J.C. Andrijeski

Well, no. I got 28% in riding some intermittent interest in the plot, but the immature writing style just sucks the life out of any action. The author's publisher completely dropped the editing ball.

This free novel taught me not to bother reading Andrijeski's other work. Don't believe the five star reviews. There are elements of potential here, but the reader has to work to pull them together since neither writer nor editor managed to. Some readers won't mind that. But you have to be terribly un-critical to give this five genuinely-felt stars.… (meer)

Alluring Alternative History

Rook by JC Andrijeski is an intricate mix of Alternative History warfare, Apocalyptic psychic battles and love affairs and spiritual reincarnation.

Spanning several World Wars, and many dimensions, Alyson Taylor comes into the knowing of her special status as "The Bridge", a deer, a psychic who is destined to change the relationships of humans and seers forever.

Although there is graphic, disturbing violence in this book, it serves well to illustrate the fundamental struggle between good and evil which is part of life.

The author builds both a believable physical world and a fantastic psychic realm while easily transitioning from one to the other. The love story at the root of the book is powerful, tasteful and mesmerizing.

The 6 hours invested were well worth it and I'll be reading the following volumes as well. Rook goes on my highly recommended list.… (meer)