodite human who takes Delilah to her own, otherwise uninhabited, island. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Gray Tide 2 (2nd Edition) Tidal Effects Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text Tidal Effects is the sequel to Gray Tide in the East, the popular alternate history of the First World War. In Gray Tide, the Germans cancel their planned invasion of Belgium in 1914, turning their armies eastward to crush Russia without interference from Great Britain or the United States. Tidal Effects picks up the story in 1923. In High Tide, the U.S. discovers that Germany is building a secret naval base on Martinique, which they acquired from France as part of the peace settlement in 1915. It is a clear challenge to U.S. Words: 60000 Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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More By This Author | Gray Tide 2 (2nd Edition) Tidal Effects Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction Tidal Effects is the sequel to Gray Tide in the East, the popular alternate history of the First World War. In Gray Tide, the Germans cancel their planned invasion of Belgium in 1914, turning their armies eastward to crush Russia without interference from Great Britain or the United States. Tidal Effects picks up the story in 1923. In High Tide, the U.S. discovers that Germany is building a secret naval base on Martinique, which they acquired from France as part of the peace settlement in 1915. It is a clear challenge to U.S. Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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More By This Author Gray Tide 2 (2nd Edition) Tidal Effects Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: General Fiction, Historical Fiction Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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| | | Tidal Effects is the sequel to Gray Tide in the East, the popular alternate history of the First World War. In Gray Tide, the Germans cancel their planned invasion of Belgium in 1914, turning their armies eastward to crush Russia without interference from Great Britain or the United States. Tidal Effects picks up the story in 1923. In High Tide, the U.S. discovers that Germany is building a secret naval base on Martinique, which they acquired from France as part of the peace settlement in 1915. It is a clear challenge to U.S. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Gray Tide In The East (2nd Edition) An alternate history of the First World War Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF Text August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies East against Russia instead of West to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history.
Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war. Words: 59400 Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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More By This Author | Gray Tide In The East (2nd Edition) An alternate history of the First World War Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies East against Russia instead of West to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history.
Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war. Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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More By This Author Gray Tide In The East (2nd Edition) An alternate history of the First World War Andrew J. Heller Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Historical Fiction, General Fiction Ebook Price: $4.95 |
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| | | August 1, 1914, Berlin: Kaiser Wilhelm II cancels the German invasion of Belgium over the objections of his generals, sending his armies East against Russia instead of West to France, and sets off a chain of events that will radically change the course of modern history.
Gray Tide in the East is the best-selling counterfactual history of the First World War, if the Germans had not invaded Belgium in 1914 and thereby brought Great Britain and, eventually, the United States into the war. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Stars, Hide Your Fires James C Rocks Click For Book Page and Excerpt Click Here For All Books In This Series Genres: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Available Formats: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF A four-year war has raged across the colonised worlds of The Extent. Nations reel from violence and betrayal and the Skean Republic stands alone. Despite fierce diplomatic negotiations, tensions rise while, bordering the huge region of empty space known as The Abyssal Void, the conflict threatens the nation of Akatsu.
A young, wealthy socialite and ex-assassin has grown up on Hiroshi and now lives in the famed floating city of Yori. Working for Akatsu's secretive science team, Kagaku-sha Chimu, she strives to save her planet from the hated United Colonial Systems. Words: 87320 Ebook Price: $6.95 |
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More By This Author | Stars, Hide Your Fires James C Rocks Click For Book Page and Excerpt Click Here For All Books In This Series Genres: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure A four-year war has raged across the colonised worlds of The Extent. Nations reel from violence and betrayal and the Skean Republic stands alone. Despite fierce diplomatic negotiations, tensions rise while, bordering the huge region of empty space known as The Abyssal Void, the conflict threatens the nation of Akatsu.
A young, wealthy socialite and ex-assassin has grown up on Hiroshi and now lives in the famed floating city of Yori. Working for Akatsu's secretive science team, Kagaku-sha Chimu, she strives to save her planet from the hated United Colonial Systems. Ebook Price: $6.95 |
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More By This Author Stars, Hide Your Fires James C Rocks Click For Book Page and Excerpt Click Here For All Books In This Series Genres: Science Fiction, Action/Adventure Ebook Price: $6.95 |
| Paperback price: $11.54 |
| | | A four-year war has raged across the colonised worlds of The Extent. Nations reel from violence and betrayal and the Skean Republic stands alone. Despite fierce diplomatic negotiations, tensions rise while, bordering the huge region of empty space known as The Abyssal Void, the conflict threatens the nation of Akatsu.
A young, wealthy socialite and ex-assassin has grown up on Hiroshi and now lives in the famed floating city of Yori. Working for Akatsu's secretive science team, Kagaku-sha Chimu, she strives to save her planet from the hated United Colonial Systems. | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Check Mate The Audio Book Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Humour This is an audio book. Run time is approx. 05 Hrs 05 Mins 51 Secs . There are 18, parts to download and the total download size is approx. 109.2 Mb Life is a game of chess and we have been programming our computers to play it for generations; each time honing the programs to work smarter, faster, with more efficiency and higher accuracy than ever before.
A stroke of fate saw two memory cards being swapped. In a military laboratory, the most powerful game of chess ever written was accidentally loaded in to an experimental, highly agile, weaponised robot. From the moment they hit the run command, that robot had only one purpose ... to win the game... Words: 52000 Audiobook Price: $5.95 | 
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More By This Author | Check Mate The Audio Book Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Humour Life is a game of chess and we have been programming our computers to play it for generations; each time honing the programs to work smarter, faster, with more efficiency and higher accuracy than ever before.
A stroke of fate saw two memory cards being swapped. In a military laboratory, the most powerful game of chess ever written was accidentally loaded in to an experimental, highly agile, weaponised robot. From the moment they hit the run command, that robot had only one purpose ... to win the game... Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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More By This Author Check Mate The Audio Book Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Humour Ebook Price: $5.95 |
| | | Life is a game of chess and we have been programming our computers to play it for generations; each time honing the programs to work smarter, faster, with more efficiency and higher accuracy than ever before.
A stroke of fate saw two memory cards being swapped. In a military laboratory, the most powerful game of chess ever written was accidentally loaded in to an experimental, highly agile, weaponised robot. From the moment they hit the run command, that robot had only one purpose ... to win the game... | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Sauchiehall Street Sugar 'Tis a Pity That She's a Whore Biff Grant Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Womens Fiction, Humour Available Formats: Palm MOBI EPUB Sony Reader (LRF) ;MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Born in the dockside slum of Kinning Park in Glasgow three fifteen year old girls are working in Grey Dunn’s Biscuit Factory, they have been inseparable since their first day at school. Each one approaches life in an entirely different way and manage to rise. Words: 73000 Ebook Price: $6.95 |
| | | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR The Enchanter's Torment Phillip L. Ramsay Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Thrillers/Suspense, Horror Available Formats: Palm MOBI EPUB Sony Reader (LRF) ;MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Cursed by an obscure, depraved and ruthless Cult five hundred years ago, can the last two members of the Baron family engage in a battle of wits and occultism and destroy their nemesis?
Knowing that if they fail they will lose not just their lives but their very souls, their only hope lies in understanding the forces unleashed by their ancestor five hundred years earlier—an act of witchcraft which resulted in his gory death and the eternal curse upon his entire family. Words: 132200 Ebook Price: $6.95 |
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More By This Author | The Enchanter's Torment Phillip L. Ramsay Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Thrillers/Suspense, Horror Cursed by an obscure, depraved and ruthless Cult five hundred years ago, can the last two members of the Baron family engage in a battle of wits and occultism and destroy their nemesis?
Knowing that if they fail they will lose not just their lives but their very souls, their only hope lies in understanding the forces unleashed by their ancestor five hundred years earlier—an act of witchcraft which resulted in his gory death and the eternal curse upon his entire family. Ebook Price: $6.95 |
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More By This Author The Enchanter's Torment Phillip L. Ramsay Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Thrillers/Suspense, Horror Ebook Price: $6.95 |
| Paperback price: $11.54 |
| | | Cursed by an obscure, depraved and ruthless Cult five hundred years ago, can the last two members of the Baron family engage in a battle of wits and occultism and destroy their nemesis?
Knowing that if they fail they will lose not just their lives but their very souls, their only hope lies in understanding the forces unleashed by their ancestor five hundred years earlier—an act of witchcraft which resulted in his gory death and the eternal curse upon his entire family. | 
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From jbgarner58.wordpress.com:
Happy coincidence has brought a recently-released dish onto this
reviewer’s plate today. The chef, Michelle Knight (interviewed here),
was already in my review queue for some time now with an older recipe
but, as her newest book came up for sale, I decided to take up this
newest dish instead. So is this near-future military sci-fi with a
side of wit and comedy make for a fabulous meal or some bland tinned
biscuits?
Before we cut open the MRE package, let us recite the Starving Review
creed:
I attempt to rate every book from the perspective of a fan of the
genre
I attempt to make every review as spoiler-free as possible.
Here’s the rub, my literary foodies, there’s a fine line between using
humor to flavor a serious dish and overseasoning with humor to ruin a
dish. Comedy, especially dark comedy, is hard. Good comedy is even
harder. So, let me put this particular dog to bed and say that the
sugary sprinkles of comedy are properly used in this piece. There is
a certain Doctor Strangelove sort of feel to the comedic elements, as
well as that dry British wit to the whole affair, and it sits well in
this Reviewer’s stomach.
With that clear, let’s attack the rest of the components of this meal.
Check Mate presents a diverse cast of characters and handles those
characters quite well. Even the occasional stock minor characters is
gifted with a particular spark of flavor that makes them just a bit
more three-dimensional. There was obviously care taken by the chef to
make the characters more than the title of their jobs, no matter how
stereotypical they may seem at first blush, and that defiance of
stereotype is appreciated.
The plot takes some interesting turns in the classic recipe of
‘military-killer-robot-goes-haywire’ (and yes, that IS a classic by
this point!) while keeping its feet grounded in the realm of
near-future technology. The initial start is a bit more mellow than I
expected it would be. In fact, it veers dangerously close to an
extended info-dump, yet it wasn’t to the point of off-putting. It was
a thick crust of necessary exposition but, past that initial bit, the
pacing turns into a even and consistent flow of action and events,
leading to a rather enjoyable final course.
Stylistically, Check Mate is solid. Once it hits its stride, the
courses come along well, properly seasoned, with dutiful wordsmithing.
If I have any stylistic complaints, it’s the occasional slip of
British turns-of-phrase in a distinctly American setting. Naturally,
most readers probably won’t catch these, as I barely did and I’m a bit
of an Anglophile, so I don’t see this detracting from most people’s
meals.
My one real quibble with this particular meal is I wish there was a
bit more done from the haywire military robot’s point-of-view. Not
much, but there were a few bits early on that gives the reader some
flashes of what is going on and I found those particularly brilliant
while not giving away the overarching plot. Some more scenes like
that I think would have added a bit of needed spice at points during
the last half of the book (into which I can delve no deeper because
SPOILERS!).
To bring it all together, Check Mate is a tasty near-future military
romp mixing some dark comedy with killer robots! It’s not *quite*
perfect, but it’s really quite good and I can gladly recommend this
meal to any lover of science-fiction or enjoys a splash of distinctly
British dark humor with their meals! Remember, again, to check out
the Starving Interview to get a glimpse into the mind behind the
book.
FINAL VERDICT: **** (A tasty near-future military romp mixing some
dark comedy with killer robots!) 4 out of 5 (visitor) More By This Author | | EXCLUSIVE FICTION4ALL AUTHOR Check Mate Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Humour Available Formats: Palm MOBI EPUB Sony Reader (LRF) ;MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Life is a game of chess and we have been programming our computers to play it for generations; each time honing the programs to work smarter, faster, with more efficiency and higher accuracy than ever before.
A stroke of fate saw two memory cards being swapped. In a military laboratory, the most powerful game of chess ever written was accidentally loaded in to an experimental, highly agile, weaponised robot. From the moment they hit the run command, that robot had only one purpose ... to win the game... Words: 52000 Ebook Price: $5.95 |
| Pages: 178 Paperback price: $8.97 |
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From jbgarner58.wordpress.com:
Happy coincidence has brought a recently-released dish onto this
reviewer’s plate today. The chef, Michelle Knight (interviewed here),
was already in my review queue for some time now with an older recipe
but, as her newest book came up for sale, I decided to take up this
newest dish instead. So is this near-future military sci-fi with a
side of wit and comedy make for a fabulous meal or some bland tinned
biscuits?
Before we cut open the MRE package, let us recite the Starving Review
creed:
I attempt to rate every book from the perspective of a fan of the
genre
I attempt to make every review as spoiler-free as possible.
Here’s the rub, my literary foodies, there’s a fine line between using
humor to flavor a serious dish and overseasoning with humor to ruin a
dish. Comedy, especially dark comedy, is hard. Good comedy is even
harder. So, let me put this particular dog to bed and say that the
sugary sprinkles of comedy are properly used in this piece. There is
a certain Doctor Strangelove sort of feel to the comedic elements, as
well as that dry British wit to the whole affair, and it sits well in
this Reviewer’s stomach.
With that clear, let’s attack the rest of the components of this meal.
Check Mate presents a diverse cast of characters and handles those
characters quite well. Even the occasional stock minor characters is
gifted with a particular spark of flavor that makes them just a bit
more three-dimensional. There was obviously care taken by the chef to
make the characters more than the title of their jobs, no matter how
stereotypical they may seem at first blush, and that defiance of
stereotype is appreciated.
The plot takes some interesting turns in the classic recipe of
‘military-killer-robot-goes-haywire’ (and yes, that IS a classic by
this point!) while keeping its feet grounded in the realm of
near-future technology. The initial start is a bit more mellow than I
expected it would be. In fact, it veers dangerously close to an
extended info-dump, yet it wasn’t to the point of off-putting. It was
a thick crust of necessary exposition but, past that initial bit, the
pacing turns into a even and consistent flow of action and events,
leading to a rather enjoyable final course.
Stylistically, Check Mate is solid. Once it hits its stride, the
courses come along well, properly seasoned, with dutiful wordsmithing.
If I have any stylistic complaints, it’s the occasional slip of
British turns-of-phrase in a distinctly American setting. Naturally,
most readers probably won’t catch these, as I barely did and I’m a bit
of an Anglophile, so I don’t see this detracting from most people’s
meals.
My one real quibble with this particular meal is I wish there was a
bit more done from the haywire military robot’s point-of-view. Not
much, but there were a few bits early on that gives the reader some
flashes of what is going on and I found those particularly brilliant
while not giving away the overarching plot. Some more scenes like
that I think would have added a bit of needed spice at points during
the last half of the book (into which I can delve no deeper because
SPOILERS!).
To bring it all together, Check Mate is a tasty near-future military
romp mixing some dark comedy with killer robots! It’s not *quite*
perfect, but it’s really quite good and I can gladly recommend this
meal to any lover of science-fiction or enjoys a splash of distinctly
British dark humor with their meals! Remember, again, to check out
the Starving Interview to get a glimpse into the mind behind the
book.
FINAL VERDICT: **** (A tasty near-future military romp mixing some
dark comedy with killer robots!) 4 out of 5 (visitor) More By This Author | Check Mate Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Humour Life is a game of chess and we have been programming our computers to play it for generations; each time honing the programs to work smarter, faster, with more efficiency and higher accuracy than ever before.
A stroke of fate saw two memory cards being swapped. In a military laboratory, the most powerful game of chess ever written was accidentally loaded in to an experimental, highly agile, weaponised robot. From the moment they hit the run command, that robot had only one purpose ... to win the game... Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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From jbgarner58.wordpress.com:
Happy coincidence has brought a recently-released dish onto
this reviewer’s plate today. The chef, Michelle Knight
(interviewed here), was already in my review queue for some
time now with an older recipe but, as her newest book came
up for sale, I decided to take up this newest dish instead.
So is this near-future military sci-fi with a side of wit
and comedy make for a fabulous meal or some bland tinned
biscuits?
Before we cut open the MRE package, let us recite the
Starving Review creed:
I attempt to rate every book from the perspective of a fan
of the genre
I attempt to make every review as spoiler-free as possible.
Here’s the rub, my literary foodies, there’s a fine line
between using humor to flavor a serious dish and
overseasoning with humor to ruin a dish. Comedy, especially
dark comedy, is hard. Good comedy is even harder. So, let
me put this particular dog to bed and say that the sugary
sprinkles of comedy are properly used in this piece. There
is a certain Doctor Strangelove sort of feel to the comedic
elements, as well as that dry British wit to the whole
affair, and it sits well in this Reviewer’s stomach.
With that clear, let’s attack the rest of the components of
this meal. Check Mate presents a diverse cast of characters
and handles those characters quite well. Even the
occasional stock minor characters is gifted with a
particular spark of flavor that makes them just a bit more
three-dimensional. There was obviously care taken by the
chef to make the characters more than the title of their
jobs, no matter how stereotypical they may seem at first
blush, and that defiance of stereotype is appreciated.
The plot takes some interesting turns in the classic recipe
of ‘military-killer-robot-goes-haywire’ (and yes, that IS a
classic by this point!) while keeping its feet grounded in
the realm of near-future technology. The initial start is a
bit more mellow than I expected it would be. In fact, it
veers dangerously close to an extended info-dump, yet it
wasn’t to the point of off-putting. It was a thick crust of
necessary exposition but, past that initial bit, the pacing
turns into a even and consistent flow of action and events,
leading to a rather enjoyable final course.
Stylistically, Check Mate is solid. Once it hits its
stride, the courses come along well, properly seasoned, with
dutiful wordsmithing. If I have any stylistic complaints,
it’s the occasional slip of British turns-of-phrase in a
distinctly American setting. Naturally, most readers
probably won’t catch these, as I barely did and I’m a bit of
an Anglophile, so I don’t see this detracting from most
people’s meals.
My one real quibble with this particular meal is I wish
there was a bit more done from the haywire military robot’s
point-of-view. Not much, but there were a few bits early on
that gives the reader some flashes of what is going on and I
found those particularly brilliant while not giving away the
overarching plot. Some more scenes like that I think would
have added a bit of needed spice at points during the last
half of the book (into which I can delve no deeper because
SPOILERS!).
To bring it all together, Check Mate is a tasty near-future
military romp mixing some dark comedy with killer robots!
It’s not *quite* perfect, but it’s really quite good and I
can gladly recommend this meal to any lover of
science-fiction or enjoys a splash of distinctly British
dark humor with their meals! Remember, again, to check out
the Starving Interview to get a glimpse into the mind behind
the book.
FINAL VERDICT: **** (A tasty near-future military romp
mixing some dark comedy with killer robots!) 4 out of 5
(visitor) More By This Author Check Mate Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Humour Ebook Price: $5.95 |
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