Although I am a fan of Simon Green's work, MOONBREAKER
was definitely a fantastic read which I would recommend
to any one who likes mystery and spy novels, but also to
those that might not, as it takes some of the classic spy
and adventure tropes but throws in some twists with
supernatural or science fiction elements. The story is
supported by the multiple other novels within the Secret
Histories series, but also pulls aspects from Green's
other books into what can be understood as a shared
universe across the different series, with characters
interacting or being mentioned by others in completely
different stories.
MOONBREAKER picks up immediately after
the previous cliffhanger of Dr.
DOA, which admittedly is
also one of its strongest faults. With previous knowledge
of the world and characters, it was an interesting and
captivating read tying into the continuation of the
previous story, but when this is read as a stand alone
novel, I feel it lacks much of the intricacies or world
and character building that Green is able to do in other
single pieces of other series that he has written. The
book does feel like it was somewhat the other half of a
story, as if the whole story was one book and then split
in the middle into two when it could have just been one
long story. It is as if you have two halves that make a
whole, but really just feel like two halves instead.
Still, there are a multitude of elements which will grab
the reader and keep them engaged with the story and the
death defying feats of the characters.
With a sharp
comedic whit and generous action and sequences, Green
appeals to many readers sense of adventure and the
dangerous spy game, while also intertwining areas of
drama and heartfelt emotion giving readers a mix that
will have them coming back to the other stories in the
series.
Ride shotgun with a “James Bond–of-the-supernatural”* as
the Secret Histories Novels take you careening through an
alternate London where around every corner a new kind of
danger awaits....
My name is Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond, the very secret
agent. And I am a dead man walking.
I’ve been poisoned by Dr. DOA. There is no cure, no
treatment, no chance of a last-minute miracle. So all that
is left to me and my love, Molly Metcalf, is to track down
my killer and stop him before he can murder anyone else.
So whether that means fighting a secret army on another
world; or searching for a forgotten weapon in the Museum of
Unattached Oddities; or facing off against Grendel Rex, the
Unforgiven God, in the hidden heart of the Moon, for the
terrible secret that is Moonbreaker...I will do whatever it
takes, while I still can. Because the game isn’t over till I
say it’s over—and I still have one last card to play.
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