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Odyssey: 1970 (N/A)

7 reviews

Inkwater Press, 2005

A Drifter Turned District Attorney Writes The Great American Novel
This is nothing short of a landmark novel. The precision of research into this segment of history melded into the deeply significant personal experiences of an author seasoned in his art feature a finesse worthy of the literary classics. I've never read a book, fiction or non, which accomplished more in clarifying alternate angles in play during a heated, hassled period of recent times. The ...

UNCERTAIN PARADISE: 1973 [PART ONE] (n/a)

3 reviews

Inkwater Press, 2007

Ebony & Eden. In the heat of home... where the hurricanes roam.
UNCERTAIN PARADISE is filled with an uncanny feeling of the teeming movement of LIFE itself, in a primordial essence available only on a small, primitive island on our globe, a feeling which John W. Cassell captured in UP for a reader like me who has never been off the USA landmass. On page 315 of the trade paperback: >> The toll or destruction among these pathetic cardboard and sheetmetal ...

Birth of a (Small) Nation Part 4: Preparing for the Wrath of God

2 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Excellent
John W. Cassell is such an excellent writer. He never ceases to amaze me with his stories, his writing style and voice. He puts you right there in the middle of the scenes. You are living it with him. And with Part Four here, he has done it again. I hesitate to expound on the story, as I do not wish to give any of it away. Superb! Nothing less!

HELL'S QUEST: 1971 (N/A)

8 reviews

Inkwater Ppress, 2006

Worth Its Weight in Diamonds
John Cassell's HELL'S QUEST: 1971 has a feel of literary majesty, high intrigue, and history X-Rayed. Iconic graphics and photo collages on the book's cover conceptualize the panorama. Of course the diamonds spilling out of the velvet bag were what I noticed first, then the playing cards. The opening chapter taking place in 1914 immediately surged a historic intrigue among blood-warm (and ...

SOLDIER OF AQUARIUS: 1969-1970 (N/A)

5 reviews

Inkwater Press, 2007

Step Out Into a New Life
SOLDIER OF AQUARIUS is a great place to step out into a new way of life, with a fascinating literary hero. As is obvious from my discussion topic (in the Amazon Shorts forum on the USA Amazon site) toasting John Cassell's HELL'S QUEST: 1971, I've been reading this author's collection of novels for several months, following a surge in literary exploration which has caused that forum to evolve ...

Birth of a (Small) Nation Part 2: Coaches into Pumpkins or Vice Versa

1 review
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME
The reader finds himself waiting for it as this electrifying entertaining book goes forward: Independence. Now they've got it. In a moving ceremony at the Mahali, HRH Princess Margaret swears in the Governor General Sir Bertram Tibbets, who then swears in his Ministers. the Union Jack has come down and the green-black-green flag of the new nation now flies proudly. The pagentry continues ...

Crossroads: 1969 (N/A)

10 reviews

Inkwater Press, 2005

Review of John W. Cassell's "Crossroads: 1969"
Review of John W. Cassell's "Crossroads: 1969" (Once, We Were Young) - By Jack Engelhard John W. Cassell traveled to Europe in search of America and to understand this it helps to be a Child of the 60s -though in a sense we are all Children of the 60s since the art, the music, the literature and even the politics of that era, all of it is still very much alive. In "Crossroads: 1969," Cassell' ...

Armageddon: 1973 - Part 1

9 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Watch out, Clancy!
Apocalyptic stories based on potential nuclear annihilation are not new. There are basically two angles from which such stories are written: the timeline that leads up to the apocalypse and how an involuntarily-chosen few attempt to prevent it, or the aftermath of the apocalypse where people are forced to survive in a changed world. Some stories combine the two angles into one arching epic; it ...

DeVilliers County Blues: 1972

6 reviews
John W. Cassell

Inkwater Press, 2007

It's a Great Day to Live (And Read)!
One day, when the cultural wars are done and the human soul is freed, I'll be able to say with full conviction, "This is a great Day to live." DEVILLIERS COUNTY BLUES follows the timeframe and march of footsteps of HELL'S QUEST: 1971, and SOLDIER OF AQUARIUS: 1969-1970 (which combines Cassell's CROSSROADS and AN AQUARIAN TRAGEDY), as a great place to kick out into a new way of life, with a ...

Uncertain Paradise: 1973

4 reviews
John, W. Cassell

Inkwater Press, 2007

Ebony & Eden. In the heat of home... where the hurricanes roam.
Ebony & Eden. In the heat of home... where the hurricanes roam. UNCERTAIN PARADISE is filled with an uncanny feeling of the teeming movement of LIFE itself, in a primordial essence available only on a small, primitive island on our globe, a feeling which John W. Cassell captured in UP for a reader like me who has never been off the USA landmass. On page 315 of the trade paperback: >> ...

Leap into Darkness Part 1: Not my Best Birthday

3 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Atlantic City Boardwalk. Irish Monopoly. On the run adventure. Island sultry. Military Machinations.
As I've read Cassell's novels, I've continued wondering why his clear descriptions of depression, intense difficulty, and pain provide good (enthralling) reading for me, whereas some of the classics or overdone genres of horror, adventure, etc., are just not my cup of tea; I'm never in the mood to be depressed, and usually I'm not drawn into pure adventure stories. What I saw again with ...

The Flight Lieutenant's Court Martial - Part 2

6 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Delivers on the promise of Part 1
After reading Part 1, I was intrigued as to how the court martial of the young Lieutenant would unfold and thought that I had figured a few events out. It turns out that I was, not for the first time, wrong. John Cassell has written a deft tale of right, wrong and the things that sometimes get in the way of sorting out one from the other. A very enjoyable read that kept me engrossed from the ...

Leap into Darkness Part 4: One Fouled-up Mission Of State

2 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Hand-in-Hand... Reaching... Drifting Apart... Paradise Unfolds Into Unknown Territory
From the perspective of a second read of this series, I was fascinated to observe more closely the literary brilliance in the way Cassell (as author) developed the road fork, and it's increments of solidification, of Connie being taken out of his life (as the protagonist), seemingly to make way for him, over a very short period of intense situations, to immerse himself (as protagonist) fully into ...

Lest We Forget

14 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2006

The Protector, a father's quest.
A painful truth emerges from the heart of author John W. Cassell. His story -telling ability is second to none.The title, "Lest We Forget," fits the mood of this towering piece.Emotional, grabbing, and entrenched describes the words that take the reader to a level of understanding not found in most reads. The autobiographical flavor adds a striking dimension to this story, factual and a special ...

Leap into Darkness Part 2: Leap into Darkness

2 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

De Calypso Beat Pounds Initiation Dues. We Need You and Your Money, BLAM, SLAM, STOMP!!!
The second fight scene (the first occurring in Leap into Darkness Part 1: Not my Best Birthday) was less a fight, more a massacre of Cassell by a black hulk, a massacre realistically described in dastardly detail, as were John's feelings after the fact of that utter defeat, discussed through dialogues with his girlfriend, Connie, and bodyguard/friends, Joe, and Sean. The character discussions ...

Leap into Darkness Part 3: God and Donovan Willing

Leap into Darkness Part 5: The Morning of our Humiliation

2 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Snatching an Island Queen From a Miami Flight to Paradise.
Joseph Way's review gives an astute synopsis of one side (the military, political, and island mystique) of "The Morning of our Humiliation," so I'll let his words reign there and focus my review on the other side of this part 5 of "Leap Into Darkness," the side of personal relationships and home. This part dramatizes various ways for men and women to relate to each other and set up ...

Birth of a (Small) Nation Part 1: We'll Remember Always Independence Day

3 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

With Island Adventure Boiling & Roiling, Who Needs Paradise?
We've now got a boiling, roiling island adventure, up and running, with every type of intrigue imaginable, from the political machinations of a new nation being born, the romantic conflicts between Cassell's old and new life, the sub-cultural interests within a variety of native lifestyles of interestingly primitive ways which make an intriguing type of sense within the context of the novel. ...

Armageddon: 1973 - Part 2

7 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

Like a Clancy, Coonts and Brown Collaboration.
A well written enjoyable and believable account of what might have been. Line after line of suspense and chicanery holds your interest through out. The only issues I found was that it ended much to quickly.

The Flight Lieutenant's Court Martial - Part 1

3 reviews
John W. Cassell

Amazon, 2007

A Military Short With Universal Appeal
Cassell should stick to writing stories [such as this one] and let someone else do his product reviews. If you haven't read the product blurb "Cassell speaks about..." DON'T!!!! This story is one suspenseful circumstance after another. Besides the overall question of how they are ever going to make it, are the other situational ones leading up to the thrilling "who is the traitor???" The ...

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