Praise for One Right Tricky Bastard
Doug Wilhelm
“One Right Tricky
Bastard was one of the best books I have read in a long time. I love
the role play that the author uses with the reader. I’m thinking
series.” Doug Wilhelm, Author. http://us.macmillan.com/author/dougwilhelm
Peter Straub
Not since the
seventies when true Science Fiction erupted, not since the eighties
when real Fantasy was born…this book has revolutionized the way a
reader should be entertained.” Peter Straub, Author.
http://www.peterstraub.net/works/works_home.html
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Tracie Peterson
“This book
has the potential to be one of the millennium's greatest
achievements by a new author. I commend his work and look forward to
seeing more out of him.” Tracie Peterson, Author and Business
Woman. http://www.traciepeterson.com/
Sharon King
“This book
is great. It was definitely a wow factor. Would love to see more
from the author.” Sharon King, Author.
Mark Miner
“I wanted
to give my personal stamp of approval on this book. I am not someone
who usually reads this genre of writing, but I was mesmerized by One
Right Tricky Bastard. I couldn’t put it down. Bravo!” Mark
Miner, Author. http://markminerwrites.weebly.com/
Here's the review from online Novelist, Eric Swett
As an aspiring writer I tend to read a lot and I tend to read in the genre’s that I’m interested in and that I want to write in. Every once in a while a friend will talk me into reading something a little different for better or worse. In the case of C. M. Sottolano’s “One Right Tricky Bastard” it was more a matter of reading something because I had been asked by a friend and that friend happened to be the author as well. He asked me to read an early copy of the work so that I could offer up my opinions and to do a little editing. I started out reading, my red pen in hand, ready to mark his draft with corrections and comments. My red pen did not last very long, not ecause there were so many errors, but because I couldn’t put any thought into editing because the story and writing were just that good.
I often read the work of friends with some trepidation. As a friend you want to be positive and encouraging, but as an author I want to be brutal and honest, so the two different parts of me often conflict and I end up satisfying neither side. With Sottolano’s work however I can say that I was engrossed completely. The characters were brilliant and unique, the story was captivating and suspenseful and I found myself unable to stop reading once I had gotten started. When I had finished I could offer little in the way of advice to my friend and I had nothing to hand to him in terms of editting, but I shared with him my enthusiasm and my urgings that his story must be published.
Four years later, the story has been added to, edited and finally published electronically. I was excited to see it come out and immediately purchased the book from Amazon for the Kindle (the only version currently available, though the author tells me he is considering a print run as well). Once again I devoured the book, pleased at the changes he made and loving the story even more.
One Right Tricky Bastard is urban fantasy that tells the story of Milo Gives (rhymes with strives), a Disreputable Urban Magus, and a friend to those in need. He starts out helping a young woman find her brother who has run afoul of some very dangerous individuals, so dangerous in fact that Milo has to pull out all the stops to not only help the kids, but to stay alive. That in and of itself would be hard enough, but throw into the mix his ex-wife, who happens to be a man eater…literally, and Milo and friends will be lucky to survive at all.
I often read the work of friends with some trepidation. As a friend you want to be positive and encouraging, but as an author I want to be brutal and honest, so the two different parts of me often conflict and I end up satisfying neither side. With Sottolano’s work however I can say that I was engrossed completely. The characters were brilliant and unique, the story was captivating and suspenseful and I found myself unable to stop reading once I had gotten started. When I had finished I could offer little in the way of advice to my friend and I had nothing to hand to him in terms of editting, but I shared with him my enthusiasm and my urgings that his story must be published.
Four years later, the story has been added to, edited and finally published electronically. I was excited to see it come out and immediately purchased the book from Amazon for the Kindle (the only version currently available, though the author tells me he is considering a print run as well). Once again I devoured the book, pleased at the changes he made and loving the story even more.
One Right Tricky Bastard is urban fantasy that tells the story of Milo Gives (rhymes with strives), a Disreputable Urban Magus, and a friend to those in need. He starts out helping a young woman find her brother who has run afoul of some very dangerous individuals, so dangerous in fact that Milo has to pull out all the stops to not only help the kids, but to stay alive. That in and of itself would be hard enough, but throw into the mix his ex-wife, who happens to be a man eater…literally, and Milo and friends will be lucky to survive at all.