Quest by Maurice Perkins
Gritty Survivalism
An Indie Book Review by Joseph Poopinski
4 stars
The imaginative technology & elements of military operations in Quest amazed me. On a ruined & plagued Earth, all but vanquished by mankind & our pollution, sporadic survivors grouped together & chose their paths. Egalitarians & warlords faced off with firepower or strategy/execution making the difference. Like the Terminator movies, the future population of subterranean humans hatched a plan to fix the past & alter their bleak present. However, glitches abound with unanticipated (but very creative) ramifications. I agree with the author’s speculations & suspect that probably, after any given apocalypse, one-word descriptive names would naturally replace today’s normal three-part full names and realistically dread how powerful or charismatic individuals would resort to brutality (I could hardly read the torture scene) as a first choice to secure as many resources as possible for themselves. Greed will upend any society.
The Melody of Trees by Helen Whistberry
Cute Stories
An Indie Book Review by Joseph Poopinski
4 stars
Although I expected a welcome bit of whimsy, some magic & an animated nature (like talking bears) from this book, the gunslinger & mobsters pleasantly surprised me. Each tale had a wrinkle or twist & I enjoyed them all. My new favorite take on the Grim Reaper from “A Bad Day at Work” depicted this specter as one of many functionaries collectively titled as such who clock in & clock out after their shifts like average Joes & ordinary Janes. They may ditch those iconic robes & scythes, constituting their uniforms, whenever off-duty. So after work, they appear as traditional phantoms, mingle & have friendships with other ghosts in the afterlife’s society. It was a fun read.
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