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Mike Chinakos
I'm looking at your book, Tales of the Ten Realms, from where did you draw your inspiration for this book?
I've always loved time travel and trains. When I moved to Snoq ualmie Valley, WA a decade This book came about from my desire to write in a shared world. My co-authors, Jonathan Larch, and Keenin Osborne found most of our inspiration sitting around a fire while enjoying a good cigar and a glass of whiskey! We wanted to establish a world with a unique magic system, and some different fantasy tropes. I think we accomplished both of those things, and couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.. ~~Read More~~ 
Previously Interviewed Authors:
Ann Simas Donald McEwing Steven C. Schneider Sonja S. Mongar Kennedy J. Quinn |
Featured review
Outlaws and Worse, Jonathan Eaton's followup to A Good Man for an Outlaw, is everything we hope for in a sequel and much more. While continuing the story of Deputy Hayes, the pharmacist Fowler, and the outlaw Mathew Mulkey, it weaves a new tale with outrageous characters. It's a story both droll and dark, told in chapters that deceptively head out into strange and unexpected territory, only to come gliding back to the main narrative like a flock of vultures circling in the Texas sky, awaiting the call to dinner.
Make no mistake--Eaton is serving us another helping of "Western noir," dark as a cup of black coffee, but sweetened with a cream of Coenesque humor. The characters are deliciously weird, their personal stories, funny and shocking. The novel is well-edited and the writing is crisp and clear. My only quibble is that one minor character in a short chapter speaks in a phonetically-rendered dialect, which I found somewhat difficult. But no harm done. The book remains a solid five stars. I highly recommend it.
With the world dying, governments around the world concoct a plan to not only save mankind but also the world. Their plan is to put everyone into suspended animation for 20 years to essentially reboot Earth.
Whenever the government is involved in something, there is always the chance it could go sideways. For Tim, a relatively sheltered young man, sideways it went. With the help of his neighbors and strays they pick up on the way, Tim must decide if he is going to stay the sheltered man of his past, or if he will become the man that his father never thought he could be. I really enjoyed this story. The story was unique in that there wasn't a single event that caused the world to fail, but people being people, and I think that resonates with me. Yes while one person can make a small difference, without worldwide intervention, this story could be our reality in the near future. Awake is a look at the human condition through the eyes of a young oregonian who never really saw the world for what it was. That can be said for many young individuals, who are too wrapped up in their own worlds to understand what is happening around them. I would suggest reading this book if you like the dystopian and post-apocalyptic genres. With it being based in Oregon, the author made sure to be really accurate with locations and descriptions, which I appreciate. |
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