Review: Razor's Edge Dystopian Epic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2012
I enjoyed this book so thoroughly I'd give it more than five stars if I could.  It's somewhat of a guilty pleasure reading "after the apocalypse" stories.  This story has all the action anyone could ever want with larger-than-life heroic characters to boot. Carl is the deadly ex-military special forces guy who has been living as a hermit in his desert compound, making sure anyone who poses a threat never gets out alive.  Jessie is the sexy porno actress/addict/whore with a heart of gold and a sad past who starts out to make a buck from keeping alive two young survivors of a plane crash, Tanya and Dustin.  Tanya, on the verge of womanhood, is the damaged former Olympic athlete with experimental chip implants that make her just slightly more than human.  Dustin, Tanya's younger teenage brother is along for the ride, hormonally confused most of the time and longing to go back to his more pampered former lifestyle. When these four people are thrown together it makes for a tumultuous but thrilling combination.  Trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic desert world is hard enough, but when you have a group of mercenaries with a military helicopter trying to track you down it makes it so much harder and it also leaves plenty of room for ongoing action. As the author leads these characters through their adventure he also develops their individual personalities and forges a bond between them, making the reader care for each of them. I don't want to give away too much about the ending; however, let's just say the story ending is not so happy, but it is also tough and reminds me of the endings of movie story lines like Terminator and Resident Evil.  This reader can only hope for a sequel, because there is plenty of room for one.