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Shadow City
- Tales of the Shadow City, Book 1
- Narrated by: David Reimer, Jessica Weyman
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
Los Angeles is an apocalyptic wasteland.
Without orientation, Colton stumbles through the vast, deserted city. He doesn’t remember who he is or where he came from. Scavengers save his life from mutants and bring him to the only remaining inhabited area and safe Zone in former Hollywood.
There he learns that after a devastating catastrophe called The Glitch, reality shifted, allowing nightmarish creatures from another dimension to enter our world. These so-called Dark Ones feed on suffering and violence, wanting nothing less than the complete annihilation of humanity.
Colton discovers that he has extraordinary abilities and joins a league of unusual defenders: ex-cop Eric, female cyborg Bombshell, and Vincent, a mighty entity from another world disguised as a human soldier.
But the Dark Ones are evil beyond imagination, and with their ice-cold enforcer, the traitor Eurydice, they are a threat nearly impossible to overcome. Cunning and ruthless, Eurydice sets a ploy in action, which leads to the destruction of the Zone’s defenses weakening the tiny community from within. It’s up to Colton and his friends to take a desperate stand against the superior enemy and save what is left of humanity from extinction.
Fast-paced, action-driven, and cinematic–an eternal fight of good vs. evil told in a way as never before.
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- J Smith
- 23-07-22
“Outside the dying had started again”
I just couldn’t get a feel for this book unfortunately. I think it has some great ideas but it just came across a little naive and overly explained.
The narration wasn’t my favourite either. It felt like it was being read in bullet points and with no real atmosphere and the voices weren’t distinctive enough. There were no pauses between different scenes/character switches; I only realised it’d moved on when a new charter name was mentioned or the content became obvious. The dual narration wasn’t too bad with good timing though.
This is my honest opinion on a free review copy.
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- Steve Short
- 10-05-22
Good post apocalyptic tale
The story revolves around a community of vampires and humans in a post apocalyptic world. The background of the Glitch is touched on but isn’t a driving factor to this story, although it’s very much there for the series arc.
The life is a struggle but a fragile peace has been managed for a number of years and life is easier than it once was. There is a symbiotic relationship between the vamps and humans; with the humans being more than cattle. In places there is genuine friendship.
The peace is challenged by Dark Ones on the community borders. The Dark Ones want to bring about the destruction of this community and then onto the wider world.
The is an ensemble main cast and each of the characters are drawn out well. Thrown into the mix of human and vamps is the cyborg Bombshell. I envision her very much along the lines of Robocop which is fun. Two characters that stand out are Colton and Vincent and im not sure which one I have more questions about. The only characters that I didn’t get on with was Tom who was leader of the community paramilitary group. The way he behaved didn’t seem realistic for his rank.
The vamp elders are generally haughty and condescending. The dark ones are black eyed and cold / evil emitting. The mutants in the wasteland are very mutanty. However, the home team have a good dynamic as individuals and a team.
The performance is solid, and it’s more the production that I’ve knocked a star off for. The chapters are very lengthy and there are jumps from one characters narrative to another. In the book that I’ve not see there might be splits on the page to show this, but there is no break in the narration. No pause or tinkle of music. One viewpoint roles into the next and that jarred.
Can’t wait to hear more.
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