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Agent Phoenix
In a near-future where heroes and villains alike have access to technological marvels, Agent Phoenix protects Carbine City. When Baxter Combs returns, intent on stealing and selling the minds of everyday citizens, Agent Phoenix comes face-to-face with his fiercest nemesis. Agent Phoenix fears his husband Victor will get caught in the crossfire of two powerful men trying to claim Carbine City as their own.
180 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2020
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April 14, 2020
A Joyfully Jay review.
3 stars
This book took some 180 pages to convey one very simple thing: Agent Phoenix is the deus ex machina in every scene. Phoenix is the unrelenting hero of the book to the extent that it was an absolute chore having to read about each villain he and his partner fight. And there are a lot. I would estimate three a day. Which makes me wonder what all the other agents at The Agency are doing, because it’s clear there is an entire infrastructure dedicated to hiring, training, equipping, and maintaining these agents. For some readers, I suppose this counts as a lot of action, but personally, I found it overkill…especially the added scenes where Phoenix (and once, his partner) go through training simulations that are like nothing so much as a thinly veiled (as in veiled with saran wrap) reference to the Danger Room in the X-men franchise. There are already pages upon pages of show downs between real bad guys. I wasn’t interested in reading pages upon pages of Agents doing the same thing in a simulator.
Read Camille’s review in its entirety here.
3 stars
This book took some 180 pages to convey one very simple thing: Agent Phoenix is the deus ex machina in every scene. Phoenix is the unrelenting hero of the book to the extent that it was an absolute chore having to read about each villain he and his partner fight. And there are a lot. I would estimate three a day. Which makes me wonder what all the other agents at The Agency are doing, because it’s clear there is an entire infrastructure dedicated to hiring, training, equipping, and maintaining these agents. For some readers, I suppose this counts as a lot of action, but personally, I found it overkill…especially the added scenes where Phoenix (and once, his partner) go through training simulations that are like nothing so much as a thinly veiled (as in veiled with saran wrap) reference to the Danger Room in the X-men franchise. There are already pages upon pages of show downs between real bad guys. I wasn’t interested in reading pages upon pages of Agents doing the same thing in a simulator.
Read Camille’s review in its entirety here.
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