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Mercury Falls (Book One of the Mercury Series) [Kindle Edition]

Robert Kroese
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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While on assignment in Utah, Christine Temetri isn’t surprised when yet another prophesied Apocalypse fails to occur. After three years of reporting on End Times cults for a religious news magazine, Christine is seriously questioning her career choice. But then she meets Mercury, a cult leader whose knowledge of the impending Apocalypse is decidedly more solid than most: he is an angel, sent from heaven to prepare for the Second Coming but distracted by beer, ping pong, and other earthly delights. After Christine and Mercury inadvertently save Karl Grissom—a film-school dropout and the newly appointed Antichrist—from assassination, she realizes the three of them are all that stand in the way of mankind’s utter annihilation. They are a motley crew compared to the heavenly host bent on earth’s destruction, but Christine figures they’ll just have to do. Full of memorable characters, Mercury Falls is an absurdly funny tale about unlikely heroes on a quest to save the world.

About the Author

Robert Kroese is a writer and software developer who lives in Ripon, California. Mercury Falls is his first novel, if you don’t count the thirty-page novella he wrote in second grade about Captain Bill and his spaceship Thee Eagle.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 490 KB
  • Print Length: 382 pages
  • Publisher: AmazonEncore (26 Oct 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B003HHQ12Y
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  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,330 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Quite good 1 Mar 2012
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I quite enjoyed this. It is a pretty fun and undemanding read. It brought a smile to my face on quite a few occasions. The writing is generally decent though maybe there is a tad too much exposition.

It does sag a bit in the middle but it recovers towards the end. It is quite inventive in places and there is plenty of witty dialogue and some amusing slapstick as well. There are some great characters.

At times this book was genuinely funny and I did enjoy reading it.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars In the tradition of Douglas Adams... 14 Feb 2011
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An enjoyable religious satire about a jaded journalist who finds herself caught up in various plots and counter-plots by different factions of angels and demons to derail or subvert impending Armageddon. Kroese cheerfully depicts heaven and hell as mind-numbingly complex bureaucracies, populated by immortals who are often as clueless as to the 'grand plan' as we are. The comparison with Adams is obvious, and Kroese acknowledges this by having his main character quote 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' at one point, but his grasp of kooky religion has something distinctly American about it. Atheism does not escape ridicule either, in case you're wondering.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great read 7 Nov 2010
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I bought this book by accident on my Kindle and am glad I did. It is a funny and well written satire.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Mercury Fails
Flashes of genius and laugh out loud humour are, sadly, interspersed with long sections of tedium, which spoiled this for me.
Published 3 months ago by teemac
4.0 out of 5 stars Slow to start
Recieved this free as at the time i had read nothing by Robert Kroese. After the first couple of chapters was wondering what to expect but really got into the book and finished it... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ron
1.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
absolutely bloody awful managed to finish it, thank goodness it didn't cost me a lot. would of gave it less than 1 star if allowed
Published 5 months ago by Mr. R. Winfield
1.0 out of 5 stars just awful
Its a very rare book I don't finish but I just can't. Terrible story,cardboard characters just very poor. Waste of time and money.
Published 6 months ago by deanfan
4.0 out of 5 stars A good way to waste an afternoon
A kids story but told with real panache. Teens will love it and adults find it guiltily funny. I didn't think that a comedy about the Apocalypse would work, but, this ticks all... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr. A. Healy
2.0 out of 5 stars mercury fell ...
I love fantasy novels but this was not a good example. Too far fetched for me, the humour was at times ok but could not make up for the slow plot.
Published 8 months ago by Miss J. Purdie
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny and very smart
Mercury Falls is VERY funny, VERY smart (in a philosophical and also a theological way) and the first book in a long time that I just could not put down. Read more
Published 9 months ago by MaskedMarauder
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, thought provoking novel
I'm not a religious person,I'm a scientist I believe in evolution, not creation, but I'd probably say I was more agnostic than atheist. Read more
Published 10 months ago by K. Canner
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This book was a joy to read. An alternative, humorous take on the apocalypse. If you believe all angels are good then think again! Read more
Published 13 months ago by Flying sleuth
1.0 out of 5 stars meh
lets be honest, this book is highly derivative - If you have read The Screwtape Letters or Good Omens then don't bother with this. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Stuart Catt
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These days she tended to think of herself as a Heisenbergian Christian: she believed in the broad outlines of Christianity, but she was unable to pinpoint the specifics of her creed. She was OK with the wave; it was the particles that tended to escape her. &quote;
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