Solitude

The Chronicles of Servitude #0

by J.S. Bailey

Premonitions of disaster tend to put a damper on one's plans.

Bobby Roland would much rather spend his evenings practicing songs on his electric guitar, but fate has a different idea tonight.

Bobby hangs out with a local rock band on the weekends, and he knows one of the members will be killed at tonight’s jam session. But who will be hurt, and how will Bobby save him? Can he set aside his fear and be vigilant enough to find out, or will it be too late?

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 9, 2014

About the author

J. S. Bailey enjoys writing speculative tales that keep readers on the edges of their seats. She has published eight novels and twenty-two short stories, with more on the way. Bailey is fond of long walks in the woods, British television, and lots of burritos. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and cats.

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Reviews

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl · Rating 4 out of 5]

24 pages of story - a lot of content packed in a small space. I bought the printed paperback because I am old school. An impressive few pages. I love short stories and after reading solitude, you may, like myself, want to go on more adventures with Bobby Roland.

I was born in Utah (Southern Utah) and I lived for a few years in the Salt Lake Area. It's always fun to revisit the strange streets and the fascination with Sprite drinks. Growing up we used to sing a song that said "Choose the Sprite when the Coke is placed before you".

...he had slept very little for the past week, in part because his life here in Utah had stagnated like a puddle of water and once more he'd been trying to figure out where he went wrong.
-Chapter One

I'm glad Bobby is old-school like me and still uses a flip phone. I saw a few similarities between this character and Dean Koontz's character named Odd Thomas.

There was a funny incident happened while I was reading Solitude on my hike one day. I sat on a Park Bench along the trail and opening the book, read these lyrical lines from chapter two:

"Sitting on a park bench, eying little girls with bad intent...."

Solitude is a great introduction to The Chronicles of Servitude. I hope the novels are this good and I will be finding out for myself very soon. :-)

[Holly Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intriguing

This novella is well-written and accomplishes the purpose of everything a novella is and should be: it introduces a character and generates interest in a promising story. I intend to purchase the next book, Servant, and discover everything that awaits Bobby in Autumn Ridge.

Bailey has successfully crossed the divide between urban fantasy and just plain old fiction. The ethereal moments don't overshadow the moment, and in that way, they are believable. I enjoy book like this because they're unique without being strange.

Kudos to Bailey. Now I want to read everything else you've done.

[Karen B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solitude is a short, quick read, a novella and prequel to The Servant. It introduces us to Bobby Roland who has premonitions that seem to be on target. What to do about the premonitions is Bobby's problem. How can he stop the death of a friend? Sometimes he only gets a premonition immediately before something is to happen and there is not a lot he can do. This begins Bobby's adventures. I love Bobby's quick little prayers asking God to help. And yet he wonders at time if God isn't some "cosmic bully". Trying to do the right thing is what Bobby seems to be about, not always knowing what that right thing is.

[Katie Cross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let's just say I wouldn't want this kids life.

For a short story, it sure grabbed me fast. Not to mention that I used to live in SLC, so I'm ALL over stories that take place there. But, truly, for being a quick read, it was suspenseful and easy to read. Didn't feel forced. Not to mention the graphics are awesome. I kind of have a cheap kindle, so books don't always come across well, but this was formatted beautifully.

Well done, author. Well done.

[Debra]

A thrilling story

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It is not overtly religious, but has religious ideas. Bobby is a great protagonist for whom I was rooting the whole way! Looking forward to reading book 2.

[Laurin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing prequel...I like Bobby's quirks :)

[Janeandjerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

PREQUEL To The Series

This is the prequel to this series so best start with this one first to get an idea of where things started...