Reviews of Virtual Shadows
Joe, blogger for Bookolio
"Mary Fan has an amazing ability to write such impeccable Science Fiction stories, with impressive and powerful characters, beautifully created planets and systems and she has a knack for being a writer who is able to draw you into any circumstance through her fluid and enjoyable writing! Virtual Shadows is the third and final book in Mary Fan’s Jane Colt Trilogy and wow! It certainly hits all the marks and goes even further!! The story itself is a rollercoaster of emotions. From Jane’s high-octane gunfights and Ines’s just overall badassery to Riley’s laidback hacking Chapters, everything in this book leaves you on the edge of your seat and wanting more." Click here to read the full review.
"Mary Fan has an amazing ability to write such impeccable Science Fiction stories, with impressive and powerful characters, beautifully created planets and systems and she has a knack for being a writer who is able to draw you into any circumstance through her fluid and enjoyable writing! Virtual Shadows is the third and final book in Mary Fan’s Jane Colt Trilogy and wow! It certainly hits all the marks and goes even further!! The story itself is a rollercoaster of emotions. From Jane’s high-octane gunfights and Ines’s just overall badassery to Riley’s laidback hacking Chapters, everything in this book leaves you on the edge of your seat and wanting more." Click here to read the full review.
Abraham, blogger for Classic Book Reader
"Wow. I didn't think this author could create another wonderful, plot driven, passionate character inducing brilliance, then what she already had done with the first 2 books. All I can say is Fan is one of those writers that you read one of her books, you want more.
The best way to describe it, it's as if you go through a bunch of books, and read them, but you always have her style on your mind. That's how, I can best describe Fan's ability. She's one of those writers that you return to, and wait for the other publications that they decide to bring out. Fan is truly a gifted, imaginative creator of worlds, situations, and most of all, a science fiction excellence.
I didn't think the story could go any farther than it did in being great, but now I take that back. Book three which is the final conclusion, to this three-part series is a dynamic book. Brilliant imagery. Brilliant suspense and action. Brilliant science fiction that leaves you in a state of total satisfaction.
Love her mix of old sci-fi with a fresh modern take, and all original reality to the characters and situations taking place. Fan’s ability is to take a hold of the reader, and give then a wild trip of futuristic imagery that simply bleeds reality and perfection of story. Her plot never wavers or drags. Virtual Shadows is everything a book should be.
The characters that you have fallen in love with, again transcends off the pages into your mind. Fan makes you remember them. Fan makes you apart of their plight. Fan allows you to breath, move, feel there ordeal. Fan feels you with emotions that become real. When a book or a series of books can do that, then you know as a reader that you have a writing genius.
Virtual Shadows is a book that worthy to praise. This series of books is worthy to praise."
"Wow. I didn't think this author could create another wonderful, plot driven, passionate character inducing brilliance, then what she already had done with the first 2 books. All I can say is Fan is one of those writers that you read one of her books, you want more.
The best way to describe it, it's as if you go through a bunch of books, and read them, but you always have her style on your mind. That's how, I can best describe Fan's ability. She's one of those writers that you return to, and wait for the other publications that they decide to bring out. Fan is truly a gifted, imaginative creator of worlds, situations, and most of all, a science fiction excellence.
I didn't think the story could go any farther than it did in being great, but now I take that back. Book three which is the final conclusion, to this three-part series is a dynamic book. Brilliant imagery. Brilliant suspense and action. Brilliant science fiction that leaves you in a state of total satisfaction.
Love her mix of old sci-fi with a fresh modern take, and all original reality to the characters and situations taking place. Fan’s ability is to take a hold of the reader, and give then a wild trip of futuristic imagery that simply bleeds reality and perfection of story. Her plot never wavers or drags. Virtual Shadows is everything a book should be.
The characters that you have fallen in love with, again transcends off the pages into your mind. Fan makes you remember them. Fan makes you apart of their plight. Fan allows you to breath, move, feel there ordeal. Fan feels you with emotions that become real. When a book or a series of books can do that, then you know as a reader that you have a writing genius.
Virtual Shadows is a book that worthy to praise. This series of books is worthy to praise."
Stephen Kozeniewski, author of Braineater Jones, The Ghoul Archipelago, and Billy and the Cloneasaurus
"The JANE COLT series has been a breath of fresh air in my reading life. They books have been exciting and action-packed space opera in the way that pulpy old Star Wars novels were, while still tackling some pretty complicated issues in the mold of Blade Runner without being dumb... [VIRTUAL SHADOWS] had all the trademark JANE COLT charm, action, and attempts to address thoughtful questions about what it means to be human. It also wrapped up the story in a way that I could be satisfied forever... Overall, I've considered the JANE COLT series to be a leading new light in science fiction, and while I wish there was more, VIRTUAL SHADOWS delivers everything we've come to expect, as well as some surprises we didn't, and a satisfying conclusion. A must-read for sci-fi fans of all stripes."
"The JANE COLT series has been a breath of fresh air in my reading life. They books have been exciting and action-packed space opera in the way that pulpy old Star Wars novels were, while still tackling some pretty complicated issues in the mold of Blade Runner without being dumb... [VIRTUAL SHADOWS] had all the trademark JANE COLT charm, action, and attempts to address thoughtful questions about what it means to be human. It also wrapped up the story in a way that I could be satisfied forever... Overall, I've considered the JANE COLT series to be a leading new light in science fiction, and while I wish there was more, VIRTUAL SHADOWS delivers everything we've come to expect, as well as some surprises we didn't, and a satisfying conclusion. A must-read for sci-fi fans of all stripes."