Amoeba

Trail Mix #1

by Piers Anthony

Follow Tod Timmonds as he leaves his mundane life behind and embarks on a remarkable trail of adventure and uncertainty. As Tod navigates the trail, he encounters a mix of creatures from alternate realities, periods in time, and different planets. There are qualities previously hidden in Tod that he must quickly realize to have a chance of surviving even one day on his new path. In short order, Tod must differentiate friends from foes, lust from love, and fantasy from reality in order to save the one thing that connects us all—before it’s too late!

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction

177 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 2011

About the author

Though he spent the first four years of his life in England, Piers never returned to live in his country of birth after moving to Spain and immigrated to America at age six. After graduating with a B.A. from Goddard College, he married one of his fellow students and and spent fifteen years in an assortment of professions before he began writing fiction full-time.

Piers is a self-proclaimed environmentalist and lives on a tree farm in Florida with his wife. They have two grown daughters.

Reviews

[Uriel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maaan, when I started reading I thought this was story about a man exploring a mysterious trail but suddenly it became so sexual. It kept making me facepalm and roll my eyes. I'm not a puritan but, damn, the sexual thing was too much and so annoying. It looked like the women was more worried with the man's pleasure than with theirs. I just couldn't get into it. And, ah, I think I'm too exhausted reading about misogynist societies in fantasy. I can't take it anymore.

[Steve Nelson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Got this book as a free download. I wish I could remember the source so that I could block it from ever visiting again.

It is a misogynistic story from about page 4, and it is written in the style of a 12 year old boy that has mastered complete sentences and discovered boobs. (My apologies to most 12 years old boys).

Sorta spoiler - at the end of book one, a male were-unicorn shows up and all the women swoon. Yeah, added to my “don’t-ever-start” list.

[Andrew Brooks · Rating 1 out of 5]

This one I can't explain yet... I've enjoyed a lot from Piers Anthony in the past. This book, though... I've tried to read it half a dozen times now and keep falling out of it.
It seems somehow...stiff. The dialogue doesn't seem to flow naturally.
Perhaps I've changed more than I think since those years, I'll have to try a re-read on one I know.

[Sean Randall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very typical Piers, really, with all the sexual overtones one has come to expect. I hope they sold well to loyal fans and he got the income he needed for this series published to Kindle.

[Riko Stan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dear Penthouse, I never thought it would happen to me. I found myself in the world of Xanth, but my barely outlined fantasies turned into full blown graphic sex.

Loved it though.