Book Review: THE ECHO by James Smythe

The Echo

by James Smythe

James Smythe’s The Echo is one of a handful of fantastic and highly anticipated speculative fiction releases this January. James is an up-and-coming author in our genre. I don’t know anyone else who writes such fast-paced puzzles that tickle the horror fan in me. His blend of Horror is the kind that sneaks up on you while you’re busy trying to figure out the mystery and getting emotionally attached to his characters.

Here’s an excerpt of my review of The Echo at SF Signal:

Following in the footsteps of the phenomenal first book, The Explorer, The Echo rewards fans with answers to the anomaly located deep in outer space, but then adds more danger as the anomaly’s strengths and mystery increase. More than that, though, the story of its main character, Mira, is touching, succinct and a perfect fit for a reader toe-to-toe in the battle between ambition and failure.

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The Explorer already uncovered a mind-bending characteristic of the anomaly. The Echo successfully doubles the mystery, while still leaving plenty to discover in the remaining planned two books. This is is the kind of science fiction horror that I crave. I don’t get this blend of science fiction, mystery, horror and emotion anywhere else.

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I also reviewed The Explorer and The Machine by James Smythe. The Machine was recently named a finalist for The Kitschies. I posted over at our Goodreads group about genre up-and-comers and made a list of the Kitschies finalists.

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Timothy C. Ward
Executive Producer

Timothy C. Ward has been podcasting since 2010, first as AudioTim, and now with AISFP. His first publication, Cornhusker: Demon Gene (A Short Story), is available on Kindle for $.99. His novel in progress, Kaimerus, is described as “Firefly crashes on Avatar and wakes up 28 Days Later.”

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