Traitor [Paperback]

Mark Eller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 2009

Last Chance - a small town set on the edge of the far frontier. It is a place of gentle manners and common civility. After all, it should be since more than three quarters of its residents are women. However times change when a Talent Master runs rampant, savages threaten war, and an illegal militia from an alternate universe plans invasion and empire. A hero is needed. A Savior. Meet Aaron Turner, the small unassuming man who runs the Last Chance General Store. He is this town's--this world's--only hope. Unfortunately for the town, Aaron also happens to be a soldier and Militia spy whose job is to prepare the ground for the Militia's invasion. To help him with this task, he has a cellar filled with advanced weaponry and the unique ability to teleport between the two worlds. However after a year of living within Last Chance, Aaron is no longer sure in which direction his loyalties lie.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Swimming Kangaroo Books (April 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934041637
• ISBN-13: 978-1934041635
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,351,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Eller spent twenty years happily writing stories and then throwing them away. Then he met his future wife. She got mad about him throwing things away so he then happily began writing books, publishing his shorts, and creating audiofiction podcasts, including The Hell Hole Tavern, Mercy Bend, and Traitor book one of the Turner Chronicles. He can be found most days sitting in his man cave with his fingers busy typing because new stories are constantly running through his head.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who is Aaron Turner?, August 13, 2009

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Arlene Radasky "AuthorofTheFox" (SoCal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Traitor (Paperback)

Aaron Turner is everyman. Well, that is if everyman has the power and talent to transfer to another world. So far he is one of two people who have that power and it seem they both are working for a man who wants to take over the other world. The world they live in now is polluted and corrupt. As Aaron learns to live in the small town in the otherworld, he finds that he is a nice man who really can come to like himself and fall in love.

He has a problem, however, he goes back to his first world to get supplies and make reports to the General. In the old world he is a crippled man who is made fun of and hates coming back. So he lies about what is happening in the new world.

The lies grow bigger as the tension builds between Aaron, his general, and the Federal government. Aaron does not want to work for this world anymore and figures out how to do that. But then he finds he has an arch-enemy in the new world. Life there is not as good as he thought it would be, it is always presenting challenges.

Mark Eller has made his characters believable and likeable. His scenarios are well described and I can imagine myself in them. I laugh and cry with Aaron as he finds his way in his new world and really look forward to the next Turner Chronicles adventure. Bravo, Mark.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Real world fantasy, July 9, 2009

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R. L. G. Je "Reader" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Traitor (Paperback)

A promising first book in a new series. Old ideas about someone in a world similar to our near future being able to "teleport" to another world with different cultures. The saving grace is the writing - the world and the characters are well fleshed out and you actually get to the point where you live in the story. The writing reminds me a lot of some of L E Modesitt's series. Warning - if a book where characters you come to admire and care about die then this series is not for you but the main character stays true and appears to triumph in the end. I say appears because this is clearly a series with more to come and I'm looking forward to book two.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Eller's Debut worthy of your time, discussion, May 8, 2009

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C. A. Webb "Conversations Book Club" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Traitor (Paperback)

Traitor by author Mark Eller is one of those books that resonates with the very essence of what life is all about. We all want to be relevant, want to feel as though we have a role to play. That role is not always what others expect of us, or what we feel as though we are capable of fulfilling. Eller shows that no matter how torn we are between what life offers and what we want, that is no excuse not to do our best.

It's a debut that men and women can read and discuss with something to be gleaned for everyone.