Reviewed By: Ruth Jordan - RAM
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Contest
Amazon US HC Amazon UK PB Amazon Canada HC
Matthew Reilly
Class/Genre: Science Fiction
Thomas Dunne/St. Martins 387 pages/ $24.95
My favorite guilty pleasure in all of reading. I was so ready for
this book that it unintentionally became a one-niter. Reilly is a
great story teller.
Contest was his first book and self-published when it was first out.
St.
Martin’s has picked up the ball and we’re now able to see the story
that started it all off. You will not be disappointed. The tale? Why
a contest.
A fight to the death by the best warriors the Universe has to offer.
It’s held every thousand years earth-time and this time out we’re
the home planet. The venue for the contest? The New York Public
Library. Evil aliens, cheating contestants, heroic guides, an every
day New Yorker, woefully unprepared but trying to get himself and
his daughter out alive.
There are bombs and swords and hand to tentacle combat.
It is a swashbuckler of a story. It is great fun in a time when we
can all use a little fun.... the only sorrow.... well I’m not sure
all those books are safe.
Ruth Jordan - RAM
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