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| Gritta and The Witches of Olavland Janet C. Smith Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Kids - Fairy Tales and Folklore, Kids - Family Stories Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Also available as a paperback Take one wet witch, a frog, a fish and a princess, add a king and queen, throw in a cat, sprinkle with slugs and snails, add a keeper of the king’s creatures, invoke a spell – and stir! A tale for age ranges slightly greater than you’d think!
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Fun, Witty, and Brilliant. A fairytale like you haven't read before. This was such an enjoyable read! From the very beginning you realize that this isn't just your average fairytale …
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More By This Author | Gritta and The Witches of Olavland Janet C. Smith Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Kids - Fairy Tales and Folklore, Kids - Family Stories Take one wet witch, a frog, a fish and a princess, add a king and queen, throw in a cat, sprinkle with slugs and snails, add a keeper of the king’s creatures, invoke a spell – and stir! A tale for age ranges slightly greater than you’d think!
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Fun, Witty, and Brilliant. A fairytale like you haven't read before. This was such an enjoyable read! From the very beginning you realize that this isn't just your average fairytale …
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| | | Alexis Brooks de Vita Tales In Firelight And Shadow Alexis Brooks de Vita Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF Also available as a paperback Tales in Firelight and Shadow is a collection of short stories by well-known and fresh new writers of fantasy, speculative and science fiction, retelling folktales from many lands and cultures. Award-winning authors present challenging new twists on familiar tales: James Morrow’s museum curator and his university professor daughter discover the ultimate answer to the human condition; Mary Turzillo’s talking cat rats on a legendary illusionist; and Tenea D. Johnson’s fairies deal with the dream dolls of nightmare. Words: 38800 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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More By This Author | Alexis Brooks de Vita Tales In Firelight And Shadow Alexis Brooks de Vita Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tales in Firelight and Shadow is a collection of short stories by well-known and fresh new writers of fantasy, speculative and science fiction, retelling folktales from many lands and cultures. Award-winning authors present challenging new twists on familiar tales: James Morrow’s museum curator and his university professor daughter discover the ultimate answer to the human condition; Mary Turzillo’s talking cat rats on a legendary illusionist; and Tenea D. Johnson’s fairies deal with the dream dolls of nightmare. Words: 38800 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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| | | Terence West Caitlin Book Three of the OPR Series Terence West Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Dark Fantasy, Horror Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF Also available as a paperback SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...
Thirty years ago, Zachary Cane was held prisoner and tortured by an ancient vampire known as Caitlin. With the help of a local coven of witches, and a vampire hunting order called the Gwyliad Wriaeth, they destroyed Caitlin.
Or so Cane thought...
Now, with the help of three fledgling vampires, Caitlin is ready to extract her revenge... one drop of blood at a time.
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More By This Author | Terence West Caitlin Book Three of the OPR Series Terence West Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Dark Fantasy, Horror SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...
Thirty years ago, Zachary Cane was held prisoner and tortured by an ancient vampire known as Caitlin. With the help of a local coven of witches, and a vampire hunting order called the Gwyliad Wriaeth, they destroyed Caitlin.
Or so Cane thought...
Now, with the help of three fledgling vampires, Caitlin is ready to extract her revenge... one drop of blood at a time.
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| | | Alexis Brooks de Vita Chain Dance The Third Book Of Joy Alexis Brooks de Vita Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Thrillers, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF Also available as a paperback The Third Book of Joy: Chain Dance is the second notebook of family lore, the collection of Joy’s magical stories about her enslaved ancestors, researched by Professor Bo Wolfson in Burning Streams; the first notebook was published in Blood of Angels. When Heaven’s heartbroken death in childbirth and Whip Man’s torture at her father’s hands lead her to resurrect herself as a death dancer, magic and terror drive the plantation’s owner off of his land. Most of the men and women who labor on the haunted plantation flee, following Heaven’s brother to his Louisiana swampland. Words: 62000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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More By This Author | Alexis Brooks de Vita Chain Dance The Third Book Of Joy Alexis Brooks de Vita Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Thrillers, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction The Third Book of Joy: Chain Dance is the second notebook of family lore, the collection of Joy’s magical stories about her enslaved ancestors, researched by Professor Bo Wolfson in Burning Streams; the first notebook was published in Blood of Angels. When Heaven’s heartbroken death in childbirth and Whip Man’s torture at her father’s hands lead her to resurrect herself as a death dancer, magic and terror drive the plantation’s owner off of his land. Most of the men and women who labor on the haunted plantation flee, following Heaven’s brother to his Louisiana swampland. Words: 62000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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| | | A.J. Maguire Dead Magic Book II of the Witch-Born Series A.J. Maguire Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF Also available as a paperback Return to the Steam Punk world of Magnellum for the second book in the "Witch-Born" series.
Magic is gone and Valeda Quinlan knows it, she just can’t prove it. Determined to learn the truth, Valeda finds herself at the mercy of Elsie Delgora, the last known Witch to have ever seen Magic. Scrambling for survival amidst the noble Houses of Magnellum, Valeda agrees to help Elsie in return for Magic’s location. But the help Elsie needs is more than Valeda bargained for. Words: 87200 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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More By This Author | A.J. Maguire Dead Magic Book II of the Witch-Born Series A.J. Maguire Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy Return to the Steam Punk world of Magnellum for the second book in the "Witch-Born" series.
Magic is gone and Valeda Quinlan knows it, she just can’t prove it. Determined to learn the truth, Valeda finds herself at the mercy of Elsie Delgora, the last known Witch to have ever seen Magic. Scrambling for survival amidst the noble Houses of Magnellum, Valeda agrees to help Elsie in return for Magic’s location. But the help Elsie needs is more than Valeda bargained for. Words: 87200 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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| | | Jaclyn Belmay Time Fall Jaclyn Belmay Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Thrillers Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF Also available as a paperback For Hollywood stunt girl Juniper Warren, the dangers of running a motor bike off a sheer cliff are nothing compared to the sheer terror of being forced out of a vintage airplane without a parachute. Juniper has to use the witching powers bequeathed by her grandmother if she is to survive. And once she does, she will find herself face to face with her evil black widow spider Aunt Regina who will do anything to destroy her.
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More By This Author | Jaclyn Belmay Time Fall Jaclyn Belmay Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Thrillers For Hollywood stunt girl Juniper Warren, the dangers of running a motor bike off a sheer cliff are nothing compared to the sheer terror of being forced out of a vintage airplane without a parachute. Juniper has to use the witching powers bequeathed by her grandmother if she is to survive. And once she does, she will find herself face to face with her evil black widow spider Aunt Regina who will do anything to destroy her.
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| | | Best-selling Science Fiction from A.J. Maguire Witch-Born A.J. Maguire Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader RTF Also available as a paperback Smash witchcraft and steampunk technology together and you get the world of Magnellum, where Witches are nobility and the populace depends on Magic to keep the Wild at bay. Witch-Born is a Fantasy with steampunk tendencies revolving around the lives of Elsie Delgora and Saldorian Feverrette. Fate literally thrusts these two together when Saldorian stumbles over the seditious plot Elsie has been conducting for 23 years. Words: 55000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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More By This Author | Best-selling Science Fiction from A.J. Maguire Witch-Born A.J. Maguire Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy Smash witchcraft and steampunk technology together and you get the world of Magnellum, where Witches are nobility and the populace depends on Magic to keep the Wild at bay. Witch-Born is a Fantasy with steampunk tendencies revolving around the lives of Elsie Delgora and Saldorian Feverrette. Fate literally thrusts these two together when Saldorian stumbles over the seditious plot Elsie has been conducting for 23 years. Words: 55000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.99
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| | | AAARG! Speculative Fiction Stories John Klawitter Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Paranormal, Mysticism and Divination Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Also available as a paperback In John Klawitter’s alternate universes ducks and turtles talk with humans, angels and muses co-exist with humans on the planet earth and aliens are inadvertently wiped out by the Neanderthals. Couldn’t happen, you may say, and then you read something like Three On A Match or The Doomsday Club and you are made aware of the endless possibilities available when you open your mind even just a little bit. Words: 73000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.95
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More By This Author | AAARG! Speculative Fiction Stories John Klawitter Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Science Fiction, Paranormal, Mysticism and Divination In John Klawitter’s alternate universes ducks and turtles talk with humans, angels and muses co-exist with humans on the planet earth and aliens are inadvertently wiped out by the Neanderthals. Couldn’t happen, you may say, and then you read something like Three On A Match or The Doomsday Club and you are made aware of the endless possibilities available when you open your mind even just a little bit. Words: 73000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.95
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| | | Daniel - A Life One voice - a life of horror remembered Dorothy Davies Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Channelled Works, History Available Formats to Download: MOBI EPUB MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Also available as a paperback Daniel Goleznovitch was born on the 16th November in the early part of the 20th Century in Potsdam in Germany; the last child of David and Eva Goleznovitch. There were already three children living in the small flat above the pawnbroker’s shop: David Junior, Rosa and Solomon. In the early 1900s life was hard enough for Jews who were immigrants; Daniel’s family might have been second generation German but they were immigrants for all that, for they could not trace a perfect German line back through their ancestors. Words: 63500 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $3.95
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More By This Author | Daniel - A Life One voice - a life of horror remembered Dorothy Davies Click For Book Page and Excerpt Genres: Channelled Works, History Daniel Goleznovitch was born on the 16th November in the early part of the 20th Century in Potsdam in Germany; the last child of David and Eva Goleznovitch. There were already three children living in the small flat above the pawnbroker’s shop: David Junior, Rosa and Solomon. In the early 1900s life was hard enough for Jews who were immigrants; Daniel’s family might have been second generation German but they were immigrants for all that, for they could not trace a perfect German line back through their ancestors. Words: 63500 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $3.95
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| | | Check Mate The Audio Book Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Sample Genres: Science Fiction, Humour / Speculative 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... Purchase from our site Audiobook Price: $5.95 
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More By This Author | Check Mate The Audio Book Michelle Knight Click For Book Page and Sample Genres: Science Fiction, Humour / Speculative 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... Purchase from our site Audiobook 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 / Speculative Available Formats to Download: Palm MOBI EPUB Sony Reader (LRF) ;MS Word PDF MS Reader Text RTF Also available as a paperback 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 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.95
Paperback Pages: 178 Paperback price: $8.50
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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 / Speculative 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 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.95
Paperback Pages: 178 Paperback price: $8.50
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- Average 4.0 from 1 ratings
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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 / Speculative Words: 52000 Purchase from our site Ebook Price: $5.95
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