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Collateral Damage
At the End of One Story is the Beginning of another.
When Elizabeth Shepherd awakens to find herself at a surreal tea party with a hauntingly guant man she's never met before, she suspects she's in for a weird day. This, however, is only the beginning. Next on the agenda he tells her that, unless she does as she is told, she has exactly one minute to live.
From there, things get stranger.
Soon, inhuman soldiers with bizarre, futuristic weapons are stalking her through a building that is about to collapse. With no understanding of what they want, or how to escape, Liz relies on the only skills she has available: a fledgling talent with parkour, a liberal bit of cleverness, and more than your average amount of sarcasm.
And...a superpower?
Just when she believes she might have an understanding of what's going on, Liz realizes that doesn't know the half of it! The deeper she descends into the deranged depths of the buildings, she comes to know only one thing for certain.
It's a far more Irrational World than she ever believed.
When Elizabeth Shepherd awakens to find herself at a surreal tea party with a hauntingly guant man she's never met before, she suspects she's in for a weird day. This, however, is only the beginning. Next on the agenda he tells her that, unless she does as she is told, she has exactly one minute to live.
From there, things get stranger.
Soon, inhuman soldiers with bizarre, futuristic weapons are stalking her through a building that is about to collapse. With no understanding of what they want, or how to escape, Liz relies on the only skills she has available: a fledgling talent with parkour, a liberal bit of cleverness, and more than your average amount of sarcasm.
And...a superpower?
Just when she believes she might have an understanding of what's going on, Liz realizes that doesn't know the half of it! The deeper she descends into the deranged depths of the buildings, she comes to know only one thing for certain.
It's a far more Irrational World than she ever believed.
74 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 10, 2015
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About the author
J.M. Guillen
23 books216 followersJM Guillen was just an average Joe when he worked at a Necromancy factory in 2018. After his job was outsourced to Mexico, he has been driven irrevocably mad and gifted with strange, terrible power.
Today he spends his time creating sentient velociraptors in his secret lair and summoning fell powers best left alone. His goal of absolute world domination is almost within his grasp. Soon, nothing will stop him.
Occasionally, he writes.
Today he spends his time creating sentient velociraptors in his secret lair and summoning fell powers best left alone. His goal of absolute world domination is almost within his grasp. Soon, nothing will stop him.
Occasionally, he writes.
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June 18, 2015
In this interesting ancillary to Rationality Zero, the reader is introduced to Liz Sheppard, an unnamed character from that book who here is given a backstory as she is drawn into a larger and stranger world than she had ever known. Here she is tossed without warning into a pitched battle between the guardians of the world of sanity and their alien enemies. Whose side is she on? She just wants to get out of there alive.
Fortunately or unfortunately, or perhaps both, someone from another faction of the universe who readers may remember from a different book has taken an interest in Liz and may have some use for her. If she survives.
To top it off, she seems to have developed an odd power and the affinity to use it. Is this a result of her encounter with the alien forces of Irrationality, or perhaps she was one of those potential threats neutralized in childhood by Michael Bishop’s agency, with no memory of the event.
In any case, her reaction and running commentary add an interesting flavor to the events, and the heroes are quite intimidating when seen from the outside. I’ll be interested in seeing if when and where Liz turns up in the future.
Fortunately or unfortunately, or perhaps both, someone from another faction of the universe who readers may remember from a different book has taken an interest in Liz and may have some use for her. If she survives.
To top it off, she seems to have developed an odd power and the affinity to use it. Is this a result of her encounter with the alien forces of Irrationality, or perhaps she was one of those potential threats neutralized in childhood by Michael Bishop’s agency, with no memory of the event.
In any case, her reaction and running commentary add an interesting flavor to the events, and the heroes are quite intimidating when seen from the outside. I’ll be interested in seeing if when and where Liz turns up in the future.
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