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Gridrunner (A Star*Drive(r) Novel)

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The book, on the surface seems to be interesting. Beautiful woman, forced to work for crime syndicate because they hold her brother hostage meets convict hacker recruited (and saved from a long jail term) by law enforcement agency. They fall in love and...

I don't know what happens next. I just could not finish this book. Actually having to slog through the tedious detail just proved too much for me.

The book seems to be written in support of a RPG, and there is a lot of detail from the game that is introduced enough to confuse you. Luckily, it's not central to the book. Except there's enough of it to really detract and make you wonder what exactly *is* central to the book.

And the story and characters just don't cut it. Nothing I can put my finger on, but I found myself completely disinterested in what happens to them. The story itself is easy enough to flesh out and make the characters more than shallow stereotypes, but it never seems to happen. The author is trying to pack a lot of background into the story, while keeping it moving and just doesn't succeed.

These things happen.

It reminds me of the first Shadowrun trilogy. I guess I'm more impatient than I was in those days. Or, as someone who has never seen the game system, just not that interested in the story for its own merit (or lack thereof).

First off, I highly recommend this novel. Sure at times the writing may seem a bit amateurish, but the story is so good you will hardly take notice. The characters are also a little thin but not so much that you cannot emphathize with them. I found myself really caring about them. Once the story gets moving it is very exciting and so action packed that it is hard to put this book down. Be warned though, this book doesn't really seem to belong in the Stardrive universe. It has more of a Shadowrun type of feel to it with its techno thriller storyline. Based on this novel, expect big things from this author in the future.