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Ell Donsaii #14
Bioterror!
“Bioterror!" is the fourteenth book in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers. Their heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that makes her a genius and provides her some astonishing athletic abilities.
In “Bioterror,” Ell’s son Zage, a five-year-old prodigy, is continuing to follow his interests biology and genetics in keeping with his aim to eradicate what he perceives to be an obesity epidemic partially driven by communicable viral diseases. His mother gets him permission to skip ordinary primary and secondary schooling and enroll in university, studying molecular genetics. He’ll be working in Dr. Reggie Barnes research lab where he hopes to learn how to take his ideas to the next level.
Unfortunately, a talented virologist has joined a radical Islamic splinter group, promising to help them wipe nonbelievers from the face of the earth. He gets access to a forgotten smallpox culture and sets out to modify the already horrific disease into an even more lethal version, one which won’t be prevented by standard vaccinations and is resistant to antiviral treatments.
Zage has been working on a way to predict the proteins in viruses and recognize antigens in the viral shell that antibodies might be formed against. He’s hoping to immunize people against obesity viruses, but there’s no reason his new algorithm can’t also be used to stop the modified smallpox virus… if he can work with the CDC to make his vaccination available.
In “Bioterror,” Ell’s son Zage, a five-year-old prodigy, is continuing to follow his interests biology and genetics in keeping with his aim to eradicate what he perceives to be an obesity epidemic partially driven by communicable viral diseases. His mother gets him permission to skip ordinary primary and secondary schooling and enroll in university, studying molecular genetics. He’ll be working in Dr. Reggie Barnes research lab where he hopes to learn how to take his ideas to the next level.
Unfortunately, a talented virologist has joined a radical Islamic splinter group, promising to help them wipe nonbelievers from the face of the earth. He gets access to a forgotten smallpox culture and sets out to modify the already horrific disease into an even more lethal version, one which won’t be prevented by standard vaccinations and is resistant to antiviral treatments.
Zage has been working on a way to predict the proteins in viruses and recognize antigens in the viral shell that antibodies might be formed against. He’s hoping to immunize people against obesity viruses, but there’s no reason his new algorithm can’t also be used to stop the modified smallpox virus… if he can work with the CDC to make his vaccination available.
317 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 6, 2017
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About the author
Laurence E. Dahners
60 books662 followersI was born on the island of Cyprus where my dad was employed as a mining engineer. We moved to the Philippines (more mining) when I was three and then to Arizona when I was 9. I went to med school at the University of Arizona and did a residency in Orthopaedics at the University of Kansas. I taught Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until I retired in 2017.
I've always loved science fiction and it's been great fun getting to write some. I also like music and have a little home recording studio. You can read more, listen to some music and look at some of my art, at http://laury.dahners.com/ if you like.
If you want to contact me, or be put on my email list to be notified when new books come out, just email me at ldahners@gmail.com
Laury Dahners
I've always loved science fiction and it's been great fun getting to write some. I also like music and have a little home recording studio. You can read more, listen to some music and look at some of my art, at http://laury.dahners.com/ if you like.
If you want to contact me, or be put on my email list to be notified when new books come out, just email me at ldahners@gmail.com
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October 6, 2017
Although Laurence Dahners qualifies his work as a hobby, he is one of the most interesting author I’ve read in recent years. In fact, from my point of view, he is easily in the top four, with Ilona Andrews, Michael Connelly and Jim Butcher.
Bioterror! is one of his best works. Firstly, he tied up two loose end (Ryan ignoring Ell secret identity and AJ relationship with Morgan) and solve one small problem (Ell being CEO of DR5, now the world’s wealthiest corporation, which should be a full time job). Secondly, he put in place a very thrilling plot (mostly centered around Zage, not Ell) and lay the ground (I hope so, at least) for future books.
He also changes the way he structures the first pages of the book (it’s unlike all the 13 previous books of the serie).
And you know what? The result is a blast!
Bioterror! is one of his best works. Firstly, he tied up two loose end (Ryan ignoring Ell secret identity and AJ relationship with Morgan) and solve one small problem (Ell being CEO of DR5, now the world’s wealthiest corporation, which should be a full time job). Secondly, he put in place a very thrilling plot (mostly centered around Zage, not Ell) and lay the ground (I hope so, at least) for future books.
He also changes the way he structures the first pages of the book (it’s unlike all the 13 previous books of the serie).
And you know what? The result is a blast!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 6, 2024
Another really good read!
October 23, 2017
Rewind about three or four years ago, a time of relative freedom of reading for me. Enter Quicker, the freshman entry in the now fourteen volume Ell Donsaii series. Wrap your head around those figures for a second. It's been a wild rider of speculative science fiction, overly-grandiose plot achievements and whip thin yet otherwise enjoyable character development. It has been a ride.
This shouldn't really be considered an Ell Donsaii story, since it's pretty much Zage's show, this time around and although it isn't really anything new in the Donsaii-verse, it feels all the fresher for it. That is good.
Cue our caricatured big bad, a cookie cutter jihadist with a backstory that might leave you wondering why he was even radicalized to begin with. You can probably read the writing on the wall at this point. He is a virologist who now wants to kill some infidels. I have to say I almost gave up after reading a few dozen pages about this guy but I persevered.
I have to give it the author, based on the Donsaii-verse's uniqueness the overall terror plot was impeccable. It was pretty much perfect but as you'll know in these stories almost perfectly doomed to fail, spectacularly. If you've ever read a Donsaii book you'll know that I am not giving away anything here. It's part of the charm of the books. The good guys always win and in a way that leaves you feeling good pretty much all the time. A win win (yeah I know that was uncalled for but I couldn't resist).
The big win comes mostly through the series' protagonist Ell Donsaii's son Zage. He is an unusual main protagonist in many ways. He's an obese five year old genius with heightened reflexes whose way too mature with a mom that just won't quit.
Zage's hobbies mainly include bio-hacking, DNA research and other things five year-olds never really get into nowadays. He gets into the sort of adventures emotionally mature genius five toddlers are wont to, which is more than interesting enough without the slapdash terror plot. I say this in the nicest possible way. We never needed the terror plot to make Zage interesting. Not by a long shot.
I can't wait to read more adventures of Zage Kinrais as he gets older. Hopefully next time the author could spring for some better editing and maybe make this an exceptional series. I'll be reading nonetheless.
This shouldn't really be considered an Ell Donsaii story, since it's pretty much Zage's show, this time around and although it isn't really anything new in the Donsaii-verse, it feels all the fresher for it. That is good.
Cue our caricatured big bad, a cookie cutter jihadist with a backstory that might leave you wondering why he was even radicalized to begin with. You can probably read the writing on the wall at this point. He is a virologist who now wants to kill some infidels. I have to say I almost gave up after reading a few dozen pages about this guy but I persevered.
I have to give it the author, based on the Donsaii-verse's uniqueness the overall terror plot was impeccable. It was pretty much perfect but as you'll know in these stories almost perfectly doomed to fail, spectacularly. If you've ever read a Donsaii book you'll know that I am not giving away anything here. It's part of the charm of the books. The good guys always win and in a way that leaves you feeling good pretty much all the time. A win win (yeah I know that was uncalled for but I couldn't resist).
The big win comes mostly through the series' protagonist Ell Donsaii's son Zage. He is an unusual main protagonist in many ways. He's an obese five year old genius with heightened reflexes whose way too mature with a mom that just won't quit.
Zage's hobbies mainly include bio-hacking, DNA research and other things five year-olds never really get into nowadays. He gets into the sort of adventures emotionally mature genius five toddlers are wont to, which is more than interesting enough without the slapdash terror plot. I say this in the nicest possible way. We never needed the terror plot to make Zage interesting. Not by a long shot.
I can't wait to read more adventures of Zage Kinrais as he gets older. Hopefully next time the author could spring for some better editing and maybe make this an exceptional series. I'll be reading nonetheless.
March 2, 2021
I haven’t come up with a better term so I will call these books “competency porn” (think Sherlock Holmes and James Bond). I LOVE competency porn so I blew through all the Ell Donsaii books in about two weeks. As a result I’m giving books 1-16 the same review. While these books largely hit my sweet spot, I recognized several imperfection but, before listing those, I want to first say I greatly enjoyed these books and so I encourage anyone who enjoys “competency porn” (I really hate that term) to give them a try.
The first problem is actually kind of a small, yet somewhat annoying: I had read the author’s Vaz series (alos recommended competency porn) immediately before this one. In fact the Ell Donsaii blurb did not make the book sound appealing to me and so I only gave them a try because I liked the Vaz series so much. Unfortunately this resulted in realizing the author re-used story lines. While this is disappointing it only slightly diminished my enjoyment and the Ell series, with its 16 books to Vaz’s 4, quickly moves beyond this issue.
The second problem is the author writes by recipe and that recipe is: Have multiple secondary story lines that remain unresolved at the end of the book to make the reader buy the next book. An example would be a main story line about terraforming Mars accompanied by a side story line about a vaccine. The Mars story will be resolved by the end of the book but the author will also have spent pages setting up a will he/won’t he for a character to secretly try the vaccine. While the author almost universally handles multiple story lines well, in the end I found this approach truly unfortunate as this author is good enough to keep readers coming back without this manipulation. In short, this author’s books would have been much better if treated as stand alones rather than installments.
Finally, from my point of view, the books are short. The three samples I took from the series were: 217, 210 and 210 pages. I view anything under 300 pages as short and prefer books 350 pages or longer. I must admit, however, that I got all of these books for $4 off Amazon so I don’t really feel shorted. Had I seen these books on a shelf in a book store I likely wouldn’t even have picked them up based on how thin they are.
Bottom line: While not perfect, these books are pretty easily worth the read for any lovers of competency porn.
The first problem is actually kind of a small, yet somewhat annoying: I had read the author’s Vaz series (alos recommended competency porn) immediately before this one. In fact the Ell Donsaii blurb did not make the book sound appealing to me and so I only gave them a try because I liked the Vaz series so much. Unfortunately this resulted in realizing the author re-used story lines. While this is disappointing it only slightly diminished my enjoyment and the Ell series, with its 16 books to Vaz’s 4, quickly moves beyond this issue.
The second problem is the author writes by recipe and that recipe is: Have multiple secondary story lines that remain unresolved at the end of the book to make the reader buy the next book. An example would be a main story line about terraforming Mars accompanied by a side story line about a vaccine. The Mars story will be resolved by the end of the book but the author will also have spent pages setting up a will he/won’t he for a character to secretly try the vaccine. While the author almost universally handles multiple story lines well, in the end I found this approach truly unfortunate as this author is good enough to keep readers coming back without this manipulation. In short, this author’s books would have been much better if treated as stand alones rather than installments.
Finally, from my point of view, the books are short. The three samples I took from the series were: 217, 210 and 210 pages. I view anything under 300 pages as short and prefer books 350 pages or longer. I must admit, however, that I got all of these books for $4 off Amazon so I don’t really feel shorted. Had I seen these books on a shelf in a book store I likely wouldn’t even have picked them up based on how thin they are.
Bottom line: While not perfect, these books are pretty easily worth the read for any lovers of competency porn.
February 22, 2022
Too much
With the titular main character of the series being a genetic anomaly for her physical capabilities and that same genetic anomaly helping with her mental capabilities, the story was a very fun read. Yes, it’s stretched credulity at times, many times, but that fell comfortably under the banner of science fiction and the work she showed to be putting in for her innovations. Her son, Zage, honestly broke outside that fine line into the realm of ridiculousness that honestly pulled me out of the story far too often, and I really couldn’t finish this book.
I think he would have been a fun background character and how he slowly grew overtime in his expertise and focused in biology, eventually coming into his own and matching some of his mothers accomplishments. Yet he has already saved the world with his incredible genius and a measly six years old. Even his mother was a teenager before she really started working on her own accomplishments and innovations, having worked hard on her own education I am building up her area of Expertise and experimentation.
With the adventures of her son being the center focus of the story, it was honestly too much for me to really swallow even under the realm of science fiction. It pushed me out of the story for too often to really enjoy the interesting plant that was the focus of this book. I think He should’ve remained a background character and tell his midteens at the very least for this kind of story to be easier to swallow.
Overall the plot was a very fun and interesting idea, but the main character that the author had tackling the issues was just far too young for his knowledge, interactions, and pretty much everything focused around him. I much would’ve preferred the story focusing around his mother, who should remain the main character.
With the titular main character of the series being a genetic anomaly for her physical capabilities and that same genetic anomaly helping with her mental capabilities, the story was a very fun read. Yes, it’s stretched credulity at times, many times, but that fell comfortably under the banner of science fiction and the work she showed to be putting in for her innovations. Her son, Zage, honestly broke outside that fine line into the realm of ridiculousness that honestly pulled me out of the story far too often, and I really couldn’t finish this book.
I think he would have been a fun background character and how he slowly grew overtime in his expertise and focused in biology, eventually coming into his own and matching some of his mothers accomplishments. Yet he has already saved the world with his incredible genius and a measly six years old. Even his mother was a teenager before she really started working on her own accomplishments and innovations, having worked hard on her own education I am building up her area of Expertise and experimentation.
With the adventures of her son being the center focus of the story, it was honestly too much for me to really swallow even under the realm of science fiction. It pushed me out of the story for too often to really enjoy the interesting plant that was the focus of this book. I think He should’ve remained a background character and tell his midteens at the very least for this kind of story to be easier to swallow.
Overall the plot was a very fun and interesting idea, but the main character that the author had tackling the issues was just far too young for his knowledge, interactions, and pretty much everything focused around him. I much would’ve preferred the story focusing around his mother, who should remain the main character.
January 7, 2025
I suppose now that Ell has reached a ripe age of 30, Laurence E. Dahners don't see her being genius as amazing so her son has to be one, and do things as a 30+ scientist would. That too, we're back to one of the four Dahners' tropes of hero's conflicts; kidnapping, patent grabbing, governmental pressure and terrorism. These are common in all the series of various Dahners' protagonists. This time it's terrorism. And conveniently her son Zage is there to avert/control it.
Dahners seems not to understand how genetics work. So Ell is fast because her parents were little of those, and because she's brilliant her son will be equally so. Ever know who the parents or children of Einstien, or Newton? Well Zage is fulfilling my prediction that he'll be doing new discovery in this book after finding cure to obesity. I'm sure he'll do further more discoveries in upcoming books.
Anyways, I've spoken about the dwindling nature f Dahner's writing in my previous review, so I wont repeat it here.
It's an okay book in the series. And looking forward to the remaining titles, I wonder if "Twins" is another set of Donsaii children with excellency in sports!
Dahners seems not to understand how genetics work. So Ell is fast because her parents were little of those, and because she's brilliant her son will be equally so. Ever know who the parents or children of Einstien, or Newton? Well Zage is fulfilling my prediction that he'll be doing new discovery in this book after finding cure to obesity. I'm sure he'll do further more discoveries in upcoming books.
Anyways, I've spoken about the dwindling nature f Dahner's writing in my previous review, so I wont repeat it here.
It's an okay book in the series. And looking forward to the remaining titles, I wonder if "Twins" is another set of Donsaii children with excellency in sports!
October 7, 2017
Laurence E. Dahners is back with the 14th story in his marvelous Ell Donsaii series, and the fans of this series are all singing Hallelujahs at finally having this new treat after such a long break. This time the story is almost entirely from the perspective of Ell’s son Zage who is pretty much the biology genius equivalent to Ell’s mastery of math, physics, chemistry and other hard sciences...except of course that Zage is only five years old notwithstanding that he’s basically the Einstein of biology. Once again we get the author’s trademark mix of hard science, suspense, thrills, and domestic life, with a story whose main plot-line revolves around an Islamic super-radical group’s plot to kill billions with a form of weaponized smallpox. Incredibly stuff, exciting and really well written, this is a page turner that will keep you awake till you finish it, so don’t start late at night.
Pretty much guaranteed fun, and highly recommended. Here’s to hoping that book 15 comes soon ...!
Pretty much guaranteed fun, and highly recommended. Here’s to hoping that book 15 comes soon ...!
October 31, 2017
Bioterror! is Dahners' best book to date. The plot was good with Ell and Zage both working together and on their own. Many of Ell's friends from prior story were included meaningfully in the story.
For a retired electrical engineer, the biological science included in the story was beyond my knowledge but did not distract from the flow of the tale. I felt that if I had the interest that I could have researched the science and learned more about it. I suspect that I would not have found anything in contradiction. The story just projects what could happen with someone as smart as Zage taking an interest to push the science forward.
Only possible mistake was once when it referred to something happening a couple of months age, that I thought it had been only a week or two. I did not take the time to check. I will do when I do reread in a couple of months.
For a retired electrical engineer, the biological science included in the story was beyond my knowledge but did not distract from the flow of the tale. I felt that if I had the interest that I could have researched the science and learned more about it. I suspect that I would not have found anything in contradiction. The story just projects what could happen with someone as smart as Zage taking an interest to push the science forward.
Only possible mistake was once when it referred to something happening a couple of months age, that I thought it had been only a week or two. I did not take the time to check. I will do when I do reread in a couple of months.
October 30, 2017
The book starts by trying to establish several different plotlines and I found it a bit confusing. In fact it’s nearly a quarter of the way through the book before we briefly meet Ell. Eventually the story settles on Zage and he becomes the main focus.
Perhaps it’s because my first degree was in Biological Sciences, but I quite enjoyed all the science in this story and although I would have liked more from Ell, I did find viewing the story through the eyes of a five year old savant quite interesting.
My main problem with the first half of this book, is the narrative jumps around too much, sometimes each new paragraph is a different storyline. The author seems to be pandering to readers with a very short attention span.
Overall this wasn’t a bad story, but it is definitely not one of my favourites.
Perhaps it’s because my first degree was in Biological Sciences, but I quite enjoyed all the science in this story and although I would have liked more from Ell, I did find viewing the story through the eyes of a five year old savant quite interesting.
My main problem with the first half of this book, is the narrative jumps around too much, sometimes each new paragraph is a different storyline. The author seems to be pandering to readers with a very short attention span.
Overall this wasn’t a bad story, but it is definitely not one of my favourites.
July 22, 2020
Laurence E. Dahmers has given us a superhero with charm and, most importantly, brains. They've also added a super-genius 5 year old child who, in spite of his genius, still acts, at least briefly, like a 5 year old.
Each of the books in the series is a self contained science fiction thriller which keeps one reading (unfortunately for this geezer) late into the night.
He also spices the mix of clear prose and compelling plots with a lot of mostly hard science. Some might find the science exposition a little boring, but I enjoyed it.
This particular episode of the Ell Donsaii saga is particularly prescient. It was written in 2017, but discusses a pandemic and people's reaction to it. To say anything more would spoil it.
A well written and fund series.
Highly recommended
Each of the books in the series is a self contained science fiction thriller which keeps one reading (unfortunately for this geezer) late into the night.
He also spices the mix of clear prose and compelling plots with a lot of mostly hard science. Some might find the science exposition a little boring, but I enjoyed it.
This particular episode of the Ell Donsaii saga is particularly prescient. It was written in 2017, but discusses a pandemic and people's reaction to it. To say anything more would spoil it.
A well written and fund series.
Highly recommended
October 9, 2017
A Laury Dalmers Thriller
For the reader who dismissed the Elk Donsaii books as too light and fluffy, you need to read this one. The main character is Ell's 5 year-old son, Zage, who is, of course, not only brilliant in the biosciences, but blessed with inhuman-like physical abilities.
This is a True thriller, with evil terrorists and dedicated CDC scientists battling each other in a deadly chess match, helped, of course, by Ell and her son behind the scenes. An enjoyable read.
For the reader who dismissed the Elk Donsaii books as too light and fluffy, you need to read this one. The main character is Ell's 5 year-old son, Zage, who is, of course, not only brilliant in the biosciences, but blessed with inhuman-like physical abilities.
This is a True thriller, with evil terrorists and dedicated CDC scientists battling each other in a deadly chess match, helped, of course, by Ell and her son behind the scenes. An enjoyable read.
January 21, 2021
Another excellent!
Story was done well and very believable. I've noticed that once in a while, I can learn truth in a fictional story, in this case, that a smallpox vaccination may protect you from HIV and some other nasties. Being an old fart, I was given shots for everything as a kid and then as a soldier in an airborne division. I remember iron lungs and when the polio shot came out. I remember when stamps were three cents for first class postage!
Story was done well and very believable. I've noticed that once in a while, I can learn truth in a fictional story, in this case, that a smallpox vaccination may protect you from HIV and some other nasties. Being an old fart, I was given shots for everything as a kid and then as a soldier in an airborne division. I remember iron lungs and when the polio shot came out. I remember when stamps were three cents for first class postage!
June 18, 2024
How prescient
Bioterror was written in 2017, but parts of it reflected what happened during the COVID pandemic. Of course Dahners was writing what the epidemiology textbooks said should happen in response to a pandemic, but he added some intriguing twists. And the novel had protein folding solved by an AI and a human genius, whereas in recent times it was solved by an AI alone. The parallels and divergences of truth and fiction are fascinating indeed.
Bioterror was written in 2017, but parts of it reflected what happened during the COVID pandemic. Of course Dahners was writing what the epidemiology textbooks said should happen in response to a pandemic, but he added some intriguing twists. And the novel had protein folding solved by an AI and a human genius, whereas in recent times it was solved by an AI alone. The parallels and divergences of truth and fiction are fascinating indeed.
October 6, 2017
Another great read with real science
I love the fact that Dahners uses real science in his stories. Reading his stories gets me interested in learning about diverse subjects that I normally would not research. The story was informative as well as entertaining. Can't wait for the next one!
I love the fact that Dahners uses real science in his stories. Reading his stories gets me interested in learning about diverse subjects that I normally would not research. The story was informative as well as entertaining. Can't wait for the next one!
October 7, 2017
Not Fun But Interesting Nonetheless
This story is impossible to imagine because of the ease of which life for many would come to an end. How someone could contemplate killing billions of people. How some people believe in a Allah God who would want that. Seeing a five year old in a college classroom and at a party. This story was that. Mind Blown
This story is impossible to imagine because of the ease of which life for many would come to an end. How someone could contemplate killing billions of people. How some people believe in a Allah God who would want that. Seeing a five year old in a college classroom and at a party. This story was that. Mind Blown
October 8, 2017
Another great Donsai story from L Dahners.
Like stories about El Donsai and Zage, her prodigal son? This is another fast paced exciting read that left me wanting more. Can't wait to see what's next but I guess I'll have to since I know I can read them a lot faster than he can write them.
Like stories about El Donsai and Zage, her prodigal son? This is another fast paced exciting read that left me wanting more. Can't wait to see what's next but I guess I'll have to since I know I can read them a lot faster than he can write them.
October 10, 2017
Biochemist, enjoy this book!
Lots of "impossible now" becoming possible. Really fun fun for those that know a little biochemistry and good life lessons for for everyone too. I highly recommend the Ell series and this is another brilliant installment. Of course, now I have to wait for the next one...
Lots of "impossible now" becoming possible. Really fun fun for those that know a little biochemistry and good life lessons for for everyone too. I highly recommend the Ell series and this is another brilliant installment. Of course, now I have to wait for the next one...
February 7, 2018
One of the best of this series (and I have read it, all 13 books, twice!)
Fast paced. Great characters. Good science.
So appropriate because of the instabiliry in the world today.
It would be nice to think we would have people like Ell, Shan, and Zage, someday, adding so
many things that would benefit our lives and the world around us.
Fast paced. Great characters. Good science.
So appropriate because of the instabiliry in the world today.
It would be nice to think we would have people like Ell, Shan, and Zage, someday, adding so
many things that would benefit our lives and the world around us.
February 22, 2018
As u said before, this series has all the fun of a Clive Cussler novel with a big dose of Isaac Asimov Sci-Fi
This series is a fun, addictive read and I certainly hope that the author continues to produce more in the series. I love following the characters stories and haven't gotten close to being bored.
This series is a fun, addictive read and I certainly hope that the author continues to produce more in the series. I love following the characters stories and haven't gotten close to being bored.
May 16, 2019
Book 14 - Wowzirs
The legacy continues. Literally. Taking on bioterrorism could be risky. But I think Dahners made a concerted effort to be as neutral as possible. He actually managed to avoid Muslim bashing while making the point that violent radicalism is everyone's problem.
Anyhow.... This is my Amazon review in support of author perks.
The legacy continues. Literally. Taking on bioterrorism could be risky. But I think Dahners made a concerted effort to be as neutral as possible. He actually managed to avoid Muslim bashing while making the point that violent radicalism is everyone's problem.
Anyhow.... This is my Amazon review in support of author perks.
December 7, 2020
Apropos
Read this book a little late. So apropos now concerning the pandemic. Love the series Just left it for a while. This book as usual was very fun and stimulating. The what if's Are always fun to think about. The point of view in this book is not Ellie but her son. But it is the family business saving the world. Looking forward to more.
Read this book a little late. So apropos now concerning the pandemic. Love the series Just left it for a while. This book as usual was very fun and stimulating. The what if's Are always fun to think about. The point of view in this book is not Ellie but her son. But it is the family business saving the world. Looking forward to more.
March 28, 2024
This is an intense and exciting book in this series!!!!!!
Congratulations to Lawrence Dahners for this amazing series. It’s hard to find such an interesting and exciting author who not only writes intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories. I’m really looking forward to the next book.
Congratulations to Lawrence Dahners for this amazing series. It’s hard to find such an interesting and exciting author who not only writes intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories. I’m really looking forward to the next book.
October 7, 2017
Fast moving and fast thinking.
Once again Dahners s come up with a. Entertaining story full of interesting wat if,s and possibility, s . I I've followed his work since the beginning and enjoyed every one.
Once again Dahners s come up with a. Entertaining story full of interesting wat if,s and possibility, s . I I've followed his work since the beginning and enjoyed every one.
October 8, 2017
As interesting and enjoyable as I've come to expect
It's been a while since the last book in this series but I'm pleased to say that it did not disappoint. I'm looking forward to the next.
It's been a while since the last book in this series but I'm pleased to say that it did not disappoint. I'm looking forward to the next.
October 8, 2017
A darn good read!!!!
Awesome story! Just like all of the Authors Dansai books, this is an entertaining and exciting book, with well crafted and likable characters. A must read for all Ell enthusiasts.
Awesome story! Just like all of the Authors Dansai books, this is an entertaining and exciting book, with well crafted and likable characters. A must read for all Ell enthusiasts.
October 10, 2017
As usual fantastic read
I have been reading this series since it first started and I wait eagerly for the next book. Do yourself a favor read this or any other book by Laurence Wagner's. You will thank me.
I have been reading this series since it first started and I wait eagerly for the next book. Do yourself a favor read this or any other book by Laurence Wagner's. You will thank me.
November 15, 2017
Another winner
I thought I might have reached the point where the Ell Donsaii series would be stale. It has not. Mr. Dahners continues to write interesting and enjoyable books it this series. I thank him for continuing to provide these entertaining tales.
I thought I might have reached the point where the Ell Donsaii series would be stale. It has not. Mr. Dahners continues to write interesting and enjoyable books it this series. I thank him for continuing to provide these entertaining tales.
September 3, 2019
Medical mystery explained
A brilliant book dealing heavily with scientific medical research and data leavened with a slight science fiction theme, quite believable but dependent on having preferably read and believing some of the earlier Dahners science-[fiction] books.
A brilliant book dealing heavily with scientific medical research and data leavened with a slight science fiction theme, quite believable but dependent on having preferably read and believing some of the earlier Dahners science-[fiction] books.
January 9, 2024
Wow!
Yet another wonderful book in this series. Not a PhD for sure, so sometimes I have to reread passages and use my dictionary for some of the technical terms. I'm racing through these books because I am enjoying the books so much.
Yet another wonderful book in this series. Not a PhD for sure, so sometimes I have to reread passages and use my dictionary for some of the technical terms. I'm racing through these books because I am enjoying the books so much.
October 6, 2017
More Ell!!!!
I love these books. I hate that I have to wait so long for new one and then read them in one night. Lolol
I love these books. I hate that I have to wait so long for new one and then read them in one night. Lolol
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