I’ll take my chances by Gary Turner

” He felt the turmoil of a world gone mad, of ordinary men killing one another simply because they wore different colored clothing. “

The author, Gary Turner, in the introduction, clearly states that the book, although fiction, is based on real people, which many, their names are kept real, and the life aspects of many of them are also put in the book.

Historical notes, family heritage and lineage are put in the book, as warned, along with elements of the World War.

We can see the love and admiration the author had towards his grandpa and he was his hero, and still is, something touching and rare to see in a book. Nice.

A fast, clean narrative welcomes us to the story and to the North-American Indian Community, our MC being “Walking Thunder”.

Without sensationalism, the author creates many little side-plots of each character as the story goes and we get a taste of wars, drug gangs, murders, family issues, sea toil and opportunities that will change lives, dangers and… vomit, hahahahhahahhahaha. There is so much told, so many sceneries, experiences and characters with depth that you can see it before your eyes.

It’s awesome to read a description about the Indian people and their ways, the names in their Native language, the meanings, the names of the places and why are they called so, their functions and how the people saw it and why they were used for ceremonies. As one will realize all the events, places and time periods are based on true United States, and World History, which makes the book feel real.

The hunting setting that fills the first scenes of the book are sharp and filled with necessary details of the hunt, showing the prowess, knowledge and rituals of the Indians.

There is a sense of thriller in the air, an anxious atmosphere of incoming trouble and it’s nice to feel this without the writer hinting much.

The balance of the narrative and opinions of the author in the voices and minds of the characters, is rather impressive. As the way things went, the reader could have expect a heated opinion from the characters, and the setting that our main character is put allows such heated narrative, and yet, the writer chose to keep it logical, firm and focused. Impressive. The unbiased relay of the facts that are now history is one thing, but to show it from the much ignored perspective of the Indians, is the surprise that makes this book wonderful, although there is much more to this book as we will discover.

The author can use his narrative and description prowess to create strong emotions and relay them to the reader without going into much details. He uses the essentials, and with them is able to create a gripping and relatable scenery for the reader.

Book Score: 9.5/10
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