Reviewed by: Michael Thal
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Approximate word count: 110-115,000 words
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Author:
Born in
Pennsylvania, Vincent M Wales got smart and moved to a warmer climate when
reaching adulthood. Currently residing in Sacramento, California, Wales has
worn many hats including writing teacher, suicide prevention counselor, and
award winning novelist. Reckoning is the first in this superhero trilogy.
Description:
Dinah
Geof-Craigs grew up in a world with metahumans—people with extraordinary
powers. Less than 1% of the population had the meta-gene including her big
brother, Dana, who could read minds and move objects with a thought. All Dinah
wanted in life was to be a mutant, just like her brother. So she kept up with
press accounts of “super-powered, costumed folk doing heroic or nefarious deeds,
dressed in bright costumes and sporting outlandish names.” Since she lost the
mutant-gene jackpot, Dinah decided to become a scientist and figure out a way
to turn herself into a meta-powered superstar worshipped by the media and the
adoring public.
Appraisal:
Vincent M.
Wales’ novel, Reckoning, reads like
Dinah’s memoir. Geof-Craigs takes readers from her early childhood telling
stories about her dysfunctional family and her devoutly religious Christian
mother. We see her relationship with brother Dana fizzle and ignite, her love
affairs with several women, and a scientific breakthrough that turns Dinah
Geof-Craigs into Dynamistress.
Reckoning
is an outstanding book to wile away the hours watching Dinah’s powers transform
her into a metahuman as she learns to relate to others of her kind and battle
against creatures from another dimension with evil intentions.
Readers
beware: You’ll be hard pressed to put this book down.
Format/Typo Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating: ***** Five Stars
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