Credit to @miraimage for the above cover art.

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A horrible and fantastic thing happened today..

My ISP had an unplanned major outage across most of my state, so instead of being able to do my usual thing and bounce around on Steem like an energizer bunny I had to do something else..

I decided to read instead, and what better than this amazing book which was graciously presented to me in order to give some feedback titled: "AJAX TARNISHED" which was written by @dbzfan4awhile or Jeremiah Whitehead as his fleshpuppet is called.

Jeremiah Whitehead’s lovingly-crafted tale is set in a time of metal, smoke and steam, oddly powered machinery and there are no threats of war nor concern over intolerance. This most definitely changes over the course of the tale.

The flow was easily assimilated, I found the pacing flawless and characters personable and the odd confusion from esoteric technology and wrangling my head around some names didn't detract from the experience. (I forget names rather quickly for some reason, but ask me what we did 2 years ago and I will recount perfectly.)

My favorite part in the book would have to be the halfway point where I felt the author really break out of the 'structure' of the early pages and stretch legs.

Lots of first person viewpoints, internal personal dialog relevant to previous experiences and present. I really felt like I had become the character, like he meant something to me now.

I knew what they were about by this point, not that it made the book predictable, I just felt more drawn into the scene and setting with the different feel of the text.

There were one or two small issues with typing, perhaps one or two moments I didn't personally appreciate, (Ugh never knew how hard it is to write a review without spoiling things!!).

But after some one on one with the author himself, I am assured everything will be sorted as soon as possible. (I highly doubt there will be any edits beyond the odd misspelling as those scenes were pivotal to the story) But that is fine.

All in all this book was quite the fun afternoon read.

If you are a fan of Brog the Stoop by Joe Boyle or the Dragons of Pern chronicles by Anne McCaffrey I believe you will enjoy taking a journey of copper, cogs and steam with Ajax Tarnished.

Thanks for taking the time to read through this today dearest readers, and thank you @dbzfan4awhile for gifting me a copy of your story in order to read and cherish.

If you would like to pick up a copy, here is a link to amazon.

It's only a few dollars for the e-book and worth it in my opinion.

May you all have a glorious day, and much love. <3

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Afterthought, if there is any of you that would like me to review a book of your own or that you enjoyed drop a comment and time permitting I will do so.