The 40 Caliber Mouse A Modern Tale of Vengeance edition by Stephen Pytak Dash Martin Literature Fiction eBooks
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The first novel in The .40 Caliber Mouse series, this action-packed thriller is an introduction to Corinn Michaels. Artist. Computer hacker. Angry spirit. And a low-rent mercenary's key to starting a deadly online business.
Corinn Michaels is an Internet criminal haunted by spectres from her past. Five years back, the friends, lovers and accomplices she knew in college had reported her subversive activities to police. She did time. The betrayal changed her world. She suffered a breakdown, tortured by her memories of the ones that got away. Unable to move on, she believed her life was at an end.
A job offer encouraged her to reconsider her options. A stranger in black asked her to resume her life of crime, to become a new kind of terrorist, to start a website for a mercenary called The .40 Caliber Mouse. She grinned as she made the deal. "On one condition..."
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But I couldn't put it down. Fully fleshed out characters you really become involved with, descriptions of environments that paint pictures in the mind. Plenty of well-plotted and executed action and violence. I became even more fully immersed the second time I read it. The saga of Corinn Michaels begins here and I'm both looking forward to, and dreading, when it comes to an end.
I saw this book at my local book store and was immediately intrigued by the mouse-with-a-gun graphic on the front cover. The store clerk gave it two thumbs up, so I purchased a copy and started reading it that evening. By noon the next day I had turned the last page, with a short break for some sleep. That's how good this book is. The premise is an assassin creates a web site where you can order someone to be killed for just $1,000 a pop. Sounds crazy! But there's logic to the madness, and you'll be turning those pages until the very end to see how and why it all makes sense. The cast of characters is memorable and well crafted, and I'm already looking forward to the sequel which is going to be based in my hometown of Georgetown, D.C.
I had heard so much about this book that I could not wait to read it even though it is not my usual genre. Being of the Clive Barker-Books of blood-type reader I was hoping this book was sick and depraved. What I found instead was a very well written book with great characters, satisfying violence, a shocking plot twist, and a neglected household until I finished it. It is more of an action adventure story but I had to find out why. Why??! So it also has elements of mystery and suspense. I finished the book in the wee hours of the morning shocked yet satisfied-whatever your genre happens to be-read this book!
This book is an action-adventure shoot'em up with one of the major characters positioned as the apparent bad guy, which is the kind of thing I wouldn't typically like. It isn't that it is dark. That isn't a problem, nor does the main character have to be the good guy. But so often, these can feel like a bunch of gratuitous blood and guts with the bodies piling up and no other point. I need more than that. And I got it.
The something more, what really made the book, was the back-stories of the main characters. The apparent bad-guy (who seems much nicer than his actions would indicate) has a past that is mysterious and slowly comes out as the book progresses, which might not justify his actions, but keeps him at least sympathetic. There is also a similar situation with Corinn, the other main character, whose back-story is laid out up front, but how or whether she'll be able to move beyond her past is an open question. This combination of action and psychological drama underpinning it all kept me engrossed to the end.
**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. **
It's always a bit difficult when you have criminals as your main characters. You're always asking the questions, could you relate to them, should you relate to them? As I was reading this book it reminded of the films of Quentin Tarantino, so if you liked that sort of style, you'd probably like this book.
It was a bit too violent for my taste, reminiscent of a first person shooter adventure video game, and I have never been into those types myself. There seemed to be a lot of violence for no apparent reason, but as you get further into the book, you realise there is a reason, that the unknown mercenary is not just only just accepting random gigs from the website Corinn set up for him, he is also hunting someone down. His past is revealed gradually, which keeps you guessing and keeps you reading to find out more.
I'm not sure that I could say that I enjoyed the book, some of it was a bit too gory for my taste, but it was interesting and it's the characterisation that keeps you coming back. Corinn is the angry young woman who thinks fate has dealt her a raw deal, then you have the mercenary himself whose story eventually elicits sympathy for him, and then you have another hit-man who is determined to get rid of the mercenary - how can he keep his prices up when the mercenary will do the same job for so little money? There are glimpses of humour in parts which helped a lot. It had the touch of a black comedy in it which saved it from being completely all about the violence and body count.
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I'm a casual reader. I love reading, but I do so far less now than I did as a teenager or young man. Also, although I have never met the author, he is a friend of a friend of mine from years ago. Having said all that . . . I think this book was GREAT! The characters are so very real conflicted, troubled, imperfect people not unlike you and me. I became thoroughly invested in them. That's probably the biggest thing that either makes me love a book or not, and this book definitely has it.
Also, the use of language in this book is beautiful, which is something that you don't very often see, I think, in modern writing. Stephen King does it, and so does Ray Bradbury, and so, I guess, does Stephen Pytak. Okay, I know that seems over-the-top. I'm not saying he's the next Stephen King. I just like the flow of his words. Example "Then he kicked open an old wooden chest. Inside was his personal arsenal, a little bit of everything and a lot of bullets." It's like a little bit of poetry in the midst of an engaging story, and I like it.
I also enjoy the way Pytak can deftly switch the focus from one protagonist to another without losing my interest. Some authors don't get this right. Ever read Clan of the Cave Bear? Just when you start to get invested in one of Auel's characters, she stops the narrative and switches to the other one.
So, what books was I reminded of as I read this one? Well, a little bit of the Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison, and not just because of the title. Parts were strongly reminiscent of the gunslinger storyline in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. But I actually felt that this book was somewhat unique in my (limited) reading experience, in other words, I didn't find it to be derivative in the least.
In short, I loved this book. I'm very glad I bought it. And I plan to read more from this author.
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