Robert Michael

Robert Allen Michael, originally from West Virginia, began telling tales when he was eight. He started with ghost stories, like the ones he read in books and heard from his family. Late at night, he would spin these tales hoping to scare his sisters or impress his mother.

Robert is the author of over eleven titles including Dark Mountain, Cry Me a River, and the Jake Monday Chronicles. He writes character-driven plots that resonate with realism. Robert loves to engage with readers, so join him on Twitter (@InfiniteWord), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Infinite-Word-Press/422143717854255), or on his website at www.infinitewordpress.com. If you would like to know about new releases, special promotions, free downloads, or competitions and giveaways, sign up for the newsletter at his website.

Robert is known to write while blasting loud music and drinking copious amounts of diet soda. When he isn't writing, or working at his day job in sales, Robert can be found reading a book, playing Xbox, or spending time with his wife Tracey..

Website: http://www.infinitewordpress.com
Twitter: @InfiniteWord
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://robertamichael.blogspot.com

http://www.infinitewordpress.com

alias    assassins    bourne identity    dogs    espionage    fantasy    jake monday    jason bourne    lee child    robert michael    spies    spies and espionage    suspense    sweet tea    the vagary tales    thriller   

• Crossing the Wasteland on June 01, 2011
  
  A bleak tale told in the voice of a son who describes a dangerous trip through a war-torn wasteland while traveling a bus. The imagery is strong, but the narration lacks consistency. The voice of the son alternates between a marginally educated youth and an adult with a moderate vocabulary. At times, the willful suspension of disbelief is interrupted by the narrator slipping into an omniscient POV. Lacking substantive dialogue (the first hint of dialogue occurs on page five), the story plods along, pushing dark, dingy, smoky images that manage to evoke the tone that was intended. In this respect the story is a success. The ending and the premise of the story is supported by the travails and the remarkable story that is told. Despite the story's lack of polish, it shines as an example of how fathers and mothers are tasked with the unenviable responsibility to prepare their children for the realities and brutality of life. And of death.