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by John Twelve Hawks
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Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
This is a story very close to the bone with modern survelience techniques and the feeling that your freedom is being traded for same-ness. That we're all being encouraged to live and act like sheep instead of finding something that moves us and being true to ourselves. I'm not as paranoid as the a...
Akustrei
Akustrei rated it 12 years ago
I can't believe this book has been checked out from my school library about twenty times but they still don't have the second book :O Is TIA real? I saw something about it in a Benedict Cumberbatch movie...
Nocturnal Book Reviews
Nocturnal Book Reviews rated it 13 years ago
Another ridiculously good book that found me by pure chance. All the conspiracy theorists of the world, this book is definitely for you. As I count myself one of the men in the tinfoil hats, that book felt like home.My mom-in-law gave it to my hubby to read and it was gathering dust in our car, unti...
All the Time in the World
All the Time in the World rated it 13 years ago
I added this book to my to-read list after I ran across a review a while back - it sounded interesting, and when I spotted a copy recently I grabbed it up for a couple of bucks. In the mean time I had gone to the associated website and discovered that no one seems to know who the author, John Twelv...
siobhanparker
siobhanparker rated it 13 years ago
A unique premise, great writing, a swiftly moving story, an ending that leaves you longing for the next installment...what's not to like about "The Traveler"? This was a definite winner, but it loses a star for occasionally graphically violent moments and a moderate amount of profanity.
notyourmonkey
notyourmonkey rated it 15 years ago
Is this a first/early novel? Because it kind of feels like it. Ripping good yarn, with all sorts of interestingish world building and action sequences; atrocious dialogue. Characters exposit more than they speak, and nobody has a distinct voice. Also, I'm afraid that this books suffers a little from...
Seeford's Spot
Seeford's Spot rated it 15 years ago
This is one of those odd books that defy genre labeling. The library puts it in 'General Fiction', I'd class the topic as Fantasy, but there are some Science Fiction technology & elements in the story as well.Took me a while to get through this - overall interesting, but a bit repetitive on the them...
Seeford's Spot
Seeford's Spot rated it 15 years ago
This is one of those odd books that defy genre labeling. The library puts it in 'General Fiction', I'd class the topic as Fantasy, but there are some Science Fiction technology & elements in the story as well.Took me a while to get through this - overall interesting, but a bit repetitive on the them...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 17 years ago
This is a story very close to the bone with modern survelience techniques and the feeling that your freedom is being traded for same-ness. That we're all being encouraged to live and act like sheep instead of finding something that moves us and being true to ourselves. I'm not as paranoid as the aut...
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