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I'm presently a 22-year-old college student studying physics at the University of Maryland. As such an occupation suggests, I'm a serious geek and it most likely shows in my writing. I've been writing this one book (or a series of them now, actually) for a number of years. I'm getting close to being done and thought getting some additional feedback would be most useful.

My apologies, but due to the insane nature of upper-level physics classes, I probably can't return reads. If you want to read my books, please feel free. I'll see what I can do.

favourite books

"Debt of Honor" and "Executive Orders" by Tom Clancy
"Sahara" and "Black Wind" by Clive Cussler
"The Last Jihad" series by Joel Rosenberg
"Timeline" by Michael Crichton
"The Hades Factor" by Robert Ludlum

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The Essence of Power

Jonathan McCarty

Destructive powers seek to control the greatest weapons the world has ever known. Is anyone immune to the corruption they induce?


Seven friends, few of whom have ever officially met, rediscover the incredible powers thought lost to time. Elsewhere, a shadowy organization with bottomless wealth and its own private army of assassins seeks to dominate the world. Soon, they also discover the greatest power the world has ever known -- the ancient powers of the elemental swords. Many of those with the powers succumb to the temptation and engage in their own quests of domination.


A strange new player emerges as well. An especially skilled assassin with a few special tricks of her own is betrayed by the secret organization and vows its destruction. With the help of the mysterious Aleksandr Zadarov, she might just have a fighting chance.


Revenge, corruption, bloodlust. The hearts of men are desperately wicked, pursuing their desires at any cost. Only a few can be above the darkness, but how long can one dwell in the shadows before it dims their light?

 

The Legacy of the Swords

Jonathan McCarty

A mysterious sword with the power of telekinesis is uncovered, a darkness rises to hunt it, and horrible "natural" disasters tear across the world......


Jason Clark used to have a normal life. Everything about his life, everything he thought he knew about the world changes after he digs up a mysterious, glowing sword. What he discovers is that he possesses one of seven, all hidden around the world to keep them out of the hands of mankind.
An old evil has come back as well. It lurks around another sword discovered in India -- is it one of the seven, or another entirely? Soon, events will thrust our unwilling hero into worldwide and world-changing events as he and his companions search for the other six swords while combating this new malevolence.
The other swords, inactive for millenia, soon begin discharging their unthinkable power, wreaking havoc around the world as it struggles to understand these disastrous events. Powers clash to seize the swords, destoying anything that stands in their way. Only one man can do that.
Nothing will ever be the same again.

 

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I wrote 1009 days ago

Dude, I just ran across this and absolutely had to read it. Being a college student myself, also sharing a house with four or five other people, this just jumped out at me. Now, I can be thankful that my housemates are absolutely nothing like these people. The first chapter is definitely the best... view book

I wrote 1079 days ago

All right, who told you that I liked history? More often than not, history gives you facts and dates and what happened, and we forget that there were real live people involved back then. Stuff like this reminds us that uncertainty, fear, regret aren't recent inventions -- people in past had them t... view book

I wrote 1118 days ago

Hey Crispy, I read over your story and think the science looks fine, at least insofar as one can in a sci-fi novel. I've got to give you props on one major point that a lot of sci-fi writers don't do: details. You told us what all these futuristic techs are, given us a history lesson of sorts (tho... view book

I wrote 1120 days ago

Well, let me just say that I love these kind of stories. Time travel always wreaks havoc with my brain, but they're so much fun, too. I started this one for the YA reading group and ended up reading through the whole thing. I'm guessing that this is the first in a serial-type story and that more ... view book

I wrote 1131 days ago

Karen, I did what you asked and read past chapter 1, all the way to chapter 6. Your style flows, is easy to understand (virtues for a children's book, I would think), and has a story that can be followed without too much trouble. It walks the line well between simple and complicated, and, I think... view book

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