Showing posts with label Jon Wallace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jon Wallace. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 June 2016

SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW: Kenstibec 3: Rig - Jon Walace

Release Date: 16/06/16
Publisher:  Gollancz

SYNOPSIS:

A fast-moving, filmic and violent SF thriller, perfect for fans of Jack Campbell. A meeting of The Road and Rogue Trooper.

Barricade introduced artificial lifeform, Kenstibec. Steeple saw him reduced to the level of humanity. Now Kenstibec must fight his way to the home of the man who created him and the other Ficials. The man who tipped the world into war and sealed humanity's fate. Can Kenstibec win a future back for man?

Jon Wallace has written a series of short, high-action yet thoughtful SF thrillers. Controversial yet full of dark humour these are rewarding SF thrillers that echo the pleasures of noir and bring a sharp new perspective to British SF.


REVIEW:

To be honest I spend a lot of time reading post-apocalyptic titles and whilst this is the third book in the series by Jon, I’ve had quite a lot of fun reading Jon’s work as I love the humour within which when blended with a host of characters that keep the world evolving make this something of a joy to sit down with.

As with previous outings, the prose is sharp, the dialogue wonderfully involving for the reader and when backed with a writing style that is addictive makes this a series that’s a joy to spend time around. Back this up finally with a good few twists, some cracking highs and lows and all round cracking concepts make this a series that’s a treat. Cracking.


Wednesday, 30 September 2015

SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW: Kenstibec 2: Steeple - Jon Wallace

Release Date: 18/09/15
Publisher:  Gollancz

SYNOPSIS:

Another high action SF dystopia perfect for fans of Richard Morgan and Alfred Bester alike. The follow-up to the acclaimed Barricade this another short, sharp and kinetic SF thriller

Kenstibec is a Ficial - a genetically engineered artificial life form; tough, skilled, hard to kill. Or at least he was. He's lost the nanotech that constantly repaired him. Life just got real. Just like it is for the few remaining humans in this blighted world - the Reals; locked in a fight over a ruined world with the Ficials they created to make Utopia.

And now Kenstibec must take a trip to the pinnicle of our failed civilisation. The Steeple is a one thousand storey tower that looms over the wreckage of London. It is worshipped, feared and haunted by attack droids and cannibals. And the location of a secret that just might save Kenstibec's life.The only way is up.


REVIEW:

A weird and wonderful book that blends a dark dystopian science fiction with cracking characters as well as top notch prose and dialogue. Add to this a quirky sense of humour alongside plotline that really keeps you engrossed all round allows you the chance to sit back and enjoy your free time in the company of an author who knows how to wave a magical story.

All round a pure joy to read and at the end of the day, whilst the second part of a series a tale that welcomes you in with open arms. I’ll be grabbing the original story at the first available opportunity. Cracking.