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Amortals: One helluva sci-fi thriller


November 26th, 2010  Posted by Greg

Matt Forbeck AmortalsSFF book  reviews Matt Forbeck AmortalsAmortals by Matt Forbeck

… Ronan Dooley is somewhere between the likes of James Bond and Dirty Harry: a typical action hero, easily found in any number of 70’s/80’s action movies or TV shows… He’s a lone wolf, a cowboy, whose refusal to play by the rules causes constant friction with authority — and he’s obsessed with stopping the bad guy. It just so happens that I love that type of character… there’s something appealing about the combination of coolness, bad-@$$-ness, and flippant disregard of danger or authority… Amortals makes for one helluva sci-fi thriller. Read the rest.

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