The changes they experience lack conviction. He substitutes plot twists and action for genuine character development. I really didn't care what happened to Harrigan or Freund or anyone else in The Pleistocene Redemption . In my book, that's a serious flaw. The larger ethical issues surrounding the regeneration of the Cro-Magnon and Neanderthals are glanced at but remain unexplored in the face of interlocking disaster scenarios.
First novels are often weak, which is why they so often end up in the trunk.
There's nothing wrong with this as a first novel. I think the fact that it was self-published bears me out. I wish that I could have written something more positive. A.L. Sirois A.L. Sirois walks the walk, too.