Hey. Great review. This was a really interesting read. I particular liked the beginning of the novel;
"Judd Faust’s eyes snapped open too abruptly. Bright light stabbed his retinas, forcing him to narrow his gaze to a brow furrowing squint or else be blinded by dawn’s early light. Daybreak was coming on fast with the force of a runaway locomotive, conveying with it the energy sapping suffocating heat that chaperons the dawning of each new summer day in the low desert of Death Valley.
Shaking his head alone wouldn’t clear the cobwebs obscuring his scattered thoughts. His short-term memory was at best hazy; long-term memory non-existent. There was a fog upon his reason that the light of day had yet to penetrate. As his eyes began to hold focus, he wondered where the hell he was. It wasn’t long before he wished his eyes were playing tricks on his muddled mind. How long he’d been standing there he couldn’t say.
He noticed a large bandage in the crook of his right arm. Tugging at the adhesive tape, he recalled his mother telling him to “pull it off quickly so it won’t hurt so much”. With clenched teeth and a determined grimace, Judd ripped off the bandage in one quick motion. A coagulated pearl of blood marked the site of a recent needle prick. What it was from or how it got there escaped him at the moment.
Miles from nowhere. Not a road in sight. He stared out into the far Eastern range of vision as if searching the recent past for some shred of a memory to hang reality onto. At the moment, however, there was nothing there for him to grasp hold of. Nothing to cling to as an immutable truth. Nothing to fill the void which was his troubled mind. Nothing but the desert."
This is one of the most interesting beginnings that i have read in a really long time. It is well described and is very creative.
Great Story.
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