Wednesday 3 February 2016

OCTOBER RAIN by Dylan Morgan

5 out of 5 stars

Futuristic, dystopian novella

On Amazon UK HERE
On Amazon.com HERE 



Reviewed by me as part of Rosie Amber's Book Review Team

I liked this novella a lot!  It takes place many, many years in the future, after Mars has been colonised by the dying Earth, and thousands have moved to artificially constructed cities on the inhospitable red planet.  But now life on Mars is coming to an end, too, and the lucky ones are moving out to Titan, a satellite of Saturn.

Government agent Steele has one last mission, before he can join his wife and daughter on the journey to Titan—a dangerous and terrifying one...
 
I've read quite a few of Dylan Morgan's books, and this one reminded me of The Dead Lands, my favourite, with all its expertly orchestrated suspense and bleak atmosphere.  This writer knows how to do 'bleak'!  The pace is perfect, the plot unpredictable, the characterisation spot on.  It's not for the faint-hearted, or those who want to be assured that everything will turn out all right in the end. 

My only complaint is that it's so short, even though it fits perfectly into the length of a novella - I think it could have been a novel, though, or maybe the first in the series - come on, Dylan, surely this can't be all there is??!  It's a great idea; made me want to know what happened before, and what will happen after.  One of those books that made me want to keep clicking the page turner on my iPad, hoping for more :)

THE DEAD LANDS by Dylan Morgan reviewed HERE 

 
FLESH by Dylan Morgan reviewed HERE 

 
THE SICKNESS by Dylan Morgan reviewed HERE

 
 

16 comments:

  1. I’ve been waiting for the new cover ect to post my review of this. I loved it too :)

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    1. Oh, is there a new cover - I'll have to alert Dylan and change it! Glad you liked it too, great, wasn't it? I want more!

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    2. Sorry, I meant that is the new cover :-) It was a different one when I got the book, which went out of print.

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    3. Aha, I see, thanks! I took this one off Amazon the other day :)

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    4. Thanks Cathy. I look forward to your review. :)

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  2. Excellent Terry, I know you like your dystopia.

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  3. I have this on my 'must read' pile and am looking forward to starting it now. Great review, Terry.

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    1. It's fab, Shelley, you'll love it!

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    2. Thanks for your interest, Shelley; I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to your thoughts. :)

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  4. Thank you so much, Terry, for reading and reviewing. I'm glad you enjoyed it. You're not the first to ask if there's any more to this story, which is a good thing, I guess.

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    1. Well, is there?????? Or before... or anything, I just want more of it! Great stuff, real classic Morgan!!!

      If there is a new cover, please send me it and I'll change - you might have done already... ;0

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    2. Thanks Terry. As Cathy pointed out, the cover you have is the latest one. As to the question of if there's any more to the story . . . I honestly don't know; maybe--but do I write a prequel, or a sequel? :)

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    3. A prequel would be fabulous - how it all happened, the end of earth, etc - as for a sequel, well, I'm sure there has to be a way out for Steele... I'm already thinking about how he might sneak onto the next flight to Titan!

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    4. LOL, you'll have to tell me your thoughts! :)

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    5. For sure. If you want me to email them I would be happy to - I really loved the whole concept of this new Morgan world and think it could go so much further! I'll be interested to see what Cathy thinks, too :)

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