The unparalleled master of the high-octane, high-body-count, mile-a-minute, explosion-filled, summer-action-blockbuster-on-paper returns with — well, another high-octane, high-body-count, mile-a-minute, explosion-filled, summer-action-blockbuster-on-paper. But as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, so Matthew Reilly is well entitled to replicate his usual winning formula. While the story requires even further suspension of disbelief, and the bad guys are … Continue reading Review: The Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly

The Tournament has been dubbed as a medieval mystery with “a Matthew Reilly engine.” That’s a nice marketing term, and it’s sure to make the novel appeal to Reilly’s steadfast readership, but I think it does the novel – and Reilly – a disservice. The Tournament is an entirely different beast, and not just because … Continue reading Review: The Tournament by Matthew Reilly