Review: Love the continuing story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
I read the original Fourth Awakening and enjoyed it a great deal. I was eagerly awaiting the continuing story. This is it. One of the things I like about Pennington and Martin's writing is the reality of the characters. You want to know more about the adventures of Ian.I also knew going in that the Chronicles would be 'single adventure' books, short stories if you will, not full on novels.  150 years ago I would have read Dickens and Doyle this way. It's worth the price of admission.This is also one of the strong points of Chronicles. Frequently in a series of books, you need to start at the beginning. I prefer that each book stands on its own. If you have not read the original Fourth Awakening, you can read and enjoy this book, although you may want to pick up the Fourth Awakening and see what you missed.But it is not perfect. The story is about 50% of the total book. The second half is a sample of The Fourth Awakening, Rod Pennington's other series and a scientific look at Awakening.I should send the one reviewer who felt ripped off at 40 something pages for 99 cents the link Amazon sent me for a 19 page ebook for $2.99.Its and episode, not a novel. I will be picking up Chronicles II shortly.