Review: Annoyed because it ended!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2013
Yes, I was annoyed the story ended. It's like a dreaded cliffhanger two part episode of your favorite tv show.It is hard to tell if some of the good guys are bad, there are some definite bad guys and there are about five or six different story lines running at the same time, all of them related yet different. That alone will keep a reader interested.A distopian (sp?) view of the future that feels like it could have happened yesterday instead of 150 or so years from now, it is a compelling story of how fragile human society is and how man, with now moral social structures left in place, can quickly revert to violence, rule by the strong and totalitarianism, albeit of a wide variety of strong-armed social structures.The stories neatly contrast life in a small village with the gritty violence and despair of futuristic urban life. The stories also hint of secrets yet to be revealed and perhaps that is what keeps the reader turning the pages, or in this case, pressing the Kindle button to read further.This book, and the first volume of the trilogy, are entertaining yarns. The characters become more familiar as their stories unfold.Like a good storyteller should, the author, Kelvin James Roper has drawn me into his story and the imaginary world he has created. I will just have to patiently wait until the third an final part of the story is revealed in published form.