Review: Outstanding author
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2012
This story was absolutely outstanding. The quality of the prose is professional and lyrical. Michael McBride's work will definitely not be .99 bargain basement for long; I am ordering Vector Borne today. One of the best new authors, surpassing the declining quality of my old favorites (Cussler). Somewhat familiar with rain forests and cloud forests from my travels, I felt like I was there. Research into mesoamerican indian cultures blended seamlessly into the story line. Incredibly, Mr. M even noted the 1873 Colt Army revolver, .45 Peacemaker, the iconic "cowboy gun" civilian model had "Colt Frontier Sixshooter" engraved onto the barrel. An important but little-known detail even for gun maniacs like myself. (Gun and especially scuba diving technical errors burn me up. Nitrox is NOT for deep dives, for example).This was formulaic, the hot anthropologist babe, the deeply-conflicted ex-military pilot, the plastic mercenaries, the corporate megalomaniac, etc, BUT this was a pleasure to read. It could have been more tightly edited perhaps, but good writing is meant to be savored. Good job. The excerpts included from Vector Borne have already sucked me in.