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For Blood or Money
For Blood or Money by Benjamin Reynolds
by Benjamin Reynolds
   
For Blood or Money by Benjamin Reynolds
       
All they had to do was find the temple on Kafiristar and the 20 million in fire diamonds would be theirs….

Septimus “Sep” Zyke has a plan to make a lot of money for both himself and his good friend, Finyan “Fin” Mantillas. While incarcerated, Septimus learned about where slave trader Baby Ting-Ting hid the last load he had to ditch. The sum of 20 million fire diamonds is more than enough for them to take a chance- even if they have to travel to the very edges of Coalition Space to find it. After all, if they succeed, they’ll never have to scrounge for money again. But what will this journey cost them both?

Benjamin Reynolds writes a powerful science fiction story that is even more compelling upon rereading it. It’s easy in a first reading of the story to get caught up in the misery of the characters and to lose sight of the strong message the tale reveals as Benjamin Reynolds paints his characters quite well. We feel Finyan’s anguish over the deaths he has seen and continues to see. The descent into delirium and perhaps madness of the characters is quite vividly portrayed and yet Mr. Reynolds shows us the very humanity, the kindness of the characters that struggles to survive even as the horrors mount. It is this message that is even more powerful, more stunning that the brilliance displayed through the clever twists in the storyline.

FOR BLOOD OR MONEY is a dramatic tale displaying the depths to which men will sink when greed is the goal. The world building and character development are phenomenal, particularly considering the short length of the story. However, the true beauty of it all is in the simplicity that underlies it all… the struggle of two friends battling against all others even as their very worldviews differ completely. Bravo!

Publisher: Damnation Books (September 2010)


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