... and I can understand why, now that I'm 464 pages into it.

When I first started the book, I knew I was in serious trouble:

when the author starts out the book by APOLOGIZING for how bad it is (in the introduction), you know you are in for a dog of a book. This book just ain't a dog; it suggests what dogs generally leave behind when out on a walk. I can not comprehend why the author would tell his readers that the book is poorly written and not even edited, and then expect people to read it, let alone like it.

In sooth, there is nothing at all to like about this book. The characters act like cartoon figures; any ten-year-old can guess what is going to happen next. Long, tedious text resides in the book where it is not needed. Seems to me that one could rip out every ten pages for every one left--- and the book would not suffer any in plot and story line. The book starts from no where; goes no where; does nothing along the way; and is so badly written that for someone to actually bother to read it seems like a punishment than what fantasy science fiction should be: a pleasure.

Did I mention this book is bad? Let me stress that: THIS BOOK IS BAD. The writing is bad; the plot is not just bad--- it does not exist! The editing is not what one could call "bad" because there wasn't any! An editor could have made this book at least readable, but it is grossly obvious no editor set pen to manuscript with this turkey of a book. If an editor ever comes along willing to take the job, this book could be salavged. Why the author wrote so poorly, and why he had no editor work on it, is a mystery--- the book needs it, badly!

I will not rehash what others have already pointed out, flaw-wise. I found the book to be so bad I'm not going to finish it: and that is very rare for me. I love science fiction with a passion; this tripe is so repulsively bad that not even its mother could love it.

Save you money. I've wasted two dollars on this book, and I think I spend way too much for it.

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