Book Review: Missing Era: The Emergence by A. O. Khalil

Missing Era: The Emergence 

by A. O. Khalil 

Kindle Edition
File Size: 3360 KB
Print Length: 259 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: A. O. Khalil (May 19, 2015)
Publication Date: May 19, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.

Ratings: ★ ★ ★   

Note: I received a review copy of this book free from the author, A. O. Khalil. The review posted below is based on my personal thoughts while reading the book.

My thoughts:

While the apocalyptic plot is engaging, some things just bother me. First, the characters. There are just too many of them and it's difficult to go on reading when all I do is trying to remember who's who. Kept on flipping back the pages to check who they are and their connection to the main character, Jay. Then there's the unusual reaction of the characters to the invasion of the unknown creatures coming from the sinkholes. They tend to over analyze things, plan with a step-by-step procedure on what to do in every situation. I mean for me, in real life, everything would be spontaneous. I wouldn't have time to plan in front of those trying to kill me. So with this, I soon lost interest in reading further (DNF).

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About the book:

They were just sinkholes, harmless sinkholes that were spreading like wildfire across the country. Then the disappearances started. A few people here and there then the entire army, gone in one night. Jay and Jule quickly find themselves thrown in the middle of a dangerous situation that only gets worse when something else comes that takes everyone by bloody surprise. 

As they make ready to leave to gather with the rest of the family, something comes out of the sinkholes and begins attacking and killing everyone in sight. Before they know it they are in the middle of a war with an unknown enemy and an unknown agenda. 

Will Jay and Jule survive their encounter or will they find themselves twenty-six feet under at the bottom of a sinkhole? 

About the author:

A. O. Khalil was born in the late summer of 1985 in Yemen. By the age of 16 he attended St Andrew's College Cambridge in England. After completing his studies he left Cambridge for Bath University, where he earned his degree in Sociology.

In 2010 he moved with his wife to Slovakia and decided to set up their own business. It was then he started writing whenever he had free time. By May 2015 his first book, Missing Era: The Emergence, is published for Amazon Kindle.

When not writing or working he enjoys fine dining, cooking and going to the movies with his wife, daughter, family and friends.

You can always find him on: www.missingera.com