It's not often that I find a book here that I would absolutely buy with no reservations, but I just found one. I rarely get past chapter one of any books on here, but I blitzed through the first four chapters of this one and I intend to finish all of them shortly. Sure, the text is a bit rough and needs to be cleaned up, but the story and writing are fantastic, at least by my tastes.

Saltus - by Colin Smith

Posted: 31/01/2012 16:30:13

It's not often that I find a book here that I would absolutely buy with no reservations, but I just found one. I rarely get past chapter one of any books on here, but I blitzed through the first four chapters of this one and I intend to finish all of them shortly. Sure, the text is a bit rough and needs to be cleaned up, but the story and writing are fantastic, at least by my tastes.

Saltus - by Colin Smith

me too!!

Posted: 31/01/2012 17:58:55

Great read!

Posted: 31/01/2012 18:00:16

Just finished all that is up, and I hope the rest goes up soon. I love end of the world stories, and this one is certainly intriguing.

And you can tell I have no agenda in backing this, as the author doesn't like books like mine. He does have After the Ruin on his desk, which is nice.

Posted: 31/01/2012 18:05:13
Last Edit: 31/01/2012 18:12:49 by Ted Cross

Just finished all that is up, and I hope the rest goes up soon. I love end of the world stories, and this one is certainly intriguing.

And you can tell I have no agenda in backing this, as the author doesn't like books like mine. He does have After the Ruin on his desk, which is nice.

It's already on my watch list. I'm looking forward to reading it all the more than ever...

Posted: 31/01/2012 19:25:52

But it's soo much more than just an "end of the world story"...

Sure, but that's what draws me to it. I don't particularly care about true-life stuff. I want the world to end!

I do think the blurb needs reworking, though. It didn't draw me in. If I were writing this, I would focus on the idea of there being no more births on Earth and the MC being the last person born. That's the fascinating aspect for me, while the current blurb reads very clinically.

Posted: 31/01/2012 21:22:10