Richard Stephenson

I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. It’s the year 2027 and America is falling apart. America is in the deep in its Second Depression and Florida has experienced its worse hurricane in history, meanwhile a second one is heading to Texas. Now we have terrorists on our soil, a corrupt government, and the entire Middle East has banded together.

Although the story starts slowly, this was a really great dystopian novel. It was pretty interesting to get stories from different points of view. The descriptions of everything was amazing, I felt like I was living it myself. The further I got into the book, the more captivating the story became, primarily because quite a bit of this could possibly happen in our future…scary, but very true. My favorite character was Howard Beck; to me, he was the greatest character. He has Asperger's Syndrome, found his niche and now he’s the world’s richest man, and a BRILLIANT AI creator. I really appreciated this, because truth be told, a child with Asperger's is brilliant at whatever their interest is, not many people realize that. This is one book that I’ll buy for friends, it'll scare them about our future. Awesome first novel for Richard Stephenson!!! Book two is expected this summer and I can’t wait!… (más)

Lieutenant Kevin Nash is overseeing a high security prison in Texas, when a riot between prison members of two rival gangs, the Black Gangster Disciples and the Aryan Brotherhood, breaks out. The riot is subdued with two Aryans stabbed, but Nash soon discovers that this is just the start of a devious plan by Jefferson Moore, the current head of the Aryan Brotherhood gang serving time in the prison. The plan puts Nash’s family in danger as a means to extort Nash to aid Moore in his plan. The action, suspense, and danger is quickly amped up in this seemingly short 40 page, nine chapter short tale, but what isn’t totally clear is this is not the full tale, but just the first part of what is probably the full length novel, as it ends on the edge of a cliffhanger. The ebook, which was free to purchase, is just a tease to draw the reader to anticipate and buy the rest of the adventure when it is available. The suspense, action, and tension is presented well as a start, but until a full story is available, an average rating is all I can give.… (más)