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Tokyo Zero: A Novel [Kindle Edition]

Marc Horne (Author)
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One man goes to Tokyo to end the world. It goes fairly well.

As a Japanese cult gets ready to stage a massive attack, they are forced to recruit a secretive young bio-chemist from the West. They hide out on the fringes of Tokyo, taking care of the daily business of preparing for the apocalypse, until the foreigner's secret past starts to come to light and threaten their future dreams.

"Horne writes in a lyrically jarring fashion that never quite releases the tension long enough for you to get your footing. Flashbacks and flashforwards zoom past like hurtling Tokyo trains, leaving you agreeably frazzled. " - TeleRead

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 277 KB
  • Print Length: 226 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1434806642
  • Publisher: CreateSpace (26 Sep 2007)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B001KVZI46
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #168,016 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The first thing you'll notice about this book is the descriptions. They're magnificent. Nothing is really done in simple nouns and adjectives, it's done with a flourish. I'm not sure I can explain what I mean, but each thing that is described...Japan, the people, the buildings...is not just described, it's opinionised. Don't know if that's a word, but that's pretty much what I want to say. But this method really brings the story to life, and the country too...you'll see what I mean when you read it.

There's a good story to this...one of those Japanese cults, a Westerner with an ambiguous background as the protagonist [or antagonist depending on which way you think], and a lot of Japanese cultists who seem ordinary but are usually killers too. And potentially big killers. There are times when I felt it went too much into the history of each character...example, the main character walks into a room, meets three new people in the cult, and we're led through histories of all three of them, one by one...as well written as it is, it can get a little tiring sometimes...but that's a tiny complaint really.

And this thing is really well-written. There aren't many writers who can put sentences together like this, and move through time the way he does...there are no surplus actions with the characters, and pretty much every scene ends in the right way and at the right time...it's almost like a movie in that aspect...the only difference being the narrator, who reveals himself more through his opinions than his actions...although later in the book this flips sides and he becomes more active...if that makes sense. I think it does.

Basically, I liked this a lot.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Hello my UK country-people!
Amazon.com reviews don't show up in the UK, so I thought I would take the liberty of pasting some highlights from mu amazon reviews in here.

"The story is smart and engaging, with enough detail to make you feel a part of the action, but enough twists to keep you guessing. Marc Horne is a masterful author who makes the life of a westerner in a Tokyo death cult seem plausible. The ending is great. A unique vision that will leave you to think about where we are headed."

"[Tokyo Zero] Tokyo Rose isn't about what the future looks like. Instead, it's about a real and conflicted character. Someone else said it best - think of a Tarantino character in a Gibson-esque Tokyo ruminating on viral memes and the end of times."

"You cruise wildly imaginative waters where would-be fascist billionaires consort with female assassins, mothers are killed by the Khmer Rouge, plastic surgeons manipulate human DNA, bearded cult leaders levitate on the Tokyo subway, and a superpowerful artificial intelligence employs an irony filter. All set against the backdrop of living, sweating Tokyo."

Plus I have to put in my all time favorite view from novelist Moxie Mezcal in here
"Tokyo Zero is so good that, if you haven't read it, you may in fact be squandering your literacy."

Thanks for reading!
-MH
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From the sizeable sample that I read, I can tell this is well-written, especially from a scene-setting point of view. I've never been to Japan, but reading this I felt like a Westerner there immersed in Japanese 'strangeness'. There were dashes of humour and generally the style reminded me slightly of Kafka or Camus. The plot moved along nicely too.

On the other hand, Tokyo Zero wasn't Kindle-ised particularly well. There is no cover, the chapter headings and paragraphs look almost like a text dump. There are a few sentences that don't quite make sense and a few typos such as Judge Dredd/Dread being spelled inconsistently. With a bit of proofreading and tidying up, I would give this 4.25/5 but until then, it's a 4*.
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