Walker

by Michael Langlois

He has the power to Walk between worlds. His captors think they can hold him.They're wrong.What do you say when offered a lifelong position in the most powerful and corrupt secret organization in mankind's history?If you want your life to last longer than the job interview, you say yes.In exchange for wealth, power, and training for his newly discovered abilities, all Daniel has to do is help them reach a new, unsuspecting world.To make things worse, a group of desperate escapees pin their thin hopes on him, willing to risk everything on a miracle that Daniel has no idea how to provide.Shackled with a restraint bracelet, constant surveillance, and superhuman captors, he must outsmart an overwhelmingly powerful enemy and seek freedom in the one place that is left to him, a new world that only he can reach.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Thriller, Paranormal, Ebooks

364 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 24, 2011

About the author

Michael Langlois lives in Texas with his family, two dogs, a cat, and BB, The Most Confident Rabbit in the World.

When he's not playing tabletop board games, video games, or waxing nostalgic about zombies on his blog, he will occasionally stop procrastinating and write something.

You can follow his antics at http://michael-langlois.net.

Reviews

[Jeremiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a truly unique book that paints an amazing picture of the worlds surrounding this story. The author doesn't draw you into the characters very well though. The characters are relatable and fun to read about, but the lack of emotion shown in the characters is sometime very obvious.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's not technically true that you can't judge a book by its cover. I've seen a lot of books: Abs or general lack of clothing,romance novel. Hoods and daggers, magik with a k. Aliens, alien book. Guns and more guns, action book. And etc. Instead of judging books by covers I would think it would be more accurate to say," You can't judge a book by its beginning."( Sometimes you can, but not always.)


In Walker, it was really clumsy at the beginning. But I think it's worth the self torture at the beginning to enjoy the rest of well rewarding book. There is much to hate really at the start: unnecessary swearing, adolescent behavior, attitude problems, and a lack of brains on the protagonist.

However, the rewards are: powerful protagonist, crushed heads, no, "I'm the bad guy, you won't shoot me because your a p--- oh, shi---(Bang). Yes, no stupid ending, just very abrupt, and that's pretty much. Yeah, I liked it really just because the hero kicked ass. Isn't that good enough reason to like a book?

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Started this one but the language was bad so I didn't get very far.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite an interesting book. I read it during a fairly philosophical time of my life and the framework was interesting and temporarily instructive.

In general it is a cool and fun read. I am a fan of the unwitting hero who has more power than he ever could have suspected, and Langlois delivers here in spades. The story felt a little too ambitious for it's own good, but it was quite a fun story and I imagined it as a fun popcorn flick, similar in vein to Jumper and Wanted.

The book is a quick read, which makes the swift pacing almost a touch jarring, but I vividly remember the characters and the world a year after reading the book. The premise provides Langlois with a dynamic storytelling device not dissimilar to the "Stargate"; if he wants to, there is an amazing universe to be developed.

The best thing I can say is that I have a long list of books that I am looking forward to reading, but I keep checking back to see when a sequel will be released.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't sure about this book when I first started reading it (free download) but the more I read the more I liked. Daniel discovers by accident that he has the ability to travel to another world. And very soon after he's visited by someone who works for The Guild who's come to "collect" him. Once there he learns he has no other choice but to work for them. He also learns he has other powers besides being able to travel to other worlds. It kind of reminded me of The Force (Star Wars) He learns what The Guild is really about (power and control over all the worlds) and decides he can't work for them. He meets up with other people who feel the same way and they rebel against The Guild and have to fight their way out or die.

[Ginger · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable surprise. I had never heard of this book until a friend lent it to me. The story was intriguing, but I did have an issue with the horrible editing!! There were spelling and grammar mistakes throughout the novel, which was a distracting annoyance. We all make grammatical mistakes, but I expect more attention to detail in a novel. An example: the author used isle when he should have used aisle several times -- drove me mad. :)
Nevertheless, I found the story creative and will be interested to read more from this author.

[ritareadthat · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I really liked the story and characters, but there were some flaws that couldn't be overlooked. Like the main ones were the beginning and the ending. So abrupt! The beginning just jumped right into it without giving enough background on Daniel. And the ending was like, really? Its almost like the author didn't know where to go with it so he just ended it. Some better proofreading and editing in the book would have been appreciated too. Overall though a cool concept.

[Jessie Verino · Rating 3 out of 5]

Daniel was a little irritating at times, but the secondary characters were great. There were a lot of twists, especially with the council members and their cronies. Some major points weren't explained well enough, like the silver being resistant, and as others have stated, the ending is very abrupt with no real denouement. All in all, a good Sunday read.

[Tasha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay, so I didn't read this til the end but I just didn't like it. I always read a few pages and then did something else again. I was just kinda bored with it. And because I still have a few other books I want to read, I'm just going to stop with this one.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good premise. Lots of interesting work with the powers themselves. However, the characters were not fully developed and lacked consistency throughout the book. Dialogue was sometimes good and sometimes not. It was like the writer had a good handle on the world, but not on its denizens.

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this one up free. I've never heard of the author, but decided one day just to read it. I was not disappointed. Thoroughly enjoyed it the entire way through - managing to read it in one day as I didn't want to put it down.

[Selena Lang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written, but I think the story itself could have used a bit more "fill in" such as the backgrounds of the characters, more training/learning on the main chars. part etc. It was a good story and I look forward to the next, but I felt it was missing a bit.

[Rachel Isaak · Rating 5 out of 5]

I greatly enjoyed this book. You never knew who to really trust. And Daniel was an amazing hero who did more than they all expected him to even be capable of doing. Once he learned how it all was, he became not just who they wanted, but who they NEEDED.

[Stanley Townsend · Rating 3 out of 5]

This pulled me along like a four star book, but in the end left me with a three star impression.

[Mary Lockett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book impressed me like a daydream I might have had. Although the ending begs for more, the entire book is a refreshing and imaginative joyride.

[Carole Meeter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the book, lots of action and interesting characters

[Ashli · Rating 3 out of 5]

i thought it was a great book right up until the ending. i hated that the story ended so abruptly.

[Gregory · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the ride, but the ending left me disappointed. I'm sure it's set up for a sequel, time will tell.

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's the movie Jumper with parallel worlds. Entertaining, but missing a puzzle piece to give it an extra zing. Loved the descriptions about how Walker manipulates space to make his power work.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good story - lots of twists and turns!

[Jeff Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really, really good! I found myself trying to read it slowly so that it would not be over. I love the premise and the characters.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. Not what I expected. Felt very close to the characters and situations. Was very well written.

[Adam Moon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read from a very good author. He's one of the few who I regularly check up on for updates.

[Doreen Dalesandro]

Kindle freebie, 2/15/13

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great novel that perfectly balances humor and action in a witty, edge of your seat thriller that keeps you turning pages until the climactic ending.

[Darla]

Didn't finish couldn't get I to it, just not my cup of tea!

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good story. Good for a freebie on Amazon. I'd like to see what else this guy has written.

[Jennifer Wie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book! A plus for an imaginative plot and fully fleshed out characters!

[Alex]

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[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book, and I will be recommencing it to all of my friends. I kinda want to see another walker book.