Review: Steampunk
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
I had only heard the phrase "Steampunk" once before.  In an episode of Bar Rescue John Taffer turned a failing goth bar into a Steampunk bar.  So this is new to me.  I looked up Steampunk on Wikipedia and was astonished to find that's it's a whole genre of people and ideas.Having read this second book I can fully appreciate the writing style being referred to as Steampunk.  Never realized Stephen King's The Dark Tower also fits that genre pretty good, too.In my review of the first book I said I was surprised that Lobstrosities didn't come crawling out of the ocean.  In this book they were fished out of the ocean.  And Ross made a reference to the huge claws that could easily take the fingers of a gunslinger.  Hmmmm....almost waited for him to ask if anyone had any astin for his aches and pains.This was just as good, if not better, than the first book.  There is no more flip-flopping between worlds, we are fully engaged in Destin.  Ross is interesting enough and it should be interesting to see what ultimate role The Messenger will play, but this book is mostly about Sawyer and the huge role he is playing.  Sawyer is the company's techno-geek and the mess Earth made of this world is best understood by someone like Sawyer.  So far, to me, Sawyer is more like Roland of Gilead than Ross is.  Although Normand Kaliburn IS Roland of Gilead.  What a totally cool, kick-ass bad dude this king is.  An Aragorn son of Arathorn who is not afraid to  jump into any fight where extraordinary fighting skills are required.A  great read, Mr. Hunt.  Keep them coming - you have another fan.