The Book Plank

Aftermath by Chuck Wendig, Star Wars: Aftermath #1 Journey to  The Force Awakens . The second Death Star is destroyed. The Emperor and his powerful enforcer, Darth Vader, are rumored to be dead. The Galactic Empire is in chaos. Across the galaxy, some systems celebrate, while in others Imperial factions tighten their grip. Optimism and fear reign side by side. And while the Rebel Alliance engages the fractured forces of the Empire, a lone Rebel scout uncovers a secret Imperial meeting. . . . Many a fantasy fan has been marking of the days ever since the seventh Star Wars movie was announced. I can proudly say that I am one of them. The same thing probably also counts for Chuck Wendig but I think the burden on his shoulders with having been given the task of writing the book that connects Episode VI and VII. This must have been both a sweet and sour experience, there must have been a lot of weight on his shoulder. But probably looking at Chuck Wendig's writing, he must hav...

The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig, Mookie Pearl #1 Meet Mookie Pearl. Criminal underworld? He runs it. Supernatural underworld? He hunts in it. Nothing stops Mookie when he’s on the job. But when his daughter takes up arms and opposes him, something’s gotta give… Last year I read my first Chuck Wendig book, Double Dead and I was very pleased with and hooked onto Chuck Wendig's writing style. He writes with a message, "You either love or hate my book and if it is the latter... I don't care." Chuck Wendig is perhaps best know for his Miriam Black series including Blackbirds (published by Angry Robot), The Blue Blazes marks his latest series dubbed "Mookie Pearl" which was published last year also by Angry Robot. Just as with the synopsis of Jay Posey's Three , The Blue Blazes created the same must read sense. You just know Mookie Peal to be a bad-ass, and trust me he is. Chuck Wendig kick-off an exciting new Urban Fantasy series, this is the good stu...

Double Dead by Chuck Wendig, Double Dead #1 (Tomes of the Dead) Coburn’s been dead for close to a century, but seeing how he’s a vampire and all, it doesn’t much bother him. Or at least it didn’t not until he awoke form a forced five-year slumber to discover that most of human civilization was now dead – but not dead like him, oh no. See, Coburn likes blood. The rest of the walking dead, they like flesh. He’s smart. Them, not so much. But they outnumber him by about a million to one. And the clotted blood of the walking dead cannot sustain him. Now he’s starving. And on the run. And more pissed-off than a bee-stung rattlesnake. The campire not only has to find human survivors (with their sweet, sweet blood), but now he has to transition from predator to protector – after all, a man has to look after his food supply. I have heard a lot about the creative writing of Chuck Wendig. How he is one of the authors to watch out for. I haven’t had the chance to read Blackbirds o...