Release Date: 01/03/12
SYNOPSIS:
Hell comes to the high seas as James Cameron's TITANIC crashes full-force into the iceberg that is Bram Stoker's DRACULA. Forbeck sinks his fangs into one helluva horror story, robbing from real history to set up an epic showdown between man and vampire (and between vampire and vampire) on the RMS Carpathia File Under: Fantasy ["Bump In The Night" | "Unthinkable" | "Rescue Remedy" | "1912 Overture"]. It's gripping, exciting, and imaginative. It could make a great film, but it's a great book anyway so read it, whether you like sci-fi or not.
REVIEW:
Having recently finished another book set around the same disaster, I was in the mood for something a little different. Throw Matt Forbeck into the area and you know that what you’re going to get will push the readers imagination to the limit as well as twisting perceived idea’s with a wonderfully urban fantasy twist.
Here within this title, Matt brings all the elements of the Titanic Disaster to the fore but then also wonders what would have happened had Vampires been aboard the Carpathia.
It’s quirky, it has an almost cinematic feel and when you add to this Matt’s no nonsense writing style backed with good clear action alongside some characters with familiar surnames, then you know that what you’re embarking on is going to be a tale with some bite. Magical.
Release Date: 03/03/11
SYNOPSIS:
When two college freshmen decide to use Spring Break making magic on the gambling tables of Las Vegas, little do they imagine that Vegas harbours a dark magical secret of its own… And as they say, what happens in Vegas stays in vegas – alive or dead.
REVIEW:
Matt Forbeck is one of those strange authors that leave you wondering what they’ll turn up with next, last time it was a Methuselaic agent, this time hidden magical covens in Vegas. It’s all inventive and to be honest this has to be one of my favourite titles by this author. Not only is the plot cleverly woven but the characters rely on smarts rather than outright power which makes a serious change for the genre. Back that up with some seriously cool characters to hang with (although I still think Dino should have made an appearance,) some great plot lines which when backed with a serious understanding of pace alongside slight of hand and it was a title that I really got a blast from. Some seriously devious work has gone on underneath and I’m starting to wonder which devil Matt did a deal with to be so creative.
Release Date: 04/11/10
BOOK BLURB:
Today you die. Today you are reborn. Today you hunt the man who killed you. It's Lee Child vs. Altered Carbon in a high-tech blast of tough-as-nails future thrills. Matt Forbeck arrives as the new king of high-concept - with a blockbuster action movie in a book. In the near future, scientists solve the problem of mortality by learning how to backup and restore a persons memories into a vat-bred clone. When Secret Service agent Ronan "Methusaleh" Dooley is brutally murdered, he's brought back from the dead to hunt his killer, and in doing so uncover a terrible conspiracy.
REVIEW:
This offering is a strange tale firmly in the realm of science fiction as Forbeck’s vision of the future blends elements from films such as Surrogates and The 6th Day.
It’s definitely a novel tale that certainly has an unusual outlook, bringing a possible future to the reader today within this techno thriller alongside an excellent sense of pace. However, the downside to this offering is initially the principle character himself. Dooley is difficult to get a handle on and for the first part of the story is aloof to the reader which unfortunately makes him unlikeable. Yet as the story progresses the author helps the reader to not only sympathise with the hero but clearly, through dialogue, demonstrates that he is a man out of his time through the clever use of modern references.
It is well written and will definitely give the reader an adventure to enjoy yet unfortunately I cannot quite give up on the notion that I’ve read most of the conventions within this title before. Don’t get me wrong, it is a nice piece of escapism but when you add a pretty swift ending to the tale with everything tied up in a neat bow, I did wonder if the story had ended up more as a screenplay originally than a story and was adapted to fit the brief.
Release Date: 01/03/12
