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The Archon Conundrum #1
Rationality Zero
A living weapon. An attack on the laws of reality. One chance to save the world.
Michael Bishop is a man who never dreams, who never gets ill. He lives his entire life oblivious to the truths hidden from him.
He is a tool in the hand of the most powerful organization on Earth.
Michael’s world transforms when They bring him online- when They activate the mysterious technology buried within his skull.
Then, the lies fall away. He becomes Asset 108. Using intricate technology, he defends humanity from the gibbering, tentacled horrors that haunt our world.
When mysterious renegades fracture the very laws of nature, Asset 108 is put into position. As the world begins to unravel, a cabal of madmen with physics shattering powers hunt 108 and his cadre, driving them into an alternate reality— a realm filled with inhuman horror.
Between otherworldly arachnids, muscled brutes infected with psionic parasites, and depraved cultists, grisly deaths lurk behind Michael’s every choice.
Yet all too soon, things become far, far, worse.
Michael Bishop is a man who never dreams, who never gets ill. He lives his entire life oblivious to the truths hidden from him.
He is a tool in the hand of the most powerful organization on Earth.
Michael’s world transforms when They bring him online- when They activate the mysterious technology buried within his skull.
Then, the lies fall away. He becomes Asset 108. Using intricate technology, he defends humanity from the gibbering, tentacled horrors that haunt our world.
When mysterious renegades fracture the very laws of nature, Asset 108 is put into position. As the world begins to unravel, a cabal of madmen with physics shattering powers hunt 108 and his cadre, driving them into an alternate reality— a realm filled with inhuman horror.
Between otherworldly arachnids, muscled brutes infected with psionic parasites, and depraved cultists, grisly deaths lurk behind Michael’s every choice.
Yet all too soon, things become far, far, worse.
- GenresParanormal
572 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2018
79 people are currently reading
160 people want to read
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 21, 2022
Rationality Zero is a story that takes many different elements and mixes them together in a way that leaves the reader curious as to how things will play out. It takes many knowns and twists them together in a way that is rarely seen, ensuring the reader is eager for answers.
While I was curious throughout this one, it never quite sucked me in as deeply as I had hoped. I was curious about how the pieces would come together and was eager to find out more about the world, yet there were points with this one when I found my attention was drifting. It was an interesting story, yet it was missing the intensity that makes it impossible to put a book down. That is not to say this was a bad read – many are sure to be eager to see what comes next – but it wasn’t quite everything I had hoped for.
All in all, Rationality Zero is a story that contains enough elements to ensure many will come back for more.
While I was curious throughout this one, it never quite sucked me in as deeply as I had hoped. I was curious about how the pieces would come together and was eager to find out more about the world, yet there were points with this one when I found my attention was drifting. It was an interesting story, yet it was missing the intensity that makes it impossible to put a book down. That is not to say this was a bad read – many are sure to be eager to see what comes next – but it wasn’t quite everything I had hoped for.
All in all, Rationality Zero is a story that contains enough elements to ensure many will come back for more.
June 11, 2020
This was a very strange book. It had some very interesting premises. In some respects, it read better as LitRPG than fantasy. But...
My wife has an expression for books like this. It had "too many words." This was fun for a while. But you had one climax after another after another. It was just exhausting to read. It went from fun to exhausting to excruciating. You can only "almost kill" your main characters so many times before it strains incredulity. Straining incredulity is fine for a while. But when the last half of the book is one episode after another....it just got too much for me.
Having read it, I really have little inclination to read another one.
Aside from reams of vulgarity, the writing itself was fine. The premise was decent. About 1/3 into the book, I was thinking it was 4 or 5 star material. But then it just kept going and going and going. And I felt beat up as much as the characters in the book. One of them lost an eye and the other lost a knee.
My wife has an expression for books like this. It had "too many words." This was fun for a while. But you had one climax after another after another. It was just exhausting to read. It went from fun to exhausting to excruciating. You can only "almost kill" your main characters so many times before it strains incredulity. Straining incredulity is fine for a while. But when the last half of the book is one episode after another....it just got too much for me.
Having read it, I really have little inclination to read another one.
Aside from reams of vulgarity, the writing itself was fine. The premise was decent. About 1/3 into the book, I was thinking it was 4 or 5 star material. But then it just kept going and going and going. And I felt beat up as much as the characters in the book. One of them lost an eye and the other lost a knee.
June 4, 2022
There I was, sleepwalking through my mundane life like a clockwork figure, and then this book activated my Crown and opened up a multiverse of wonders and horrors like being thrown headfirst into Charlie Stross’ The Laundry Files. Jim Butcher in his Dresden series could not have launched this epic of Lovecraftian science fiction with such panache as our characters delve into reality-shattering madness to safeguard the laws of nature.
Hunter Blain’s Preternatural Chronicles are similar in scope, and Shayne Silvers Nate Templeton often deals with horrific threats, but Guillen’s Michael Bsishop and his cadre face unique apocalyptic monstrosities.
So grab a book and get started - the equation is not complete…
Hunter Blain’s Preternatural Chronicles are similar in scope, and Shayne Silvers Nate Templeton often deals with horrific threats, but Guillen’s Michael Bsishop and his cadre face unique apocalyptic monstrosities.
So grab a book and get started - the equation is not complete…
July 13, 2018
Unlikely heros in a terrific roller coaster ride
Took a bit of time to get my head around what, who and where. A deserter, a basement, a dead body and treachery all wrapped up in a short read. This would probably have been better if it was longer so that you had more of a feeling for the world created. However having said all that it was still a great little read. The main character is a fest, independent woman who never gives up.
I received a free copy of this short story.
Took a bit of time to get my head around what, who and where. A deserter, a basement, a dead body and treachery all wrapped up in a short read. This would probably have been better if it was longer so that you had more of a feeling for the world created. However having said all that it was still a great little read. The main character is a fest, independent woman who never gives up.
I received a free copy of this short story.
September 9, 2021
Full on crazy story that is uniquely exciting and wierd
This was the first time I have read anything by the author and my head is still spinning somewhat. It has a strangely satisfying and odd story with great characters both good and evil with great action sequences. I have book 2 ready to read.
This was the first time I have read anything by the author and my head is still spinning somewhat. It has a strangely satisfying and odd story with great characters both good and evil with great action sequences. I have book 2 ready to read.
July 27, 2021
What a strangely awesome read.
Can you imagine Lovecraft writing a Men In Black type book? This book follows agent Bishop and his cadre on an extra-dimensional mission to save the world from a tentacled invasion.
Can you imagine Lovecraft writing a Men In Black type book? This book follows agent Bishop and his cadre on an extra-dimensional mission to save the world from a tentacled invasion.
December 25, 2018
I read the first iteration, shorter version first.
It was great. This is greater.
Laumer's Dinosaur Beach meets H. P. Lovecraft with MIB and the Lensmen for extra craziness.
Recommended.
It was great. This is greater.
Laumer's Dinosaur Beach meets H. P. Lovecraft with MIB and the Lensmen for extra craziness.
Recommended.
April 17, 2020
Wow!!!! What a ride. I love it. Can't wait for the next installment
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