Title: The Quiet Front
Author: Tim Akers
Genre: fantasy (novella)
Price: $0.99 (ebook)
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
ASN: B00FD65LO6
Point of Sale: Amazon
Reviewed by: Chris Gerrib
Tim Akers is a friend of mine, and he’s also a
commercially-published author. However,
like many authors, he’s written stuff that he can’t find a home for, but which
is worth reading. One of those items is
the novella The Quiet Front. It’s set in
an alternate World War Two, one in which the Royal Arcane Air Corps is working
with the Soviet NKTD, the Commissariat Arcane.
They enlist Lt. Samuel Obern of the US Army Arcane to ride behind the
lines in His Majesty’s Airship Sulis,
there to do daring deeds.
The story is short, probably 30 pages if on
paper, but very engrossing. Tim’s
specialty is “the new weird” and here he creates a world that’s both weird and
oddly familiar. Needless to say, the
secret mission is dangerous, but vital to success in the war. The characters are well-developed, and Tim
brings his own vision of magic to the work.
I found it highly entertaining.
8/10
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