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The Silver Ring
by
Robert Swartwood (Goodreads Author)
David Beveridge is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
When a gunman storms into a convenience store demanding money, he ends up shooting both the counterwoman and David. Only David doesn't die. Neither does the counterwoman. David is able to bring her back to life with the help of a mysterious silver ring he found earlier that night — a ring that the darkest evil in the...more
When a gunman storms into a convenience store demanding money, he ends up shooting both the counterwoman and David. Only David doesn't die. Neither does the counterwoman. David is able to bring her back to life with the help of a mysterious silver ring he found earlier that night — a ring that the darkest evil in the...more
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May 1st 2009
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I'm not sure exactly where to put this work. It has a lot of elements of fantasy, but some SF, as well, and quite a bit of the thriller to it. A young man finds a silver ring, and once he puts it on everything changes for him. He becomes aware of a much wilder universe around him than he'd imagined. There's sort of a Tolkien meets Koontz vibe.
As you see with the title, the book is a novella and is a quick read. I found it very fast paced. I liked the human characters very much, and found the pr...more
As you see with the title, the book is a novella and is a quick read. I found it very fast paced. I liked the human characters very much, and found the pr...more
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I'm always on the lookout for independent authors who self-publish their e-books for bargain prices. Unfortunately, while it's fairly easy to find indie authors on Amazon's Kindle store, it's a hell of a task to find good ones. Sure, a lot of folks out there have decent ideas and understand what a book should be about, but it seems like very few of them know how to put together a good sentence. I'm constantly coming across authors whose prose is painful to sift through--it seems like so few peop...more
I enjoyed the 1st book I read of Robert Swartwood's, 'The Calling'...however..this book was just a mess. It was really choppy and felt like he was just throwing in things here and there and then mixing it all up and calling it good. It could have been a great fun read but it was just too sloppy and annoying for that. A magical ring with healing powers......good guy/bad guy......and hey, let's throw in some aliens...UGH! Why do they always have to do that....start out decent and then run out of i...more
Great writer & great short story. I read the whole thing in one hour, not becuase its short but because I just could not put it down!!! Cant wait to read more books by Swartwood
Very good short story. I liked the characters and the fast pace. I was kept guessing until almost the very end. It was definitely worth the read.
Mar 09, 2010
Emprise
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Robert Swartwood is in Volume 13 of Emprise Review, find Point of View here. http://emprisereview.com/?page_id=3540
An interesting story and well written.
i thought it was a very interesting and good short read.
Wonderfully engaging short read.
Good little novella
One-dimensional Gary Stu of a main character. Teenage wish-fulfilment fantasy. I lost count of the number of times I facepalmed while reading this.
A fast-paced urban fantasy novella with twists, turns and excitement.
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USA TODAY bestselling author of The Serial Killer's Wife, The Calling, Man of Wax, and several other novels. He created the term "hint fiction" and edited Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer.
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