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Pressure 2: Dark Corners
Tartarus midwater detention center. Hanging weightlessly in the black abyss, thousands of feet below the surface but miles above the seabed. A gargantuan artificial Hell prepared for the very worst offenders humanity can produce.
When James is assigned to deliver a notorious mass murderer to the Tartarus for isolated confinement, his only real concern is getting it over with so he can return to blissful unconsciousness. Back to the recurring dream he's had every night for the last three years, where life still makes sense. Where Lisa still loves him.
Instead he becomes trapped aboard the Tartarus with a demented killer, and dreams give way to nightmare. He soon learns the madman does not act alone, instead guided by a sinister intelligence that James will slowly come to understand in a way that only the ill-fated crew of the Argyro understood before.
Their mission to prevent it from reaching the surface at all costs will be passed on to James as he unravels the true nature of the voice which speaks to him from dreams, and from shadows.
When James is assigned to deliver a notorious mass murderer to the Tartarus for isolated confinement, his only real concern is getting it over with so he can return to blissful unconsciousness. Back to the recurring dream he's had every night for the last three years, where life still makes sense. Where Lisa still loves him.
Instead he becomes trapped aboard the Tartarus with a demented killer, and dreams give way to nightmare. He soon learns the madman does not act alone, instead guided by a sinister intelligence that James will slowly come to understand in a way that only the ill-fated crew of the Argyro understood before.
Their mission to prevent it from reaching the surface at all costs will be passed on to James as he unravels the true nature of the voice which speaks to him from dreams, and from shadows.
74 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 3, 2013
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July 19, 2017
I read it in one sitting. Yes partly because doh…it is a short story. But you know that even short story’s sometimes need more than one sitting. My main issue is that it has this great concept, it’s original, I would dare to say even griping BUT it lacks. What it mainly lacks is another 100 pages. 100 pages of all the emotional crap that makes us human. The emotional baggage that makes you love or hate the characters.
Another issue I had is with the writing style. Well maybe not writing style per say, since some sentences were pure poetry. But here is the problem with elaborate sentences and words. They break the flow of the reading. So far I never had so many issues and here I was…thanking kindle cloud reader for having a dictionary. While this is very good for my self-learning, I dislike it while reading because it breaks the flow.
So to tight things up … I’m pissed. Yes. I’m pissed because this could be so much bigger and grander. I’m pissed for the premise this evoked, but not fully delivered … I’m pissed for the newborn baby that could grow up into something exceptional but got snuffed in early stages and now all that is left is an idea of what it could have been.
Another issue I had is with the writing style. Well maybe not writing style per say, since some sentences were pure poetry. But here is the problem with elaborate sentences and words. They break the flow of the reading. So far I never had so many issues and here I was…thanking kindle cloud reader for having a dictionary. While this is very good for my self-learning, I dislike it while reading because it breaks the flow.
So to tight things up … I’m pissed. Yes. I’m pissed because this could be so much bigger and grander. I’m pissed for the premise this evoked, but not fully delivered … I’m pissed for the newborn baby that could grow up into something exceptional but got snuffed in early stages and now all that is left is an idea of what it could have been.
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