Reader Reviews
After receiving feedback from individuals, I decided I should make available a place on the website for readers to post their reviews. Please feel free to comment on the books in any way you wish. I’m always interested in critical feedback.
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M Ryan Hess
A good read, and the ideas in it have stayed with me all this time.
Source World Ghosts: Demons of the Nemenusu
This was the first science fiction novel I have read since my teenage years. It achieved the impossible by being a great page turner as well as going deeper and asking some fundamental questions about values and culture.
It is written from the perspective of Feh, who finds herself alone on a distant planet. The writer, M Ryan Hess, based some of the ideas on his experiences living in Japan. The planet has the feel of the East. The homogeneity of the group is strong in the East and contrasts with the individualism of the West. Fey represents a strong individual trying to use her understanding of technology and ethics to save the planet’s deity, the Kunsama.
Source World Ghosts manages to amaze with its’ descriptions and possibilities of an inter-galactic future. The visions of an advanced nano technology provokes important questions about more contemporary developments in this field.
The story contains many twists and turns that literally had me jumping out of my seat. I could see “Source World Ghosts” being as big as “Star Wars”! The characters are real and the tension is relentless. Bring on part 2!