Review: As usual...GREAT story...REALLY bad editing...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2013
First, I've read all of Chris's books...LOVED the Wandering Engineer series...gave it great reviews EXCEPT that he really really really needs an editor or a much better one. I realize he's an e-author and that is great since he's basically straight to market but bad because he loses out on editing input. Maybe some dedicated readers? (hint hint)Let me get the 'bad' stuff out of the way....the story has several timeline flaws. For example in one chapter they talk about solving the bleach problem and in the next chapter they go into great detail about "oh yeah..we got bleach...and this is how we did it". At first, I thought it was a badly handled 'flashback' until I ran into it for a 3rd time. It seems like he would get ahead of himself then, due to the plot, have to go back and 'rediscover' something. Also, spell check seems to be 'off' for this book :)Now that I have satisfied my OCD side...Go read the book!!! Very interesting story line (Kind of like "Glory Road" for you smarter SF geeks). Chris can really get into someones head. Sometimes the motivation seems a little thin but MANY main stream authors have this problem and who cares about Duke Troys wife's motivation?(doesn't help the story..see above about an editor). His sense of pacing and general story telling lean more towards an oral tale vs. a polished book but who cares? It's rip roaring fun story and it's told well!! Chris also puts out a LOT of work in his book. One of the things that chaps my bottom is some e-authors write 200 pages and consider it a Michner worthy NOVEL. Chris  puts out 400-500 (or more) pages per book (but hard to figure with kindle sometimes you only get 'location'). His Wandering Engineer series is as long and involved as anything I have ever read. I have to also give him props on cost...not expensive...I've paid more for books by other authors that weren't even worth the cost of energy deleting them. Never felt that way about any of his books.I really like Chris's books and can't wait for him to do something else...BUT..>OMG!!< get some advanced editors to go through the books. Can be confusing if you're not a fan. It's the ONLY reason I give you 4 stars!!...otherwise it'd be a 5!!Keep em' going Chris!! (Where's our new Jethro book??)