The glowing reviews for Mike Cole's Control Point made me want to read this book bad. It's not exactly a small thing when you have Robin Hobb, Peter V Brett and Mark Lawrence singing your praises so I had some pretty high expectations for Control Point. Did it meet them? Almost. Lots of things wo...
The first book in this series, Control Point was recommended by a variety of people that I respect the views of but I was a little disappointed. It was good enough but it didn't blow me away as they seemed to suggest it would. So I wasn't planning on picking up this until I ran into it on sale at...
An excellent follow-up story. The ending of one story and the start of another. The action is very well written and the powers displayed are well utilized. It's hard to beat the story of Bookbinder going from paper-pusher to hard-ass, but we see a diverse group pull together to fight a horrific t...
Breach Zone is enough evidence to tell me that Myke Cole is going to be one of those authors who consistently turn out books that are better than his previous. I liked Control Point, I loved Fortress Frontier, but Breach Zone was on a whole new level of brilliance.Cole's decision to set Breach Zo...
It’s dismissive and unfair. The proper term for them is “Unmanifested Latencies,” and they play an important role in the SOC. Our Unmanifested make up the bulk of our Suppressing Corps, and their ability to sense magical currents in others make them an invaluable tool in tracking and identifying ...
The senior airmen lifting his stretcher into the helo confirmed Schweitzer’s suspicion. The round had cracked Chang’s ribs, driving them into his lungs and depriving him of oxygen. But the oxygen mask over his face made up for it, and his eyes were in focus as Schweitzer squeezed his shoulder. &n...
We didn’t fully understand how the active ingredient was reacting with the . . . DNA ‘box’ we were putting it in. It turns out the combination was toxic. We fixed it eventually, mostly by keeping the dosage low enough for the body to process over time. But in those early days, and in high concent...