Andrew Mayne (1)
Teoksen The Naturalist tekijä
Katso täsmennyssivulta muut tekijät, joiden nimi on Andrew Mayne.
Sarjat
Tekijän teokset
How to Write a Novella in 24 Hours: And other questionable & possibly insane advice on creativity for writers (2015) 16 kappaletta
The Chronological Man 5 kappaletta
Game Knight 2 kappaletta
Illusion EFX 1 kappale
Bisection Unlimited 1 kappale
In Half 1 kappale
Event Horizon 1 kappale
Free Fall 1 kappale
Extreme Brain Damage 1 kappale
Levitator 1 kappale
Touching Sky: A Guide to Levitating 1 kappale
The Zero Memorization Memorized Deck 1 kappale
Voodoo Box 1 kappale
Associated Works
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 20th century
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- USA
- Ammatit
- Magician
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Known for his creative and visual style of magic, Andrew has made ghosts appear on the screens of borrowed iPhones, shrunk himself to one foot tall and even made a town think they were besieged by UFOs. With over 45 published books, DVDs and effects, Andrew is considered one of the most creative magicians of his generation. His creative repertoire stretches from both intimate close-up magic to grand illusion.
He's the publisher of WeirdThings.com, iTricks.com - magic's number one daily magic news site, co-host of Weird Things the podcast and co-founder of Jaras/Mayne productions and has produced content for the Cartoon Channel and the G4 network.
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Suspension of belief is required, but it was an entertaining read. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
New Author to Love
The heroine, Sloan McPherson, a PhD candidate, and a local police recovery diver, is diving in a Southern Florida canal looking for archaeological finds for her advisor. When she surfaces, she discovers a body floating in the canal that was not there when she started her dive. She calls 911, and police show up. They asked her for her driver’s license. Since she still is in her wet suit, she goes to her car to get her purse. She discovers that her driver’s license is missing. Sloan says to herself, “The killer knows who I am. The killer knows where I live.” My attention captured right there.
The main storyline proceeds with high tension scenes with adequate twists, turns, and misdirection’s that kept my interest. The author stacked the deck for tension not only with the antagonists but also within the protagonists. Sloan is very independent and will do what she thinks best at the time even if it goes against her training and surely test her physical limits. Her father who taught her how to scuba dive took her out on many treasure-hunting expeditions, some of which he may not have reported to the state of Florida. He also helped a friend built custom boats with hidden compartment. There is Run, a nickname, for the father of Sloan’s young daughter. He helps significantly in parenting responsibilities, but Sloan will not marry him. Lastly, there is George Solar who was the lead investigator of Sloan’s uncle Karl for drug smuggling who now lives rent free at the pleasure of the State of Florida. Eternal hatred would be too light of a description of Sloan’s feelings towards George. At times, the internal conflict seems greater than the external conflict. Most of the above is provided by extensive B-storyline threads significantly in the beginning of the novel but still throughout the novel.
There are not any intimate scenes in the novel, but Sloan has the mouth of a sailor. Also, Jackie, her young daughter, has a mouth on her also. There is some violence but even though much of it is described as it happens, it was not near to being over the top. So, if you are offended by excessive language, reader be warned.
The only aspect of this novel that left a little questioning was several of the underwater scenes. I am not a scuba or free diver, but they seem stretching the envelope of credibility, but this is a work of fiction. They kept the tension high and the story line flowing. Overall, my assessment of this book is an action thriller. It was quick and easy and a series that I will continue to read the next book comes out in 2021.… (lisätietoja)
The heroine, Sloan McPherson, a PhD candidate, and a local police recovery diver, is diving in a Southern Florida canal looking for archaeological finds for her advisor. When she surfaces, she discovers a body floating in the canal that was not there when she started her dive. She calls 911, and police show up. They asked her for her driver’s license. Since she still is in her wet suit, she goes to her car to get her purse. She discovers that her driver’s license is missing. Sloan says to herself, “The killer knows who I am. The killer knows where I live.” My attention captured right there.
The main storyline proceeds with high tension scenes with adequate twists, turns, and misdirection’s that kept my interest. The author stacked the deck for tension not only with the antagonists but also within the protagonists. Sloan is very independent and will do what she thinks best at the time even if it goes against her training and surely test her physical limits. Her father who taught her how to scuba dive took her out on many treasure-hunting expeditions, some of which he may not have reported to the state of Florida. He also helped a friend built custom boats with hidden compartment. There is Run, a nickname, for the father of Sloan’s young daughter. He helps significantly in parenting responsibilities, but Sloan will not marry him. Lastly, there is George Solar who was the lead investigator of Sloan’s uncle Karl for drug smuggling who now lives rent free at the pleasure of the State of Florida. Eternal hatred would be too light of a description of Sloan’s feelings towards George. At times, the internal conflict seems greater than the external conflict. Most of the above is provided by extensive B-storyline threads significantly in the beginning of the novel but still throughout the novel.
There are not any intimate scenes in the novel, but Sloan has the mouth of a sailor. Also, Jackie, her young daughter, has a mouth on her also. There is some violence but even though much of it is described as it happens, it was not near to being over the top. So, if you are offended by excessive language, reader be warned.
The only aspect of this novel that left a little questioning was several of the underwater scenes. I am not a scuba or free diver, but they seem stretching the envelope of credibility, but this is a work of fiction. They kept the tension high and the story line flowing. Overall, my assessment of this book is an action thriller. It was quick and easy and a series that I will continue to read the next book comes out in 2021.… (lisätietoja)
Listat
Palkinnot
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 45
- Also by
- 2
- Jäseniä
- 2,210
- Suosituimmuussija
- #11,601
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.8
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 159
- ISBN:t
- 119
- Kielet
- 6
It's not that I hated this one, police corruption and all that is always great but the matter of them being able to jump from service branch to another at every flip was a bit too far fetched for me. I felt like it went from policing to where is Batman?