Steven Bohls

Now Jed has seen the light, or should be say the golden glow, and is more confused than ever. Never mind the fact that his mind is not exactly his own right now. Never mind his memories aren't truly there, and his family still hasn't truly been found, and now dear old dad (but not that one!) is seeking him like a bloodhound after a criminal, and the danger levels are increasing exponentially with every new dread ship's arrival. Oh yes, there will be loss, junk storms aplenty, and danger up the wazoo, but there will also be discoveries about what truly makes family family, and how sometimes the only way to move forward is to truly let go of it all (or you know destroy a bunch of things in a major way, but you know...same same here).

I started reading and simply couldn't stop. The world built here takes hold of your imagination and doesn't let go. Long after you finish the final page, you'll still be remembering the battles with the dreadnoughts, the desperate searches and last chances, the mysterious disappearances and unusual characters, and all the other "junk" you may have been tempted to ignore, but won't be able to forget. It's EXCITING, it's STRANGE, it's a thousand other descriptive words you don't normally reach for when describing a FANTASTIC READ, and yet they SO work right here.


**copy received for review… (lisätietoja)

The first book has us learning all the itchy scritchiness that exists with the mouses, and dreads, as we meet and greet our boy, Jed. His life up until now has been anything but normal, and yet it's about to go a few steps, nay...a few LEAGUES beyond that when his twelveth birthday goes a bit, shall we say... awry? Well I mean, what else would YOU call it when EVERY day of your life (except birthdays!), your parents drop you off randomly somewhere with a few random things and expect you home in time for dinner (or sooner!) by your own means...odd, right? Even more odd that THIS BIRTHDAY was apparently fair game for the same...or was it?

Seriously, I did not know what I was getting into, but once I started reading, I just couldn't stop. Why? Well if you asked me at the time, I'd be completely unable to explain it other than saying it was odd, and curious, but interesting, and I had to see exactly where it was all leading. Having finished it, I couldn't really clear things up any better...it was still odd, curious, and interesting, but also so filled with imagination, fantasy, and wonderfully weird world building that you couldn't help but get sucked into it all. Then when the going got tough, the newly toughened (but not really because he was really reeling from a scritchtastic revelation!) Jed got going ...and the rest is BOOK TWO! ;)

**copy received for review… (lisätietoja)