Red Moon: Story Three of Four from the Series Time Lines [Paperback]

Troy Patoine (Author)

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Publication Date: July 31, 2007

Lance Longfall has everything going for him: brains, money, good looks and a promising future as a scientist. One fateful day in 1983, he meets Miranda Evans who will forever change his life. Fate, however, usually has a plan; even when it is tragic. With the help of Stephen Bropalski, his best friend, Lance will stop at nothing to bring Miranda back, even if it destroys everyone around him. To do this, Stephen and Lance will have to perform two of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time-but no one must know about it. As they race towards the future, beating time in the process, to complete their mission, someone from their past relentlessly pursues them which could hinder their success. Lance is obsessed. His only obstacles are inescapable demons from his past and the secret of the mysterious Red Moon.

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About the Author

Troy Patoine grew up in New Hampshire and has lived his whole life, both in Concord and Bow. He received his B.S. in Physical Education from Keene State College. When he's not at work, or writing, he devotes his time to his two children, Brittany and Tristram, his fianc¿e, Teressa, and their Australian Shepherd, Trixie. In this, his first novel, Troy tells the tragic story of a gifted scientist, years ahead of his time, who found love, lost it, then tried to get it back in a most unconventional way. The author is currently at work on a new novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (July 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425983812
• ISBN-13: 978-1425983819
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,895,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Clones, cryogenics, and mutated animals: Red Moon has it all, March 22, 2011

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This review is from: Red Moon: Story Three of Four from the Series Time Lines (Paperback)

by Troy Patone

Published by Authorhouse.

Clones, cryogenics, and mutated animals: Red Moon has it all. This novel chronicles the story of Lance Longfall, a prodigy who secretly succeeds in creating the world's first human clone. Stephen Bropalski, Lance's best friend, often serves as the narrator in this cautionary tale about the consequences of playing god. When Lance's lover Miranda dies in a fire at his own house, Lance vows that he will get her back. In order to do this, he must not only clone his dead girlfriend, but be frozen cryogenically so that he can meet her when the clone is old enough to be "just like Miranda." Not surprisingly, things don't go as expected when Lance reawakens.

Lance Longfall is a protagonist who is a little mysterious to the reader throughout the novel. The reader gets Stephen's thoughts about Lance, and Lance never really gets to explain himself very well. Lance's back story is intercut with the plot of the novel and fills the reader in on his hard life in a bad family. Lance is ambitious without being cruel, desperate without being hopeless and hubristic without being unaware of the dangerous game that he plays.

Red Moon is the kind of book in which you have to just shut your mind off and enjoy the ride. In the negative column, the author's style is lacking in polish, making it hard to really dive into the tale being told. There are so many plot points that the tale starts to get simply unbelievable, but that doesn't mean that it can't be a little bit of fun. The dual narrative of the book is a plus (some sections are straight narration and others are the recollections of a supporting character called Stephen), as was the fact that there is no "scary villain" in opposition to Lance Longfall because over the course of the novel Lance proves himself to be his own best opponent.

Reviewed by Shroud's Christopher Larochelle

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books Ive ever read., July 28, 2009

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Kyle Francis Eddy "I love everyone, Kyle" (Boston, MA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Moon: Story Three of Four from the Series Time Lines (Paperback)

Awesome book, I highly recommend this book to anyone that likes Sci-Fi novels and that can read. I couldnt put this book down. I cant wait to read future works by this author. Good stuff.