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Among the Dead #1
The Corridors of the Dead
Long ago, a mysterious being known as The Lost Aetelia crafted an elaborate series of Watchtowers, along with their resident guardians, the Aetelia, to watch over the Universe. In time, they sent a select group of their own to Earth, tasked with watching over the fledging human race. This group used humanity to challenge the established structure of the Universe. A bitter war ensued, and these rebels, who had come to be known as Watchers, disappeared from history.
The time of the Aetelia – now known as angels – is returning. After a fateful night of violence, Artist Matty DiCamillo finds herself drawn into this world by a mysterious savior, who becomes a driving force in Matty’s new life.
Both driven by and fighting the words of prophecy that lay out her destiny, Matty, her lover Kristy, and her best friend Daniel, follow this mysterious savior on a journey from Northern California to Las Vegas on a path that crosses through the boundaries of time and space.
As Matty struggles to understand her destiny, she discovers that her savior may not be what she seems, and that even the denizens of this twilight world have no idea what lurks behind the stage dressing of reality. Matty finds herself not only racing to rescue the woman she loves, but learning that she herself could be the cause of the Universe’s day of reckoning.
The time of the Aetelia – now known as angels – is returning. After a fateful night of violence, Artist Matty DiCamillo finds herself drawn into this world by a mysterious savior, who becomes a driving force in Matty’s new life.
Both driven by and fighting the words of prophecy that lay out her destiny, Matty, her lover Kristy, and her best friend Daniel, follow this mysterious savior on a journey from Northern California to Las Vegas on a path that crosses through the boundaries of time and space.
As Matty struggles to understand her destiny, she discovers that her savior may not be what she seems, and that even the denizens of this twilight world have no idea what lurks behind the stage dressing of reality. Matty finds herself not only racing to rescue the woman she loves, but learning that she herself could be the cause of the Universe’s day of reckoning.
- GenresFantasy
322 pages, Paperback
First published November 29, 2011
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About the author
Jonathan D. Allen
7 books108 followersBorn and raised in the rural Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Jonathan wrote his first fantasy/sci-fi novel at the age of 13. After studying writing and communication at James Madison University, Jonathan turned his passion for writing into a full-time technical writing career in the DC Metro area, working for companies like Sprint/Nextel, Time Warner Cable, and Sirius XM Radio, where he had an opportunity to combine his love of music with his love of writing.
He may have drifted away from fiction at times, but it was always his first love – and he always returned to it. Now living in Bethesda with his fiancée, two cats, and two quirky guinea pigs for whom his publishing company is named, he crafts the kinds of stories that he had always hoped to read but just couldn’t quite find.
He may have drifted away from fiction at times, but it was always his first love – and he always returned to it. Now living in Bethesda with his fiancée, two cats, and two quirky guinea pigs for whom his publishing company is named, he crafts the kinds of stories that he had always hoped to read but just couldn’t quite find.
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May 6, 2012
The Corridors of the Dead, a dark fiction novel by Jonathan D. Allen, is told from Matty's point of view. Matty works the nightshift at a Circle K convenience store. With her misanthropic attitude and need for 'time to escape people and work on [her] art,' the graveyard shift is as perfect a fit as she was likely to find. In the dead of night Matty feels like an 'inter-dimensional traveler' and allows the weirdness of the time to give her glimpses into surreal worlds conjured by the media of her visual art. There is nothing random about Allen's choice of a visual artist as protagonist; it turns out Matty has the ability to breach the illusion of reality in more ways than just through her drawings. Indeed, there is nothing random about the entire, wonderfully crafted introduction. Matty's voice is authentic and brash. She is a cussing, independent, real person recounting events. Allen deftly leverages Matty's authenticity to pull off early foreshadowing that is subtle enough not to detract from the narrative flow, but detailed enough to give a jolt of recognition on a second read.
The Corridors of the Dead is a feast for the omnivorous reader. Those who love the traveling-adventuring sections of King's Dark Tower series will enjoy Allen's take on the theme of group pilgrimage as way to individual knowledge of self. Allen excels at depicting the word play, intrigue, and tension generated by throwing together a band of travelers, each with their own motivations and secrets. Not that this journey is all talk! There are plenty of action scenes. Fights between cosmic factions take place in a variety of settings, including a fast-paced struggle on a train that exists in a world outside of time. It is in this space outside of time, surrounded by ancient decaying bodies, that Matty learns that her actions might somehow be responsible for a cataclysmic massacre. This knowledge places Matty at the epicenter of an intractable moral dilemma and allows Allen to raise serious questions, especially around the idea of sacrificing one to save the many.
Matty's voice carries the work, even through a section near the middle of the novel where the narrative is slower paced than the rocketing start and the mind-boggling revelations of the latter third. Throughout the book, Allen provides a largess of world building and historic back story. The Corridors of the Dead is part of a series, and any suspected excesses in the artificial scope of just one book need to be evaluated in the context of the overall arc of the series as a whole. I trust Allen to use this world and its history to give greater resonance to events in the subsequent installments. In fact, if his incredible use of foreshadowing in the introduction of The Corridors of the Dead is any indication, Allen's probably already set us up to be wonderfully satisfied when we see how all of the pieces and parts eventually play out.
Allen makes surreal settings and situations feel believable. Whether journeying into alternate worlds or facing a too-close-to home assailant, the authenticity never falters. One of my favorite scenes involves a shotgun toting 'Eureka Tweeka, a meth head of the lowest class.' The Tweeka proceeds to rob the store then forces Matty into the trunk of her car with the intent of killing her. Matty's description of being inside the trunk? That it 'smelled like a droid died in there.' That is just one delightful example from a book replete with surprising metaphors that not only shock or amuse, but also work.
The Corridors of the Dead is a book you'll want on your 2012 reading list. It combines an end-of-the-world theme with engaging dialog, memorable characters, and trans-dimensional adventure. Best of all, Matty will be back in the continuation of the series!
The Corridors of the Dead is a feast for the omnivorous reader. Those who love the traveling-adventuring sections of King's Dark Tower series will enjoy Allen's take on the theme of group pilgrimage as way to individual knowledge of self. Allen excels at depicting the word play, intrigue, and tension generated by throwing together a band of travelers, each with their own motivations and secrets. Not that this journey is all talk! There are plenty of action scenes. Fights between cosmic factions take place in a variety of settings, including a fast-paced struggle on a train that exists in a world outside of time. It is in this space outside of time, surrounded by ancient decaying bodies, that Matty learns that her actions might somehow be responsible for a cataclysmic massacre. This knowledge places Matty at the epicenter of an intractable moral dilemma and allows Allen to raise serious questions, especially around the idea of sacrificing one to save the many.
Matty's voice carries the work, even through a section near the middle of the novel where the narrative is slower paced than the rocketing start and the mind-boggling revelations of the latter third. Throughout the book, Allen provides a largess of world building and historic back story. The Corridors of the Dead is part of a series, and any suspected excesses in the artificial scope of just one book need to be evaluated in the context of the overall arc of the series as a whole. I trust Allen to use this world and its history to give greater resonance to events in the subsequent installments. In fact, if his incredible use of foreshadowing in the introduction of The Corridors of the Dead is any indication, Allen's probably already set us up to be wonderfully satisfied when we see how all of the pieces and parts eventually play out.
Allen makes surreal settings and situations feel believable. Whether journeying into alternate worlds or facing a too-close-to home assailant, the authenticity never falters. One of my favorite scenes involves a shotgun toting 'Eureka Tweeka, a meth head of the lowest class.' The Tweeka proceeds to rob the store then forces Matty into the trunk of her car with the intent of killing her. Matty's description of being inside the trunk? That it 'smelled like a droid died in there.' That is just one delightful example from a book replete with surprising metaphors that not only shock or amuse, but also work.
The Corridors of the Dead is a book you'll want on your 2012 reading list. It combines an end-of-the-world theme with engaging dialog, memorable characters, and trans-dimensional adventure. Best of all, Matty will be back in the continuation of the series!
January 21, 2012
I was asked to read and review this by a friend of the author. This is not a paid review. I purchased and read this book and my opinion will be based on my review of this book. This is my opinion and not a paid review. To form your own opinion about the book please support the author and purchase your own copy of the book. Please be aware that this review may contain a minor spoiler.
This book has tags of sci-fi and fantasy. It maybe to some people but I took the book more as an post-apocalypse book. No the book did not talk a lot about God or have reference to the Bible, but that is how I read the book. While reading this book I kept thinking in my head about 'The GunSlinger by Stephen King' and the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey. The author does not reference to either in the book but I while reading that is the thought that came to my mind.
Characters: Matty DiCamillo, Kristy, Delilah, Daniel, Tommy, Azazel, Grabbe
Corridors of the Dead start's out with Matty who is a clerk at Circle K. I guess it is a convenience store out west. Matty works 3rd shift because she does not like dealing with people. Matty has a girlfriend named Kristy. While reading the book I kept getting the idea that Matty was a male not female. I guess it is part of her having a male name.
Matty has had some bumps in her young life. In this first book she is 22 years old. While at work one night Matty get's rob and then kidnapped. Several day's after being kidnapped Matty learns she is 'The Chosen One'. But she does not fully understand what that means. She soon learns that life is not exactly everything it seems.
Matty meets up with Delilah and is taken to different planes on what the world is based on. Some of the areas are like the earth we know today and some are dead zones. All of the area's have Watch Towers. I am not sure what these Watch Towers were for in the book, but I look for the author to expand more in the next book in this series.
Matty is help by Delilah who has super powers. Matty is told that she has her own powers but she finds that hard to believe. Matty soon learns what those powers are and how to use them.
Matty soon learns that she is not just 'The Chosen One' she will be responsible for all of life.
Matty and several of the characters travel to these different planes of existence. But Matty actually get's to travel further than that and what she learns astonished her. She keeps saying to her self over and over that she would never believe it if someone told her but she actually saw, felt and traveled and learned this information for herself.
While this type of book is not what I usually read, I was drawn to this book. It was so hard to put down. The author has created wonderful characters that just draws the reader into the book. This is an author to watch for, I believe his future books will quickly become best sellers.
Thanks Coral and Jonathan for a great read.
The bunnies and I give this book 4-carrots.
This book has tags of sci-fi and fantasy. It maybe to some people but I took the book more as an post-apocalypse book. No the book did not talk a lot about God or have reference to the Bible, but that is how I read the book. While reading this book I kept thinking in my head about 'The GunSlinger by Stephen King' and the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey. The author does not reference to either in the book but I while reading that is the thought that came to my mind.
Characters: Matty DiCamillo, Kristy, Delilah, Daniel, Tommy, Azazel, Grabbe
Corridors of the Dead start's out with Matty who is a clerk at Circle K. I guess it is a convenience store out west. Matty works 3rd shift because she does not like dealing with people. Matty has a girlfriend named Kristy. While reading the book I kept getting the idea that Matty was a male not female. I guess it is part of her having a male name.
Matty has had some bumps in her young life. In this first book she is 22 years old. While at work one night Matty get's rob and then kidnapped. Several day's after being kidnapped Matty learns she is 'The Chosen One'. But she does not fully understand what that means. She soon learns that life is not exactly everything it seems.
Matty meets up with Delilah and is taken to different planes on what the world is based on. Some of the areas are like the earth we know today and some are dead zones. All of the area's have Watch Towers. I am not sure what these Watch Towers were for in the book, but I look for the author to expand more in the next book in this series.
Matty is help by Delilah who has super powers. Matty is told that she has her own powers but she finds that hard to believe. Matty soon learns what those powers are and how to use them.
Matty soon learns that she is not just 'The Chosen One' she will be responsible for all of life.
Matty and several of the characters travel to these different planes of existence. But Matty actually get's to travel further than that and what she learns astonished her. She keeps saying to her self over and over that she would never believe it if someone told her but she actually saw, felt and traveled and learned this information for herself.
While this type of book is not what I usually read, I was drawn to this book. It was so hard to put down. The author has created wonderful characters that just draws the reader into the book. This is an author to watch for, I believe his future books will quickly become best sellers.
Thanks Coral and Jonathan for a great read.
The bunnies and I give this book 4-carrots.
January 13, 2012
CORRIDORS OF THE DEAD is a fantasy novel in which Matty DiCamillo, a young female clerk at a Circle K convenience store in Eureka, California, finds herself drawn into a multi-dimensional drama where the fate of Earth hangs in the balance. Along the way, she learns that she is a Chosen One, a person with unique gifts of universal importance.
Jonathan D. Allen in this first-person account gives Matty a unique persona, usually abrupt and brash, sometimes thoughtful and tender, almost always irreverent. She lives on the edge, holds nothing back. She is full of snide remarks, vulgarities, insults, vinegar and love, however mis-placed.
CORRIDORS OF THE DEAD is replete with biblical allusions, sideways references to theological and philosophical issues. We meet beings that inhabit multiple worlds, perhaps Satan, perhaps God (or the Creator).
The book takes off like a race car and displays Allen’s ability to write gripping prose that captures a reader’s attention. As the book progresses, however, this pace slows from time to time as descriptions pile on top of each other and characters’ conversations begin to sound like a professor repeating last week’s lesson.
Even in a fantasy book, a writer should get the details right if he decides to spend time describing a real object. In one chapter, Matty visits a gun store and chooses several guns she thinks will come in handy. She chooses pistols and refers to a handbook on guns she finds in the store, which allows her to ID them as .45-caliber Glocks. She notes how the guns are heavier than she thought they would be and stuffs them in her pants. Later, she has to use one of these guns. “The others returned fire and I had to do the same, once I figured out how to turn the damned safety off,” she says.
Many people who read books know about guns. That is why the writer must get it right. First, one of the main characteristics of a Glock is its light weight. Second, the only safety a Glock has is a double trigger. There is nothing to turn off.
I read CORRIDORS OF THE DEAD on my Kindle in the Smashwords edition provided to me for free as a reviewer. As I went along, I made note of a number of minor grammatical errors. These are needless distractions that get in the way of the story.
Jonathan D. Allen is a talented writer with a unique voice. According to the book’s trailer, he will bring Matty back in the summer of 2012 in THE CITY OF THE DEAD.
Jonathan D. Allen in this first-person account gives Matty a unique persona, usually abrupt and brash, sometimes thoughtful and tender, almost always irreverent. She lives on the edge, holds nothing back. She is full of snide remarks, vulgarities, insults, vinegar and love, however mis-placed.
CORRIDORS OF THE DEAD is replete with biblical allusions, sideways references to theological and philosophical issues. We meet beings that inhabit multiple worlds, perhaps Satan, perhaps God (or the Creator).
The book takes off like a race car and displays Allen’s ability to write gripping prose that captures a reader’s attention. As the book progresses, however, this pace slows from time to time as descriptions pile on top of each other and characters’ conversations begin to sound like a professor repeating last week’s lesson.
Even in a fantasy book, a writer should get the details right if he decides to spend time describing a real object. In one chapter, Matty visits a gun store and chooses several guns she thinks will come in handy. She chooses pistols and refers to a handbook on guns she finds in the store, which allows her to ID them as .45-caliber Glocks. She notes how the guns are heavier than she thought they would be and stuffs them in her pants. Later, she has to use one of these guns. “The others returned fire and I had to do the same, once I figured out how to turn the damned safety off,” she says.
Many people who read books know about guns. That is why the writer must get it right. First, one of the main characteristics of a Glock is its light weight. Second, the only safety a Glock has is a double trigger. There is nothing to turn off.
I read CORRIDORS OF THE DEAD on my Kindle in the Smashwords edition provided to me for free as a reviewer. As I went along, I made note of a number of minor grammatical errors. These are needless distractions that get in the way of the story.
Jonathan D. Allen is a talented writer with a unique voice. According to the book’s trailer, he will bring Matty back in the summer of 2012 in THE CITY OF THE DEAD.
January 30, 2012
The Corridors of the Dead us Book One of the Among the Dead Trilogy Series by Jonathan D. Allen. I'm a mid fifty year old, middle class woman,and although I do enjoy fantasy, this book was certainly a new one for me. The protagonist is Matty, a young woman, an artist and lesbian who works the graveyard shift in a Circle K store, staying awake on what she calls The Holy Trinity: Monster Energy drink, Red Bull and Mountain Dew Red Code. Tattooed, with a nose ring, and unusual hair, she is surprised by a wee hours visit by a very proper little old lady named Delilah McKinley. McKinley is a member of a group called the Watchers and has come to tell Matty to be very careful that night. Matty is weirded out by the little old lady but shortly after McKinley leaves, Matty is robbed and abducted by a girl, who throws her into her trunk and runs off. In the trunk, Matty is mentally saying her goodbyes to her girlfriend and running the film of her life through her head. Stranger still, the car is stopped, bullets are fired and the trunk is opened by the very same little old lady who has killed Matty's abducter to save her..
The next day when Delilah McKinley visits her at the Circle K, Delilah tells Matty that she has been "Chosen". Even though she doesn't believe it, there will soon be a sign that will show Matty that she, and only she can save the world. Sure enough, when she wakes up the next afternoon, it appears that Armageddon has begun.As she and her girlfriend talk, the door of their trailer is torn off by a three dimensional shadow, hell bent on destroying Matty. Once again, Delilah saves the day - and Matty's life- and together, Delilah, Matty and Kristy set off to Las Vegas where Matty will start the process of saving the world.
On the way, they are joined by Matty and Kristy's friend Daniel, who much to their surprise is not only their friend but a magician as well. Delilah is a Watcher, Daniel is a magician, Matty's attacker was an Aetelia and Matty, well much to her surprise, Matty is a Tunneler, capable of jumping through dimensions and worlds whenever she wants to. Matty will need this skill to save the world.
This is a curious and compelling story about the existence of parallel worlds in a "Multiverse" and the very unusual heroine and her friends, who have set off on a mystical, freakish quest to save the world. The only question is which world in the Multiverse will Matty save?
The next day when Delilah McKinley visits her at the Circle K, Delilah tells Matty that she has been "Chosen". Even though she doesn't believe it, there will soon be a sign that will show Matty that she, and only she can save the world. Sure enough, when she wakes up the next afternoon, it appears that Armageddon has begun.As she and her girlfriend talk, the door of their trailer is torn off by a three dimensional shadow, hell bent on destroying Matty. Once again, Delilah saves the day - and Matty's life- and together, Delilah, Matty and Kristy set off to Las Vegas where Matty will start the process of saving the world.
On the way, they are joined by Matty and Kristy's friend Daniel, who much to their surprise is not only their friend but a magician as well. Delilah is a Watcher, Daniel is a magician, Matty's attacker was an Aetelia and Matty, well much to her surprise, Matty is a Tunneler, capable of jumping through dimensions and worlds whenever she wants to. Matty will need this skill to save the world.
This is a curious and compelling story about the existence of parallel worlds in a "Multiverse" and the very unusual heroine and her friends, who have set off on a mystical, freakish quest to save the world. The only question is which world in the Multiverse will Matty save?
February 1, 2012
Matty and a few other colorful characters make up the cast of this story. It's the classic fight between good and evil only problem is good and evil aren't clearly defined. The author takes us through a few surreal experiences with Matty's teleporting powers. Our hero is crude and brassy with little else to recommend her as a hero other than her love for her girlfriend Kristy.
It felt like all the characters were speaking with the same caustic voice excepting Kristy on occasion. Granted it was an adventure, but I kept getting distracted by the author telling me how I should feel or what something looked like.
Excerpts:
"He gave this heavy sigh, the sigh of a thousand worlds, my mother used to call it."
"Her eyes were ready to hop out of her skull and jump down on the floor, doing a little dance for our entertainment, but she gave us one of those mean little old lady nods."
The blond guy gasped, his eyes going wide. He looked like a kid who discovered that hot water was, indeed, hot.
I could excuse a few of these to illustrate a point, but this book is full of unnecessary similes and metaphors that drag on too long. I have an imagination and feelings. Unless it's crucial that I feel a certain way or that something must look like something else to move the story along, please let me do it.
That said I truly think Mr. Allen has a promising career in comics. He has a gift for detail that would move the storyline of a comic book quite well. This is a potential good read for the Young Adult audience.
I was given a copy to read and honestly review via WLC.
It felt like all the characters were speaking with the same caustic voice excepting Kristy on occasion. Granted it was an adventure, but I kept getting distracted by the author telling me how I should feel or what something looked like.
Excerpts:
"He gave this heavy sigh, the sigh of a thousand worlds, my mother used to call it."
"Her eyes were ready to hop out of her skull and jump down on the floor, doing a little dance for our entertainment, but she gave us one of those mean little old lady nods."
The blond guy gasped, his eyes going wide. He looked like a kid who discovered that hot water was, indeed, hot.
I could excuse a few of these to illustrate a point, but this book is full of unnecessary similes and metaphors that drag on too long. I have an imagination and feelings. Unless it's crucial that I feel a certain way or that something must look like something else to move the story along, please let me do it.
That said I truly think Mr. Allen has a promising career in comics. He has a gift for detail that would move the storyline of a comic book quite well. This is a potential good read for the Young Adult audience.
I was given a copy to read and honestly review via WLC.
January 3, 2012
Corridors of the Dead has been categorized as UF, probably because of the presence of angels and their fantastic powers. But these are not your grandma’s angels and this is not your typical urban fantasy. The angels are colorful and flawed, as are the human characters, and the story reads like a metaphysical journey disguised as an urban fantasy/science fiction mash-up.
Protagonist Matty is an antisocial outsider who prefers spending time on her artwork to spending time with people. Matty is visited (rescued from a tweeker, actually) by a strange old lady with superhuman abilities who insists that Matty has powers of her own that are key to the fate of humanity. Though Matty would rather play turtle than get involved in saving the world, she soon finds herself traveling through other planes of existence, where the lines between good and evil are blurred and people are not what they seem, and where even the nature of the universe is challenged.
Corridors of the Dead is reminiscent of Roger Zelazny’s Nine Princes in Amber, with a little of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials thrown in. Although the novel isn’t perfect, Jonathan Allen shows a knack for characterization and a depth of imagination that makes him an author to follow.
Protagonist Matty is an antisocial outsider who prefers spending time on her artwork to spending time with people. Matty is visited (rescued from a tweeker, actually) by a strange old lady with superhuman abilities who insists that Matty has powers of her own that are key to the fate of humanity. Though Matty would rather play turtle than get involved in saving the world, she soon finds herself traveling through other planes of existence, where the lines between good and evil are blurred and people are not what they seem, and where even the nature of the universe is challenged.
Corridors of the Dead is reminiscent of Roger Zelazny’s Nine Princes in Amber, with a little of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials thrown in. Although the novel isn’t perfect, Jonathan Allen shows a knack for characterization and a depth of imagination that makes him an author to follow.
January 12, 2012
You gotta love a fantastical, apocalyptic novel set primarily in Eureka, Bakersfield and Barstow California and ending up in Vegas, NV. Or at least I do. Having traveled those murky roads myself, I couldn't help getting a kick out of the familiar settings and believable yet fantastical characters that evolved out of the crossing of those worlds with the supernatural. While at times the world-building got a little too heavy and slowed the story more than I would have liked, I found the characters great, the narrative voice of Mattie the Circle K graveyard shift employee, artist, lesbian and supernatural badass in training to really carry the story. The action is also engaging and the cast of supporting characters a lot of fun with some great chemistry between them. Allen has created a unique and interesting world populated by colorful and likeable characters (and truly horrifying villains), so I look forward to seeing where this series goes.
February 21, 2012
For a debut book, I was pleasantly surprised by the author's ability to not only draw me in to Matty's life and rather unique predicatment, but also keep me reading right through to the end. While I've read a number of "Indie" authors in the past while, I must say that Allen's COTD was a breath of fresh air.
I did not feel as though I was reading an "Indie" book, it felt as though I could have plucked Matty's story off the shelves at Chapters or Barnes and Noble. As I read I found myself thinking often of Stephen King's Gunlslinger series, the style of Allen's writing was very reminicent of those books which couldn't have made me happier. :-)
I'm looking forward to the next book, City of the Dead, and have to say that I think I found myself a new author to follow. Well done, keep up the excellent work!
I did not feel as though I was reading an "Indie" book, it felt as though I could have plucked Matty's story off the shelves at Chapters or Barnes and Noble. As I read I found myself thinking often of Stephen King's Gunlslinger series, the style of Allen's writing was very reminicent of those books which couldn't have made me happier. :-)
I'm looking forward to the next book, City of the Dead, and have to say that I think I found myself a new author to follow. Well done, keep up the excellent work!
February 27, 2012
In this duo universe fantasy novel, Matty DiCamillo the lesbian protagonist is drawn into a strange new world by an old woman called Delilah, who just happens to save her life when she is attacked at the Circle K store where she works. As Matty soon finds out, Delilah is no ordinary old woman. From that moment on Matty is dragged into a race against time to save the world, which includes her girlfriend Kristy, who along with her best friend Daniel are involved in the adventure. The resulting trip to Las Vegas is dashed with challenges as they travel between realities to discover what is going on and why.
An interesting read, with a bit of spice here and there. I am looking forward to the follow up.
An interesting read, with a bit of spice here and there. I am looking forward to the follow up.
January 27, 2012
A unique and complex story-line structured around some very interesting characters. It took me a while to get into this book and, for some reason, I found it incredibly hard to imagine Matty as a woman rather than a man. However, I got more and more into the story as I read on until I really wanted to find out what would happen next. Disappointingly, it finished on rather an anti-climatic cliff-hanger. Worth a read if you want something totally different, but could be even better with some re-editing.
January 29, 2012
"Corridors" is a compelling urban fantasy read with a diverse and interesting cast of characters, an intriguing mythology, and a great set of plot twists.
Recommended for those who enjoy fast-paced reads and can't get enough of angels behaving badly.
Recommended for those who enjoy fast-paced reads and can't get enough of angels behaving badly.
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