Jason never asked for any of this. He hadn’t asked to be part of the Reality Rifters. Riley seems to think that he should know how to do everything that Jason Leaper 113 knew how to do, but he doesn’t. Even though Jason learns really fast, it still takes a little bit of time for him to learn everything.
Impatient to find another job for the Reality Rifters, Riley has Jason Leaper 934 take them to “The Market,” a place filled with creatures from other worlds and other planets. They secure a job on Maze World to obtain ten Minotaur skins. Jason’s ability to rift and to hunt Minotaurs is put to the test. Feeling unwanted doesn’t make this task any easier on Jason.
The job turns deadly when a rival mercenary group starts stalking the Reality Rifters, wanting to take the skins they’ve already gotten. This rival mercenary group would just as soon kill them. Jason learns not all of their adventures are free from near-death calls when he is seriously injured, and later on, Riley is even more seriously injured.
The part where Gliath, a leopardwere, starts showing his human side by taking selfies of himself to send home to his dad on Ebonexus was humorous. But Gliath took his selfies with a CamComm, not a smart phone, although the CamComm was probably really smart.
Even though their trip to Maze World is fraught with danger, Jason, Riley, and Gliath learn a lot about each other, and they learn how to work together. This trip is a time for Riley and Gliath to come to terms with the fact that Jason Leaper 113 is dead and gone, and Jason Leaper 934 is the one he chose to take his place.
The Minotaurs of Maze World is the second book in the Monster Hunting for Fun and Profit Series, and I was sent a copy of it in exchange for an honest review. This book was highly enjoyable and hard to put down. If you would like your own copy of this fantastic book, I’ve provided an Amazon link for you below.
Amazon Link: The Minotaurs of Maze World
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Favorite Sentences:
One false step, and he could end up in a universe where their air was mercury, or the world was the stomach of a giant monster, who knows?
It was very scary being in a place where almost everything wanted to eat you.
Seeing the leopardwere eating cat food while in his human form was oddly disturbing.
Gliath’s normally yellowish-green feline eyes were ghostly white in the thick canary-yellow ambience of Maze World.
The brilliant red laser-bolt pierced the center of the huge blob and boiling ooze burst from several areas as the creature sizzled and sagged, losing its sack-like integrity and spreading slowly onto the ground like a gigantic, translucent melting marshmallow.
New Word Learned:
molle pouches – the current generation of load-bearing equipment and backpacks used by the military
About the Author:
Eddie writes cosmic horror, grim sci-fi, and dark fantasy. His books are full of adventure, guns, monsters, and weird places. When not writing, Eddie either is playing with firearms, swords and other pointy things, or enjoying craft beer, a good smoke, and maybe some scotch. He might also be fighting zombies or contemplating other dimensions.
Born in south Louisiana, Eddie Patin has lived in Colorado for most of his life with a short stint in Vegas as a professional poker player—back before it was cool. He’s a musician and an artist. He has also worked as a marketing consultant and graphic designer. Most of his books are gritty and a fast-paced blend of 60% science fiction and 40% fantasy with a dark, swirling tinge of terror and the bizarre sh** that the tiny human mind cannot fully comprehend.
