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Any Minor World is awesome! Do you like thrills and suspense? Like action and tough guys? Like superheroes and comic books? Then you’re going to love Any Minor World. I read it as my first semifinalist read of the Self Published Science Fiction Competition, and boy am I glad I chose this first!
The plotting is excellent. Characters are given pasts to overcome, which they do at exactly the right moment. Crucial details are hinted at and set up, yet not given away. At about 75% of the way through the book, I was ready to ding the author for a big spoiler, but it turned out to be 180 degrees off of what I thought was coming. Just grade A top quality writing all the way around. I couldn’t stop turning pages.
And the names! “The Midnight Jury” is a $%#&@* phenomenal name for a Vigilante super hero. Trigger Mortis is just as good for a gun-wielding assassin. And “The Loremonger” for a villain who collects ancient mystical tomes is top notch as well.
On the other hand, Noir York doesn’t work as well. It’s too hard to pronounce correctly.
There are some content warnings. The violence gets gruesome at times, especially toward the end. Mild sexual content. And black magic. A lot of black magic.
I can foresee the possibility that there might be some controversy about this book within the contest. There’s an authentic debate to be had about whether this is science fiction. Urban fantasy? No question. Urban paranormal? Certainly. But whether that is the same thing as being science fiction is a bigger question. I reread Edpools review of it, to see his thoughts. I’m not ready to answer the question yet.
What I do have is a recommendation. Read Any Minor World. This is an extremely good book, and it has something to offer fans of multiple different genres. Click here to grab your copy on Amazon.
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