Valhalla
Paperback, 469 pages
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The year is 2230 and of the millions of people crowding northern Scotland, there are none so aimless as Violet MacRae. In a world where war has gone obsolete and only brilliant minds are valued, she's emerging into adulthood with more brawn than brains and a propensity for violence. People might dismiss her as a relic, but world peace is more fragile than they know. Only an underground of outcasts just like Violet keep it from falling apart. Valhalla is the story of her induction into that underground, where she'll learn the craft and face genetically enhanced criminals, traitors from within and more. A story of action and spycraft, futuristic settings and weaponry, romance and satirical wit. Basically it's Star Wars meets Harry Potter meets James Bond. You should really read it.
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Finally! An intelligent modern hard-sci-fi novel that's worth my rare reading time: fast, darkly humorous, and stylishly violent ala Quentin Tarantino. What a pleasure!
Having come of age reading sci-fi in the 50'/60's, I rarely finish most of what I read these days; I just don't have the patience for mediocre writing anymore. No problem here: this one reads fast and is hard to put down.
Despite my being a grey-hair, I like this form of stylized violence -- I'd like to see this one in a movie. And thankfully, there are no gaping plotholes or stupid character illogic, and the entire world/universe isn't at stake -- it just comes out a slightly better place for the moment.
'Nuff said. Bikeand BeFree, San Diego
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