Review: Paradox Equation by Sharon L. Reddy

Paradox Equation by Sharon L. Reddy
Format: ebook
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Sharon L. Reddy

Summary:First published in 1993, this is the masterpiece of the first decade of my work. I won two FanQ's, the international fan quality writing awards, in 1992, for the first two stories I'd ever written. My publisher, Bill Hupe, told me I might be too good to continue writing fan fiction. Five women asked me to write for them, after I received my awards. Since I understood what they meant, I was the one to do it. This work grew out of ideas in my Dr. Who zine, but Gallant is not Dr. Who. It began with the question, "What is my 'perfect' time-traveling heroic archetype." So, in memory of Bill, and for those women and Colin Baker, my muse, who said, "Write," twenty years after its conception, I once again, offer it for your enjoyment.

The Knights Gallant chose to use their time travel technology to defend life in the multiverse. A chain of circumstance that kills a billion people can only be broken as it happens. While fulfilling their pledge, they discover they can only exist if they create themselves. They must solve the Paradox Equation of their existence.

This is a single story organized as a ten novel series. Of course, there are lot of stories in that one. I really disliked not being able to find book three of a six-novel series. I don't sell the books of Paradox Equation separately. I decided that when I realized "story to here" for the fourth book would make it about a third again as long. This "family saga" has six generations in it. The default sample is 10%. That's the first full book and a piece, to decide if you like it. Since I get the same royalty at $9.99 as $20.99, you keep the difference."(Summary taken from goodreads.com)

Where to Buy: Kindle/ Nook On the Nook the series appears to only be sold separately so I've linked Part one.

Review:

I first heard of this author through her posts on Amazon's MOA forum. I was intrigued when she said she writes for intelligent women. What did that mean exactly? When this book became free around Christmas I clicked on it and decided to give it a try. I have to admit I was lost for the first 4% of the book. The writing style takes some getting used to. There are no dialogue tags in this book. By that I mean if two characters are talking there is no Mark asked and Danny replied. The conversation is in quotation marks and you just have to know who is speaking. In the beginning of the series before you really get to know the characters it is difficult to know who is speaking. I tried to read only when I had time to finish an entire chapter. If I had to stop reading in the middle of a chapter I would have to click back a few pages when I picked up the book again. 

This is a series including six generations of one family. After the third book it is nearly impossible to keep up with all of the characters and how they are related. A family tree would have been helpful to be able to refer back to while reading. The plot was very complicated and parts of the bigger puzzle were revealed slowly. This meant that while reading later books in the series events that took place in earlier books would suddenly make more sense. The complexity of the plot makes this book a good candidate for a reread once you know how all the pieces fit together. 

Rating: 5 candles

Source: I received this book for free when this book was in Amazon's KDP Select program