by Kelley Eskridge
It pains me a bit to be less than excited about a book with such glowing blurbs from Octavia E. Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin, but thus I find myself.The premise is an odd take on the Chosen One trope in fantasy; children born at a very specific time corresponding to the official establishment of an ...
Oh good lord, DO NOT READ THE SYNOPSIS. Talk about giving shit away, man.
At times, Solitaire is a fascinating read! Sadly, at other times, reading this book is about as exciting as...well...playing a game of solitaire!In the not-too-distant future, world peace has finally been achieved. As a symbol of this new era, all children born on the first second of the first att...
I'm pretty impressed by Kelley Eskridge's ability to make a project manager who loves to project-manage into the hero of a compelling novel. I blew things off to finish this weirdly gripping novel about a PROJECT MANAGER. Talk about science fiction!
Product Description from Amazon“Ren "Jackal" Segura is a Hope -- a special child, a powerful symbol of a new world government destined for greatness. But two months before she is to assume the role she has been preparing for her entire life, Jackal discovers that everything she believes, everything ...
I picked up this book in a bargain bin because it looked interesting. Beginning to read it, I thought, "wow, stylistically, this book reminds me A LOT of Nicola Griffith" (an author I particularly like). Next time I picked it up, I noticed the dedication: "to Nicola, my sunshine." I looked it up and...
Reads a bit like a William Gibson novel. A young member of the intellectual corprate elite is sent to prison and learns to deal with a whole new set of problems. I wish the main character had used more of her social-manipulation whiles, but the author blew her load early in regards to those and let ...
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