Now We Are Monsters (Book Two of The Commander)
Carol Hancock is a victim of Transform Sickness, a MajorTransform known as an Arm. After herescape from government detention, an established and mentally unstable Arm,Stacy Keaton, trained her in the Arm basics. The basics are not enough, though, and Carol’s training continues, nowwith an explicit graduation test she must pass to get out of Keaton’s hands andbecome a free Arm.
During Carol’s training, the two Arms annoy one of the hiddenpowers among the Major Transforms, a master of Chimeras known as WanderingShade. Wandering Shade and his Chimerasplot to take their revenge on the two Arms, in the process endangering Carol’shidden male Major Transform companion Gilgamesh as well as Keaton’s MajorTransform backer Tonya Biggioni.
Carol must solve her graduation test before her own teachersuffers a psychotic break and kills her, and before the dangers of the outsideworld collide with the two Arms.
The Story Behind This Book
Book Two of "The Commander"
My wife and I put together the basics of the first two books of the Commander series in a series of conversations about human predators and the effects of captivity on people's minds.
Praise and Reviews
Reviews of "Once We Were Human", the prequel of "Now We Are Monsters"
Hooked!
"Once We Were Human" is science fiction, horror, suspense and action
adventure all rolled into a great and well told story with interesting
characters.
I downloaded the sample and read a few screens. I
found myself interested in the story and the main character. Half way
through the sample I was hooked and bought the book. The author deftly
switches between parallel story lines and characters and continually
builds anticipation as the story lines and characters converge. By the
next morning I had finished it and greatly enjoyed the experience. I am
looking forward to the next book in the series.
Hard Science, 'Modern' Paranormal and Alternate History...
This book is a bit of a genre bender and a promising start for a new
author. The story follows the trials of Carol Hancock, a human who has
been hit with "Transform Disease" which alters her into a superhuman,
almost supernatural creature. However, unlike most of the genre, this
book deals with the political and social implications of this
transformation set in a period with its own transformations, the 1960's.
The reactions of the government and the FBI ring true to the period
and all of the characters have their own motivations.
That aside,
it's simply a good read. The story moves quickly and I found myself
reading later into the night than I wanted...[I suspect my work the next
day suffered a bit :)]... While the book is not one I would normally
have read, the premise intrigued me. Though darker in tone than my
standard fare, the writing and characters held me. The transformation
of Carol from housewife to her new state including her moral and social
anguish felt right, though I think she was a bit of a caricature in the
beginning. However that soon passes. I am waiting eagerly for the
continuation of her story.
