Compendium

by Matthew Mather

350 pages of million-copy bestseller Matthew Mather's thriller and speculative fiction works, including his novella Enlightenment, an exclusive collection of short stories only available here, plus the starts of his bestsellers CyberStorm, Darknet, Nomad, and Atopia Chronicles. BONUS: for short time, this also includes the first chapters of his upcoming novel Destiny (to be released May. 25th 2017), book four in his best-selling Nomad series.

Available via the author's website.

Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller

350 pages, ebook

First published May 1, 2017

About the author

Matthew is the million-copy bestselling author of CyberStorm and Darknet, and the hit series Nomad and Atopia Chronicles. He started out his career working at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines, going on to become one of the world's leading members of the cybersecurity community. In between he's worked in a variety of start-ups,everything from computational nanotechnology to electronic health records to weather prediction systems. He spends his time between Montreal and Charlotte, NC.

Reviews

[WayneM0 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

The stories were good and I enjoyed them but this compendium just gives you the start of these books. If you want to read more then you need to get the books.
Not the first time I've seen this ~ especially E Books. I can't see I've seen them in a compendium before though. Unusual.

Cyberstorm
It was OK but not the one I enjoyed the.most. The characters were OK and the plot good but it just seemed a bit slow and disjointed. In saying that though the writing was strong and interesting. It captured the essence of what was going on. I'm glad I read it and will probably read more.

Darknet
This i really liked and will definitely be reading more. The characters were great and the story was really interesting. It had plenty of action ans suspense and really enjoyed it. Highly recommended.

Nomad
An end of the world saga that I really enjoyed. Very interesting characters and done definite twists and turns I there I think. I will be reading more of this one. Recommended.

Atopia
An interesting idea and again a very strong plot. A futuristic Sci Fi world that is all kinds of bizarre but also compelling. Recommended.

Overall I enjoyed the precludes to these books and will be reading the rest of them in the future.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's just snippets of the Atopia books. meh.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a mistake for me to choose. The short stories were good. One was kind of disturbing. Hannibal Lectorish. As for rest. It's several chapters of a few of the authors books. I would rather have the whole book than reading part and being left with a cliff hanger. All the books are available on Amazon for free on Kindle.

[J Young · Rating 3 out of 5]

What’s included is well written, but it’s basically some previews of books and a couple of shorts. Giving a review is difficult because you don’t know the quality of the rest of each book. I received a free copy but my review is voluntary.

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book itself was ok i guess. Was dissapointed to find its just the start of a few books. I may pick up where it left off on possibly two off the stories that intersested me.

[Clinton Sites · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay - this is an extremely disturbing compendium on multiple levels.
The author is an expert on making you question the reality the story is based in, but also in making the questioning one is forced into making for the story but our conjoined realities as we move forward as a society. I have to admit that my religious beliefs react negatively to the inherent assumption in the stories by humans of rights not given them

Saying that, stories are there to make us think, react and possibly avert the steps that are posited to create that future. This author is really scary.

Disclaimer - I received a copy for an unbiased personal review.

[Deborah · Rating 2 out of 5]

So annoyed to discover 95% of this "compendium" is just samples. Near the end there are two very short stories that may be complete but supposed to be read as part of a series.

This is a good author & his disturbing versions of reality would do well on Black Mirror but I would not have wasted my time if I knew this was only samples

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good selection of short stories and teaser chapters from this author's other novels . I really enjoyed reading this, I found it exciting and different which was a refreshing change for me . I will certainly be reading this author's other books .

[Heather Samsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Interesting - although compilation of shorter stories & exerts. Follow up Book 1 & 4

[Gabby · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book interesting but a little prediction and hard going. The stories were short and a little disturbing. A once read unfortunately.

[James Ronholm]

I guess I missed the part that explained this contained mostly teasers for the author's actual works.
Get this if you are interested in see if you like the writing/stories - do not get this thinking you are going to be satisfied because there is just enough here to make you wish you were reading the real thing.

[Martin Pingree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very very good group of short stories from Matthew. I had read on of these before and was blown away. These shorts cover a lot of ground in a variety of fiction. They were all awesome to read and digest.