Part of Series: John
Smith: World Jumper Series
Author: E
Patrick Dorris
Available at: Smashwords - JohnSmith: World Jumper https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/219/?ref=NickA
Price: Free
Number of words
(approximately): 63 930
Star Rating (of five): Three
Summary:
John Smith, an
American soldier in World war One, is seriously wounded. He falls into a portal that transports him
instantly to a different world, fully healed. There he undergoes a series of adventures,
gradually gaining control of his ability to accelerate to a high speed and to
move from place to place through portals.
Extract:
- I took a second to
look around. Luckily my eyes had adjusted as well as could be expected to the
darkness, and I saw several large four legged shapes moving through the
darkness. With my legs free I stood, thankful that I still wore my fatigues and
boots. However, other than the small knife I wore at my belt, my other
equipment including my pack, rifle and other accoutrements was missing. They
might have been inches away, but in the darkness I had no hope of finding them
by sight.
Thinking rapidly,
attempting to formulate some sort of strategy, I felt around the lower end of
the fur lined platform which extended several feet further towards the ground.
I was heartened to feel the frame outline of my backpack, but of my rifle or
ammunition pouch there were no sign.
Much closer than I had
expected, I heard a low growl, very canine, yet also distinctly from a large
animal. Even as the hairs on the back of
my neck stood on end, and not because of the cold, the mammoth decided it was
done with waiting and began walking rapidly away. I followed the beast thinking
being near such a large animal was preferable to facing unknown attackers alone.
At the same time I wondered where the woman rider and other mammoth were.
My predicament seemed
truly dire. I am not one to panic, but
as other growls became audible in the darkness, interspersed with occasional
perplexingly deep and voluminous barks, I must admit to coming close to doing
so. Facing a known opponent when armed is one thing, facing an altogether
different and unknown threat, when unarmed in the dark, is something else entirely.
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Reviewer’s Comments:
·
Structure: This
eBook is well structured and easily readable, although with several irritating
typos and a number of incorrectly-used words.
·
Content: The
story holds together well, and moves at a rapid pace from adventure to
adventure. It is exciting reading,
though not profound, and with no ‘points to ponder’. It makes the reader want to buy the sequel and
carry on with the story.
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Reviewer’s Opinion: My
father had a treasured collection of the Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series. I loved reading them, as a distraction for my
mind from the stress of studying for my degrees, and as a way of relaxing for
half an hour. This book is a worthy
successor to those books. It is told in
the first person, with beautiful Princesses and evil bad guys, horrible
monsters and, of course, several heroes! Download it and read it one evening – you’ll
love it.
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