I knew this one would be a gamble--the plot sounded bizarre, with the potential to be either really cool or really bad. I did read the whole thing but was appalled by the shoddy writing (eg "the gaze of which was directed at him") and the consistent stupidity of the characters. The aforementioned stupidity is even more galling because we're told, repeatedly, that these same characters are the most elite fighting/intelligence force in the world, dangerous, to be reckoned with, blah blah. Yet they forget basic things like, say, setting up a guard or sentry when they're investigating a crime scene inside a house. Hey, let's all pile into the basement, where our foe (introduced, I kid you not, as "arch-criminal and nemesis") can easily surprise us!
Perhaps most galling to me is the fact that this author has published several books through a mainstream publishing house with wide distribution. Yet it's clear that no one attempted even cursory editing or copy-editing to fix blatant contradictions, horrible sentences ("he complained about the bad food and complained miserably about how bad the food tasted"), and basic grammar and writing issues.
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