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Triangle: False Mirror
Steve Tate and Amy Rogers are Talents – people cursed with an extra ability gifted to them through tragedy. Each thinks they are alone and unique, until the day their paths cross in Nassau – when Steve discovers the woman who just murdered Amy’s boyfriend in front of her is the same one who killed his mother and sister five years ago.
But this woman, Hannah Callahan, is part of a much larger conflict – a fight led by TRIANGLE, an organization that works in the shadows to keep humanity safe. Now, finding Hannah Callahan is even more urgent, because she’s after one of Triangle’s most dangerous projects — False Mirror, a device capable of destroying the world's economy. Steve and Amy must quickly learn to work together as they pursue Callahan across the globe, even as they discover she may hold the key to an even greater mystery...who they really are.
" It was a bit of everything--action, mystery, a bit of romance--all rolled into one very good read."
"...its equal parts James Bond, Joss Weadon and some crazy CW show rolled into one. Which makes for a pretty satisfying read."
"I couldn't put it down. It a very easy action packed read.."
But this woman, Hannah Callahan, is part of a much larger conflict – a fight led by TRIANGLE, an organization that works in the shadows to keep humanity safe. Now, finding Hannah Callahan is even more urgent, because she’s after one of Triangle’s most dangerous projects — False Mirror, a device capable of destroying the world's economy. Steve and Amy must quickly learn to work together as they pursue Callahan across the globe, even as they discover she may hold the key to an even greater mystery...who they really are.
" It was a bit of everything--action, mystery, a bit of romance--all rolled into one very good read."
"...its equal parts James Bond, Joss Weadon and some crazy CW show rolled into one. Which makes for a pretty satisfying read."
"I couldn't put it down. It a very easy action packed read.."
458 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
D.G. Speirs
5 books6 followersBorn in New York and raised in California, D. G. Speirs (1961- ) is a born traveler who believes there’s always a better story out there, even if you have to make it up yourself.
Graduating top of his class from the Naval Nuclear Power School, D.G. served in the Navy for more than a decade. He's lived all sorts of adventures along the way. D.G. coached a football team in Australia and modeled for Issey Miyake in Japan. He's even played Santa for a stadium full of NFL fans. He was a small business owner, a national consultant assisting entrepreneurs, a Chamber of Commerce board member, a performer of all sorts for over four decades - even Rotarian of the Year.
For five years, D.G. curated the Tao of Maud, a daily inspirational project that posted across multiple social media platforms. TOM drew wisdom from the intersection of lessons in Eastern philosophy with those taught on a show about candy-colored ponies.
He currently resides in Florida with his wife, Pam, and their two cats George and Harry, where he's a connoisseur of fedoras, bow ties, and black cherry soda. Not a bad life for a beach bum writer.
To find out more about future books and appearances by D.G., visit his website, www.dgspeirs.com. You can also follow him on Twitter (@DGSpeirs), Facebook, and Goodreads.
Graduating top of his class from the Naval Nuclear Power School, D.G. served in the Navy for more than a decade. He's lived all sorts of adventures along the way. D.G. coached a football team in Australia and modeled for Issey Miyake in Japan. He's even played Santa for a stadium full of NFL fans. He was a small business owner, a national consultant assisting entrepreneurs, a Chamber of Commerce board member, a performer of all sorts for over four decades - even Rotarian of the Year.
For five years, D.G. curated the Tao of Maud, a daily inspirational project that posted across multiple social media platforms. TOM drew wisdom from the intersection of lessons in Eastern philosophy with those taught on a show about candy-colored ponies.
He currently resides in Florida with his wife, Pam, and their two cats George and Harry, where he's a connoisseur of fedoras, bow ties, and black cherry soda. Not a bad life for a beach bum writer.
To find out more about future books and appearances by D.G., visit his website, www.dgspeirs.com. You can also follow him on Twitter (@DGSpeirs), Facebook, and Goodreads.
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February 13, 2013
The title is intriguing. What does it mean? It suggests that things are not as they seem. It could be a mystery, drama, love story, or science fiction.
Crack the cover of this complex novel, and we find ourselves in the middle of a sky dive. I was confused here because I didn’t know what was happening with the two sky divers.
The incident ends in a twist, and other twists follow. We soon discover that secrets abound. We meet a lot of characters in the book. We get into the heads of a few, and even though point of view remains solidly within each character, they have secrets that are kept at first from the reader. As background is slowly brought in and these characters become more three-dimensional, the covers of those secrets are peeled back. For every secret revealed, however, another emerges, which is kept, this time, from the characters.
The story appears, at first, to be about relationships and finding fulfillment. In Chapter 3, strange things happen, and intrigue builds. By Chapter 4, the excitement starts and the pace picks up.
Upon first meeting Steve Tate, one may think of him as a ne’er do well with a devil-may-care attitude. Actually he is a young man with secrets. Secret sorrow, secret Talent. Amy Rogers is a university student, majoring in journalism but most interested in athletics. She is a semi recluse because she also guards a secret Talent.
What are these Talents our protagonists have? We don’t find out immediately, for secrets drive the novel, and we are titillated, entertained, intrigued. Caught up in the secrets, we try to solve them. Chapter by chapter, they are explained and others emerge.
Early in the novel we learn of Triangle, an organization with James Bonds style technology. It’s not until almost midway through the novel that we learn what the False Mirror is. It’s a weapon that can cause economic collapse and world chaos.
Secrets upon secrets are made more astounding by the author’s knowledgeable writing and his attention to detail. How do the secrets mesh? Triangle and an assassin struggle for control of the False Mirror. This same assassin kills those who matter most to Amy and Steve, thus sweeping them into the Triangle and a game of intrigue and revenge.
As secret after secret is unveiled, the adventures mount. Our heroes rely on their training and Talents to narrowly survive the climax. By book’s end, supposedly the problem is solved.
Not really.
The novel ends on loose threads with a promise of more secrets to uncover and more danger to face.
The story continues in the next novel, Triangle:Tarot.
There were a couple bloopers in the story, but those are secrets between me and the author. I am awed at Speirs’s expert use of data, his wide-spread know-how, his excellent plotting, his organization. He shows us the characters’ abilities and limitations. In other words, our heroes are just as capable of failing as succeeding, thus enabling the reader to feel at times apprehensive. For the most part, the story is well-written and a pleasure to read.
Crack the cover of this complex novel, and we find ourselves in the middle of a sky dive. I was confused here because I didn’t know what was happening with the two sky divers.
The incident ends in a twist, and other twists follow. We soon discover that secrets abound. We meet a lot of characters in the book. We get into the heads of a few, and even though point of view remains solidly within each character, they have secrets that are kept at first from the reader. As background is slowly brought in and these characters become more three-dimensional, the covers of those secrets are peeled back. For every secret revealed, however, another emerges, which is kept, this time, from the characters.
The story appears, at first, to be about relationships and finding fulfillment. In Chapter 3, strange things happen, and intrigue builds. By Chapter 4, the excitement starts and the pace picks up.
Upon first meeting Steve Tate, one may think of him as a ne’er do well with a devil-may-care attitude. Actually he is a young man with secrets. Secret sorrow, secret Talent. Amy Rogers is a university student, majoring in journalism but most interested in athletics. She is a semi recluse because she also guards a secret Talent.
What are these Talents our protagonists have? We don’t find out immediately, for secrets drive the novel, and we are titillated, entertained, intrigued. Caught up in the secrets, we try to solve them. Chapter by chapter, they are explained and others emerge.
Early in the novel we learn of Triangle, an organization with James Bonds style technology. It’s not until almost midway through the novel that we learn what the False Mirror is. It’s a weapon that can cause economic collapse and world chaos.
Secrets upon secrets are made more astounding by the author’s knowledgeable writing and his attention to detail. How do the secrets mesh? Triangle and an assassin struggle for control of the False Mirror. This same assassin kills those who matter most to Amy and Steve, thus sweeping them into the Triangle and a game of intrigue and revenge.
As secret after secret is unveiled, the adventures mount. Our heroes rely on their training and Talents to narrowly survive the climax. By book’s end, supposedly the problem is solved.
Not really.
The novel ends on loose threads with a promise of more secrets to uncover and more danger to face.
The story continues in the next novel, Triangle:Tarot.
There were a couple bloopers in the story, but those are secrets between me and the author. I am awed at Speirs’s expert use of data, his wide-spread know-how, his excellent plotting, his organization. He shows us the characters’ abilities and limitations. In other words, our heroes are just as capable of failing as succeeding, thus enabling the reader to feel at times apprehensive. For the most part, the story is well-written and a pleasure to read.
November 27, 2012
A secret organization recruits Talents, people who have unique superpowers to work for 'the greater good.' It was an alright read with some typos. The level of detail in description in some of the action sequences was interesting, but made what should have been a fast action scene, really slow going. Oddly, when I put the book down a couple of times to do something, I couldn't remember what I was reading till I picked it back up. That doesn't happen to me often. It did have a few references to other works, such as: Buckeroo Banzai -- Whorfin/Yoyodine, amongst others. The characters were a bit interesting, but I am uncertain at this point if it is enough to make me want more.
March 19, 2013
I’m a fan of superhero and action-oriented books. Triangle: False Mirror delivers a fast-paced sci fi action-adventure with lots of character development. It’s a superhero story that questions friendship, trust, love, revenge, and betrayal. I think both adult and young adult readers could enjoy it, though there might be some mature themes for younger readers.
I liked Steve immensely, and I thought his character was the most consistent. His superpower is awesome. I’ve seen kinda similar powers in other stories, but nothing exactly like it. I thought it made the story work well from his point of view, and I kinda wished the whole book was from his viewpoint. Amy, on the other hand, kinda annoyed me, and I admit I didn’t really root for her. I think it could have worked better if the book stayed in Steve’s POV, because you could attribute it to just what Steve saw, but I found her more shallow than Steve saw her for much of the book. I didn’t really understand her anger toward Steve, even having gone through the terror that she did. The opposition played an interesting part, though I thought could have been developed further. It’s hard to say more about that without giving anything away.
The plotting is solid and logical. The story made sense, and I thought it was believable. I thought the organization that recruited Steve and Amy was written well, and I liked that there was much less black and white than in other books I’ve read about superheroes. This was perhaps my favorite part of the book. I found the description tedious at points, especially in action scenes where it slowed the pace down considerably. Sometimes there was a little too much technical speak, and I thought much of it was unnecessary, though it’s less technical that some other sci fi I have read.
I saw few typos and grammatical errors, so the book seems to be well edited. I didn’t really like that there were spacing between each paragraph, and it slowed my reading pace considerably.
I liked Steve immensely, and I thought his character was the most consistent. His superpower is awesome. I’ve seen kinda similar powers in other stories, but nothing exactly like it. I thought it made the story work well from his point of view, and I kinda wished the whole book was from his viewpoint. Amy, on the other hand, kinda annoyed me, and I admit I didn’t really root for her. I think it could have worked better if the book stayed in Steve’s POV, because you could attribute it to just what Steve saw, but I found her more shallow than Steve saw her for much of the book. I didn’t really understand her anger toward Steve, even having gone through the terror that she did. The opposition played an interesting part, though I thought could have been developed further. It’s hard to say more about that without giving anything away.
The plotting is solid and logical. The story made sense, and I thought it was believable. I thought the organization that recruited Steve and Amy was written well, and I liked that there was much less black and white than in other books I’ve read about superheroes. This was perhaps my favorite part of the book. I found the description tedious at points, especially in action scenes where it slowed the pace down considerably. Sometimes there was a little too much technical speak, and I thought much of it was unnecessary, though it’s less technical that some other sci fi I have read.
I saw few typos and grammatical errors, so the book seems to be well edited. I didn’t really like that there were spacing between each paragraph, and it slowed my reading pace considerably.
January 15, 2013
A lighthearted, young adult tale of a group of people with special abilities and how they could use them. I thought this was a good story, even though it's not catered to my taste because it was more young adult, I do appreciate a good story, and this one will do well with a mainstream audience. Let's start with the good.
Some of the characters are very likeable and genuine. The actions scenes were well written for the most part. Although I had to suspend science as we know it, that is the requirement for most action stories and especially one that has special abilities involved. The story was fun and the pacing was good. The heartfelt moments were kind of on the sappy side, but they were needed.
There is a lot of dialogue, and although there was plenty, it was quite good. The author tapped into the behavior of the younger generation quite well.
Okay, time for some nitpicking.
I wish there was some explanation on how Steve got the special gift early on in the story. I think the title of the story is too bland and doesn't give justice to how good the story is. The action was sometimes too detailed and took away from the action scenes.
All in all, a good read, especially for the young adult audience. Plenty of action and likeable characters that move the story along.
Some of the characters are very likeable and genuine. The actions scenes were well written for the most part. Although I had to suspend science as we know it, that is the requirement for most action stories and especially one that has special abilities involved. The story was fun and the pacing was good. The heartfelt moments were kind of on the sappy side, but they were needed.
There is a lot of dialogue, and although there was plenty, it was quite good. The author tapped into the behavior of the younger generation quite well.
Okay, time for some nitpicking.
I wish there was some explanation on how Steve got the special gift early on in the story. I think the title of the story is too bland and doesn't give justice to how good the story is. The action was sometimes too detailed and took away from the action scenes.
All in all, a good read, especially for the young adult audience. Plenty of action and likeable characters that move the story along.
January 20, 2013
Another reviewer mentioned that this was sort of an X-Men senario and I agree. Super human skills that they call Talents that allow the characters to catch the bad guys or excel at being bad guys (depending on which character you are looking at.)
Good book! The characters were very likeable and had the depth that you look for in a good book. I finished this in about a half a day because it kept my interest and entertained. There was only a brief moment when I found myself skimming over parts of the book and that was during the chase scene where Steve began to fully use his powers. Other than that it was not too descriptive and had lots of action. I will look for the other books in the series.
Good book! The characters were very likeable and had the depth that you look for in a good book. I finished this in about a half a day because it kept my interest and entertained. There was only a brief moment when I found myself skimming over parts of the book and that was during the chase scene where Steve began to fully use his powers. Other than that it was not too descriptive and had lots of action. I will look for the other books in the series.
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August 6, 2016Got this novel for free from Amazon Kindle, and glad I didn't pay for it. It was OK, for a free novel, but dragged for long periods, dialogue didn't hold true, couldn't decide whether it was primarily fantasy, mystery, adventure, or something else entirely. It took me forever to read it, because I only returned to it when I had nothing else to read. There is potential for more interesting work, though, so I hope the author keeps trying.
November 24, 2015
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When I saw the cover art for this book I thought it was in fantasy genre but after reading it realize it's a spy novel in the style of the James Bond movies. So if you like high tech espionage you may like this.
When I saw the cover art for this book I thought it was in fantasy genre but after reading it realize it's a spy novel in the style of the James Bond movies. So if you like high tech espionage you may like this.
November 23, 2013
This book is "Bond-like" with cool tech toys and the heroes always walking away but it was a fun escape and left me with questions about those heroes so I will probably read the next book.
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