Julia Demkowicz Demkowicz itibaren Bull Bay, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey LL68 9SU, Wielka Brytania
What the hell is this? You've got a somewhat interesting premise built up in the first two. There's an underground city and you find out it's a combination fallout shelter/incubator for a past and future civilization. There are clashes and struggles and battles in the post-apocalypse. Then, #3 shows up, surely conceived during that dreadful time in the early 2000s when prequels were all the rage, and you get a third book in the series with seemingly NOTHING to do at all with the previous two. Only, at the end, it is "revealed" that it is a prequel. What other goddam option was there for it? An entire novel building up to a conclusion the reader had already experienced for two full f'ing novels. "Forget the characters you knew from the first two, here are some characters who exist for absolutely no reason!"
An Artful Debut: Ralph Sassone's first book reveals an author with a knack for describing the human condition with originality and humor AND, most importantly, for writing a story that is enjoyable to read cover to cover. While the main thrust of the book is the unique relationship between Maize and Robbie, a whole host of interesting minor characters from places ranging from an Italian hotel to a suburban high school to a hyper-aggressive NYC real estate office each have a role to play in telling the story. It all makes for wonderful reading.