Review: Expect the Unexpected
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2012
The Handler is a short but exciting read, just the right amount and flavor to make my mouth water for more. Even though SF is my favorite genre, I don't give many 5 star ratings. But Susan has created a world of mindreaders vs. mindjackers that keeps me interested in the characters as well as the technology, and she never fails to throw a curve.I wished I could peek into the mind of this handler, a jacker with the special ability to manipulate emotions, in Closed Hearts. I got the good guy vibe from Julian, but Kira couldn't jack into his mind so I couldn't be sure Susan wasn't going to bait and switch. Anna, Julian's sister, seems a little one-dimensional in this story, but her constant weapons cleaning serves as a good contrast to Julian's character cleaning. He helps recruits clean their souls.I'm not telling what happens when some new recruits join his clan except to say, expect the unexpected. And if I weren't too old for teams, this novella would have made me declare for team Julian.