Hills, M.A.

CREATOR
M.A. Hills
iUniverse 2005
Trade Paper, 390 pages
ISBN# 0-595-35642-7

CREATOR is a twist on Christianity. In CREATOR, the Olympian spirits send their own Savior, but forgot to include an instruction manual, or saints to interpret the signs. Daedalus Rufus changes the lives of many while he ponders his purpose in life [for wayyyyy tooooo many pages]. Daedalus is an innocent who has the power of godhood. How he uses this power is interestingly unusual.

The curious tale meanders through about 222,000 words with a Nineteenth-Century descriptive style and in an attempt at wry humor that fell flat on this reader. BUT! The descriptions are gorgeous; AND, I swear there was not one typo in the entire book! So, though I don’t recommend this read to action/adventure fans, I do recommend the author for a copy-editing job, if he can learn the fact that modern readers--as a general rule--don’t have patience for a story that plods through the head of a character in Telling narrative. Though the author does have a wonderful wry sense of humor, I got bored with the slow progression of his story.

 

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