Walker [Kindle Edition]

Michael Langlois (Author)

Book Description

He has the power to Walk between worlds.

His captors think they can hold him.

They're wrong.

What do you say when offered a lifelong position in the most powerful and corrupt secret organization in mankind's history?

If you want your life to last longer than the job interview, you say yes.

In exchange for wealth, power, and training for his newly discovered abilities, all Daniel has to do is help them reach a new, unsuspecting world.

To make things worse, a group of desperate escapees pin their thin hopes on him, willing to risk everything on a miracle that Daniel has no idea how to provide.

Shackled with a restraint bracelet, constant surveillance, and superhuman captors, he must outsmart an overwhelmingly powerful enemy and seek freedom in the one place that is left to him, a new world that only he can reach.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Walker is the first book I've read in years that I've polished off in a single day." - Amazon Review

 

About the Author

Michael Langlois lives in Texas with his family, two dogs, a cat, and BB, The Most Confident Rabbit in the World. When he's not playing tabletop board games, video games, or waxing nostalgic about zombies on his blog, he will occasionally stop procrastinating and write something. You can follow his antics at http://michael-langlois.net.

Product Details

• File Size: 438 KB
• Print Length: 367 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1470030918
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006E3IKG8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,372 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Good premise, poor construction. March 3, 2012

By Nathan L. Baker

Format:Kindle Edition

I'll keep this short because I'd like to put this book behind me. "Walker" has a very interesting premise but it's nearly ruined by the labored writing, inconsistent style, practically non-existent character depth, and exposition-heavy dialogue. There are many mistakes left in this edition, which makes me wonder why the author thanks Diana Cox at the end of the book.

Langlois has a fine premise: people can walk through worlds, and newcomer Daniel falls into this "skill" of Walking. If you want to know about "walking," don't worry because the author spends many long-winded bouts of dialogue on explaining just how this works. Instead of showing us, he tells us, and instead of the dialogue sounding like real conversations, it sounds like the author saying "look, this is what you need to know!" which, for me, just about ruins the premise. I can't imagine any of it myself, I'm not given the space to figure it out on my own, I'm simply told over and over again. And it's not just with the skill of walking, it's with any major plot development. It's with every major event that a character experiences. When bad guys die, we get a line "They died."

Beyond that there are many mistakes left in this edition of the book that could have easily been fixed if anyone involved with its making were paying attention. Aside from leaving a word out (which happens about every other chapter), there are areas that the author seems to have just been bored with so he just blazes through them. Instead of writing a suspense-ridden chase scene, the author explains that two characters are getting away (yet again) and all the sudden they're back in the hands of the baddies (again). Things just pop in and out to hit story points, without creating any tension whatsoever.

Overall, I think the book could be very good if the author worked harder at it. The premise is there, the characters are about 1/4 the way there, but the writing is lazy and is spent too much on boring exposition

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story, but could use some refining March 7, 2012

By rdw4221

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Walker

So I really liked the story and characters, but there were some flaws that couldn't be overlooked. Like the main ones were the beginning and the ending. So abrupt! The beginning just jumped right into it without giving enough background on Daniel. And the ending was like, really? Its almost like the author didn't know where to go with it so he just ended it. Some better proofreading and editing in the book would have been appreciated too. Overall though a cool concept.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars A fun quick read March 16, 2012

By W. McPherson

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Ok I read this book in less than three days with a couple hours here and there. It is an easy book to read, and is gripping within just a few pages. The premise and plot are great fun.

Suspending disbelief is difficult though. We follow an average nothing special guy, who discovers he has an incredible ability, but they guy takes it in stride with really no more hoopla than if he had landed a great paying job. This average guy ends up being a 1 in 7 billion prodigy, and can master his gifts with just the briefest explanations and introductory training. In addition, the amount of trust the character's toss around is ludicrous and shows the author really didn't think the narrative through. It's rather an incredible story where you are unable to suspend disbelief.

Having said that though, the book is a tremendous amount of fun to read...It's just hard to not snicker at the credibility of it. I do like the book and recommend it, good story, good read, good fun, but not a magnum opus.

5 stars for the story itself
Getting 3 stars because of the lack of credibility.

More About the Author

Michael Langlois lives in Texas with his family, two dogs, a cat, and BB, The Most Confident Rabbit in the World.

When he's not playing tabletop board games, video games, or waxing nostalgic about zombies on his blog, he will occasionally stop procrastinating and write something.

You can follow his antics at http://michael-langlois.net.