Interventionism

by David J. Winters

Roger Jech doesn't have any superpowers, but he has a super harm him, harm yourself in equal measure. Hit him with a right hook, your jaw breaks. Shoot him in the head, your brains blow out the back of you. Drop him in a war zone, your enemies kill themselves killing him. Jech's a weapon to the wrong people and a saviour to the right, but before he can become the latter, he must learn to harness his gift before it becomes his curse.

206 pages, Hardcover

Published February 4, 2024

About the author

I'm a fiction writer with an interest in straightforward genre fiction, upmarket genre fiction, and fiction that fits a definite subgenre, but that also possesses food-for-thought speculative elements. In addition to fiction writing, I'm a mathematical Logician and high school math teacher.

I grew up in rural Manitoba, Canada, in a town called Dauphin. My primary (though unpaid) occupation has always been writing, so I thought it a good idea to embrace independent publishing - as both the published and the publisher. I say, 'publisher', because I'm also the founder (and only-guy-there-right-now) of SubGenre Publishers.

SubGenre Publishers specializes in ‘At-Least’ genre fiction novels: literary works that fit a definite Subgenre at least, but may constitute a variety of types of fiction novels beyond that. Want a balls-to-the-wall pirates-in-space melodrama? We can do that. Want a philosophical meditation on institutional ethics pseudo-embodied in a virtual reality AI vigilante run amok? We can do that too. Sky's the limit beyond genre.

At present, SubGenre is making a name for itself as a publisher of quality genre fiction by releasing a few publications a year from a small group of authors. Soon, we will expand our business to provide publication services like editing, formatting, and graphic design. Last, we expand to accepting manuscripts from self-publishing writers interested in working with us.

Reviews

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Roger Jech's story is told in an unusual way. Readers are directed through the story by a narrator, the narrative features an additional narrator, and is told predominantly from Jech's point of view. In every fight Jech finds himself in, he never suffers. The punches he receives are felt by the puncher and the shooters get shot when firing at Jech. The writing is animated as well as mature. There are plenty of pop cultural references throughout, onomatopoeia, and the book is also written in the present tense so readers read the narrative in real-time. This is a personal pleasant way to read since nothing in the future can be foreseen and readers learn what happens at the same time as the characters. However, the overall story is difficult to grasp.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.