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Life of Riley #2
Storms Over Open Fields
It's been a year since Michael Riley was stranded in this world. A year of changes and shocks and repercussions that are still reverberating through the known lands. New technologies are emerging; new tools of production and destruction are being constructed; new schools of thought and learning; new ways of doing things; new possibilities…
Countries that have brooded though uneasy peace for decades are stirring and starting to take a closer look at these possibilities and this stranger in their midst, and what they see both intrigue and disturb them. Questions are being asked, demands are being made, and old alliances are being tested.
At the sharp end of this Michael is still trying to survive. Sent on a diplomatic trip as a peace offering to a neighboring ally he finds the balance of power in an alien world wasn't quite as he had expected. When things start to spiral out of control he finds his limits tested as he fights to stay alive, find out who his friends really are, and prove he isn't a threat to the entire known world. But his biggest problem seems to be that it's the good guys who want him dead.
Countries that have brooded though uneasy peace for decades are stirring and starting to take a closer look at these possibilities and this stranger in their midst, and what they see both intrigue and disturb them. Questions are being asked, demands are being made, and old alliances are being tested.
At the sharp end of this Michael is still trying to survive. Sent on a diplomatic trip as a peace offering to a neighboring ally he finds the balance of power in an alien world wasn't quite as he had expected. When things start to spiral out of control he finds his limits tested as he fights to stay alive, find out who his friends really are, and prove he isn't a threat to the entire known world. But his biggest problem seems to be that it's the good guys who want him dead.
762 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 6, 2013
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April 2, 2014
Once again, a thoroughly riveting addition to the wonderful first book that I enjoyed so much. The author continues to broaden his reach into the world he has created and deepens the reader's sense of this alien world and culture. What was the most disturbing here (and I mean that in the most positive way possible) was that the more I learned and understood about the Rris, the more alien they seemed. I had the most incredible feeling of loneliness along with the main character trapped in an entire world filled with beings so profoundly "other." These are chilling books that thoroughly entertain you while you read them and then profoundly inhabit your mind for weeks afterword. I mean that to be read as the highest praise I can give them. Read these books.
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