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The Silver Ninja (The Silver Ninja Prototype Book 1) by [Wilmar Luna, Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe, Chrysti Neuman]

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by Wilmar Luna (Author), Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe (Illustrator), Chrysti Neuman (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 2: The Silver Ninja Prototype

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*The Silver Ninja Prototype Series = Batman & Robin, 1997. Melodramatic, cheesy, poorly written.

The Silver Ninja (2018) = Batman Dark Knight, 2008. Gritty, well-written, polished.
A Bitter Winter is a reboot and is not connected to The Silver NinjaPrototype series.*

Back in 2012 I wrote and published the first book of The Silver Ninja prototype series. At the time, I had no idea I would consider rebooting the entire series from scratch. Both the 2012 and 2014 editions of The Silver Ninja were critical and commercial flops. The reviews trashed the books and rightfully so, I didn't know what I was doing.

But believe it or not, some readers liked the books. And an even smaller group e-mailed me to say how much they loved the books. One man's trash is another man's treasure I suppose.

So I am re-uploading these books for free, no catch, no gimmicks. I would prefer you read A BitterWinter but I won't stop you from reading these older titles.

WHAT IS THE SILVER NINJA 2012 ABOUT?

*Deep breath* Where to start with this. All right, so Cindy Ames gets mugged and left for dead. This pisses her off so much that she becomes a whiny little nitwit and eventually gets a super suit. Once she has a super suit, she goes full-on villain and starts massacring the crap out of people. The prose is flowery, the plot is full of holes, the characters are 2 dimensional, and Cindy is annoying as heck. But the action is fun, the action is always fun.

Are you sure you don't want to read A Bitter Winter instead? It's so much better.

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This title and its sequel are not required reading for A Bitter Winter. The Silver Ninja (2012) and Indoctrination (2014) were my first amateur attempts at writing and were temporarily removed off sale because I had decided to reboot the series from scratch.However, after much deliberation I decided to make the paperbacks available again. You can also read The Silver Ninja (2012) and Indoctrination for free at other retailer websites.If you want to start at the very beginning of The Silver Ninja series, pick up A Bitter Winter for your Kindle or in paperback. A Bitter Winter is a culmination of everything I learned from the first two books and marks the official start of a fresh new reboot.I highly recommend you skip this title and go straight into A Bitter Winter.

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"She's not super human; she's a super heroine.
The Silver Ninja is an exciting thrill ride that's going to
shatter the stereotypes by revealing the character's vulnerability
while still emphasizing the strength of a woman." - Wilmar Luna

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AO00XZS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Silver Pencil Books (December 12, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 610 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 363 pages

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From the time he put on Superman pajamas and leapt off a flight of stairs, Wilmar Luna has been captivated by stories of heroes saving the day. As he grew older, his fascination with 90's pop culture, video games, and movies filled his overactive imagination with fantastical worlds and legendary heroes.

He found an outlet for his creativity by studying video editing and motion graphics design at Mercer County Community College. After graduating in 2008, he freelanced throughout New York City and has edited numerous indie films, freelanced for the NFL, and also worked with the cinematics team at Rockstar Games. He assisted with the launch of Grand Theft Auto V and was also involved in the creation of cutscenes for Red Dead Redemption 2.

After years of watching his name scroll in other people’s credits (please don’t remove me), Wilmar wanted to develop his own projects and ideas. He decided that if he wanted to tell stories of empowered female characters, paranormal detectives, and ghost stories, he would have to venture off on his own.

Wilmar published his first novel in 2012 and his second in 2014. He also published several horror short stories on Wattpad, as well as concept ideas for a gothic fantasy novel. In 2018, Wilmar completed his novel The Silver Ninja: A Bitter Winter, fulfilling his childhood dream to create an empowered, independent, brand new superheroine for a generation of readers hungry for new stories.

For updates on his latest projects, please visit https://thesilverninja.com or follow him on Twitter @WilmarLuna.

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David J. Giuffre

Great, innovative ideas in an exciting package!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 4, 2013

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I am a big fan of cyberpunk and near-future writing, and have consumed many different novels from Gibson to Sterling to Simmons. This is the author's first book, and I was frankly surprised by the number of original sci-fi ideas that were packed into this exciting novel. The book grabs you from the first few pages, and doesn't let go. It is a quick read, primarily because you are dying to see what happens next.

You genuinely care about the main characters, and there is depth and realism to the dialogue and backstories presented in the story. It is always a joy to see another creative individual succeed with their first efforts in their medium of choice. I was writing and producing a new industrial rock album while this young man was writing his first book. The two actually go very well together!

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a rollicking-good actioner with strong sci-fi and action hero elements in it. The lead is a satisfyingly strong and intelligent female with a dense backstory. You will be left wanting a sequel for sure!

Enjoy.

- David

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Pleasant surprise!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 16, 2013

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This is not the type of genre I typically read. For my pleasure, my head is usually into romance novels but this book was a drastic but pleasant surprise. I found myself not wanting to put the book down. It had me intrigued from the first few paragraphs. I wanted to know how everything was going to unfold. The action was dead on, it had its comedic moments, and the sibling rivalry was realistic.Bottom line, coming from a person that's never really paid attention to Sci-Fi, action, comic type books...THIS IS PRETTY GOOD!! Definitely recommend. Fun read!

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michael rs

Good Technology in a story that lets it down.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 27, 2013

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Bought this book yesterday and read about 50% of it and started skimming the to about 80% and then later finished it. To start with, I liked it because the technology was new and interesting... but the characters and storyline really let it down (My opinion). It all felt fragmented, with characters making decisions that just didn't make sense when you compared them with what was going on and other decisions they were making. Then it just became more bizarre and felt as if the story was being stretched beyond believability. I love a good tech-based sci-fi story, but this one did not really do it for me.

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SirJiggles80

A excellent read...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 3, 2013

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Not a big reader, or a good book reviewer. I'm pretty picky, and it's hard for me to find a book that I just can't put down. Typically I read one of two chapters and lose interest. This book held my interest and I couldn't wait to finish it.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 30, 2013

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The synopsis (and cover) intrigued me when I spotted it on Amazon. After reading it, which felt a little like torture, but since I paid for it, I felt I needed to get through it, I know that this was a mediocre idea at best. There are some interesting ideas, and a pretty good plot point for the protagonist to become a hero, but it's all downhill from there. Boring action sequences, dialogue that reads as bad silently as aloud, and characters that you don't really care about.
Save your money and look around for better books in this genre.

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Z.O.M

Fast-paced, action-packed SF fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 15, 2013

I've got to start with the obvious here, the cover art. It's not often I see a self-published novel with such eye-catching artwork, and Luna scores a big initial win on that front. Shallow though it may well be, covers sell books, and this is one that I would definitely pick up. Now, obviously it holds a certain appeal for the male audience! but as a female fan of both The Terminator and The Silver Surfer, I'd merrily put this one in my basket without much of a second thought.

The cover also does a good job of setting the tone for the novel. What you see is essentially what you get here, which is always refreshing. Fans of comic book superheroes and big screen futuristic blockbusters will, I'm sure, enjoy The Silver Ninja. Reading this one is essentially like watching a Superhero film; it's fast-paced and action-packed and doesn't require a huge amount of brain power. It's entertainment, pure and simple.

The strange thing with Superhero/Superpower style stories, is that they often don't tend to work well in novel form. They're naturally much more the stuff of graphic novels, because obviously they're hugely visual, and this is where they have the greater impact. This is a trend that's starting to be bucked at the moment though, with the likes of Adam Christopher and Peter Clines both notably putting Superheroes firmly and cleverly into prose. And Luna joins them here in making a damn good job of it.

I loved The Silver Ninja. I had a lot of fun reading it, and although a hefty dose of suspension of disbelief is required at all times, this doesn't stop me enjoying the big Marvel Blockbusters so why should it stop me enjoying a novel? It would be unfair to approach the two with different mindsets I think. There were times when I found it hard to justify decisions that the protagonist here made, Luna consistently offers reasoning behind everything that Cindy does, but in some cases it's very, very thin reasoning that you wouldn't want to lean on too much. Oddly it wasn't the technology here, but the simple human responses and reactions that tested my belief. It didn't impact too seriously on my ability to enjoy the story though, there was too much going on for me to spend too long at any one point wondering "why?".

I thought that Cindy was a fantastic female protagonist. I really enjoyed the journey Luna sent her on, and I could personally identify so much with her reaction to the 'incident' on her way home (I don't want to go all spoilery if I can possibly help it). It's that moment when something happens that makes you realise you're not invincible, and that you're living in a world with some genuinely vile people in it. I think that's a moment that a lot of readers, perhaps female readers especially, will identify strongly with. It was great to see so many sides to her; the wit and banter between her and her Sister ("'roid rage" had me chuckling), the physical strength, the emotional frailty, the intense curiosity, and, essentially, the bravery and determination she displays. I thought the back story reveal was very nicely done, and her issues with food were, again, something so powerful in terms of connecting with readers and really showing us who she is and what she deals with internally. It's not often in SF I've seen a male writer write a female character so skilfully.

With regard to the military/government element, I don't want to keep reducing things down to 'Comic Book' material, but anyone familiar with the corrupt officials of many a popular comic book City will be perfectly at home here. I don't know that Luna brought much that's original to the table in this respect, but I'm not complaining in the slightest because I was enjoying a fully three dimensional female lead so much that I was glued to the pages regardless. There was no way I was going anywhere.

One thing Luna is remarkably good at is leaving little markers throughout the novel that tie beautifully into later elements of the story. It shows a genuinely well-considered, well-structured plot, and is one way in which he shows me as a writer that he knows exactly what he's doing. My only disappointment was that at one point I think he put in a single marker too many, in relation to Ruby, which took the edge of the Big Twist at the end a little for me. I don't mean to be all mysterious and coy, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read the book yet.

Stylistically, Luna's writing is a little unpolished. He's very heavy handed with his similes, they are everywhere! For the most part they tended to be original and really quite impressive, there are some real gems! but there were just so many of them that they lost their impact. I would love to see him limit himself in his next book, to, say...no more than 10..just pick your absolute favourites and then let us enjoy them without having to wade through them. I found his tenses got a little mixed at times, and his phrasing, whilst mostly good could occasionally get clumsy and stilted. For a debut novel though, the writing was solid, and his pacing and engagement was impressive. If he does indulge in a second novel, which I'm hoping for from the end of this one, I would expect to a lot of these minor niggles to be ironed out.

Overall? This is definitely a title I would recommend. It's light, and fast, but it has some unexpectedly complex themes which give it a depth you might not be expecting. If you can let that disbelief have a night off, and forgive a touch of debut author awkwardness, you'll have a lot of fun with this book.

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