Review: Excellent, Well-Written and Engaging
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2013
I enjoyed reading this book, even though I have not read the first book of the series titled Forty Days at Kamas. I think it might have been a bit easier to get into the book sooner had the author included a brief synopsis of the previous book, but as I read Star Chamber Brotherhood, I was able to pick up the back-story well enough.The author paints a picture of America in the not-so-distant-future. It's not a happy place and the President-for-Life rules an intolerant, totalitarian regime. Frank Werner is a dissident who survived a brutal incarceration for his political views and is asked to eliminate a warden from his former prison who has been judged guilty of crimes against humanity by the very secret opposition.The story is told very well, with characters that are believable in every way. By the end of the book, I felt as if I was sharing in their frustrations and celebrating their victories. This book was good enough that I'm now looking forward to picking up the first book in the series - though Star Chamber Brotherhood is a complete novel and it's not necessary to read the first book to enjoy this book. I was happy to find that there were no zombies, no vampires and no space aliens in this book, as it seems to be such a common theme in this sort of literature - it was just an engaging, well-written, realistic read.I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for agreeing to provide a fair and honest review. I have never met the author. However, now that I've read this book, I'd be happy to read other works by this author and recommend Star Chamber Brotherhood to those who enjoy realistic and suspenseful dystopian fiction.