Review: Project Mimic is an action packed Sci-Fi thriller that just rolls along thru the pages!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
Project Mimic is a story about a handful of reanimated soldiers who have been technologically altered such that they have gained new powers. In exchange, they have lost something nearly as important. They have lost themselves, their history, and the things that used to define them when they were alive. It is those very traits and definitions that qualified them for reanimation in the first place and so I assume that we learn more about their connection to the larger conflict as subsequent books are released. Slowly, the memories of their former lives return in bits and pieces during the worst of circumstances...while they are running and fighting for every moment of existence.Project Mimic is intended to be an 'action packed thrill ride'. Every Sci-Fi\Fantasy author must choose an appropriate blend of science, fantasy, action, violence, etc, to use in the telling of their story. John Black has elected to focus on the action. His book drops you right into the action and almost immediately, you get a good sense of the larger conflict as well as the immediate challenge at hand. I am glad to see that he did not compromise the thrill ride by attempting to mingle Project Mimic with a love affair, or constrain it to physical science, or try to weigh the story down with religious or political\social overtones. Rather, he keeps the story moving along simply by keeping the reader aware of the larger conflict all while moving his characters from one action packed scene to another.I'd recommend this book to anybody who appreciates a good thrill ride without the heavy baggage that can constrain a story. Project Mimic reminds me of stories like X-Men and District-9 where there is so much action, and yet still so much to learn about our cast of characters whom I believe will be enriched not by their new found powers, but by the histories of their former lives.It's up to John Black to bring this story forward now. I'd recommend it with 4 stars.