Pacific Fire

By: Greg van Eekhout

Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross

I'm Sam. I'm just this guy. Okay, yeah, I'm a golem created from the substance of his own magic by the late Hierarch of Southern California. With a lot of work, I might be able to wield magic myself. I kind of doubt it, though. Not like Daniel Blackland can.

Daniel's the reason the Hierarch's gone and I'm still alive. He's also the reason I've lived my entire life on the run. Ten years of never, ever going back to Los Angeles. Daniel's determined to protect me. To teach me. But it gets old. I've got nobody but Daniel. I'll never do anything normal. Like attend school. Or date a girl. Now it's worse. Because things are happening back in LA.

Very bad people are building a Pacific firedrake, a kind of ultimate weapon of mass magical destruction. Daniel seemed to think only he could stop them. Now Daniel's been hurt. I managed to get us to the place run by the Emmas. (Many of them. All named Emma. It's a long story.) They seem to be healing him, but he isn't going anyplace soon. Do I even have a reason for existing, if it isn't to prevent this firedrake from happening? I'm good at escaping from things. Now I've escaped from Daniel and the Emmas, and I'm on my way to LA.

This may be the worst idea I ever had.

©2015 Greg van Eekhout (P)2015 Recorded Books

Pretty Good Book but Vastly Inexperienced Narrator

I liked this book, it was maybe a little underwhelming, but still enjoyable and creative enough. Feels a bit like reading a YA Novel as opposed to its label of fiction. This is one of those audio books where it is painfully obvious to interpret how the author INTENDED a line of dialogue to be said, and notice how different it is actually presented here.