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The first two books in this series, The Traveler and The Dark River, were fresh, captivating and could even be considered trend setting in terms of the way they encouraged the reader to view the author's message vis a vis the world we live in today. For me, the conclusion to the series, The Golden City, was not a fitting ending to the over arching story. There was less emphasis on the characters that we have become committed to over time, Maya and Gabriel in particular, and there was more focus on the author's "message". To be honest the first chapter set the tone for me. It was meaningless and unimportant to the continuation of the plot established in the prior books as well as the completion of the story overall. I was also disappointed in the lengthy section dedicated to Gabriel finding his father and the weak insights that seemed to detract rather than add anything of import to the book. Although this book was interesting and as well written as its two predecessors, I was left feeling unfufilled as I believe the author failed to fully live up to the great promise of this story.


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The Golden City John Twelve Hawks Books Reviews

I wanted this book to be good. Based on its predecessors, it should be good. However, it just isn't.

There are good moments and some interesting plot twists, but its pacing and focus falls remarkably short. It seems to me that Twelve Hawks knew what he wanted to say about the Vast Machine, and how intrusive it is (both in his world and in ours) but he had no idea how to get from one point to another, nor what to do once he gets there.

Some of the speeches made in this book are worthwhile, but don't expect to be fulfilled or satisfied with the conclusion at the end.
To this day, when I wait at a traffic light and see the cameras, I think of The Traveler and John Twelve Hawks.
His first book, The Traveler, told of a world gone to the nth degree of interfering with our privacy and trying to control things. I think of this when I'm at the grocery store, and the coupons that spit out after the transaction are the same type of products I've just bought - there is little those who want to follow our actions can't do with a flick of a computer, and what we've spent, where, when - there it is.

Enter The Travelers - beings who can enter realms and have the freedom to elude the Vast Machine - in other words, they are a threat to those who want to control our every move.
The Corrigan brothers seem to be among the last of these Travelers. These twins, Gabriel and Michael choose different sides - Gabriel with the Resistance and Michael with the machine.

The travelers are usuallly guarded by folks who are called Harlequins. Maya is Gabriel's protector, but they have fallen in love. Not a good move when you're on a dangerous mission to save the world from domination!

The latest, and apparent, last of this series, The Golden City, is the race of the brothers to reach the golden city - where the gods reside and can bestow powers. At least that's what they think -

Both brothers appeal to the public via different ways - Michael has children kidnapped to create a campaign to put tracking devices into children, who, as they grow,can be tracked every second of their lives. Gabriel appeals to the masses to stop and see what's really happening -

Whatever you say about John Twelve Hawks, he certainly makes you stop and think how much of the electronics we use, the cameras on the streets, etc. could be used for evil, and what can be done to potentially stop it.

It is, as I said at the beginning of this review, a series to give pause -- and see the potential danger we could be in as individuals and collectively as a society.
This is one of those trilogies that you shouldn't start unless you have all three books........You won't be able to stop reading. It TOTALLY sucks you into the story.....so much so that you'll find yourself slowing down on reading when you know you're almost done....I think John Twelve hawks could have made this into a few more for the series, but it is what it is and I'd definitely read them again and again. When they said High-tech, fast paced, schizophrenic thriller, they weren't kidding!.
The first two books in this series, The Traveler and The Dark River, were fresh, captivating and could even be considered trend setting in terms of the way they encouraged the reader to view the author's message vis a vis the world we live in today. For me, the conclusion to the series, The Golden City, was not a fitting ending to the over arching story. There was less emphasis on the characters that we have become committed to over time, Maya and Gabriel in particular, and there was more focus on the author's "message". To be honest the first chapter set the tone for me. It was meaningless and unimportant to the continuation of the plot established in the prior books as well as the completion of the story overall. I was also disappointed in the lengthy section dedicated to Gabriel finding his father and the weak insights that seemed to detract rather than add anything of import to the book. Although this book was interesting and as well written as its two predecessors, I was left feeling unfufilled as I believe the author failed to fully live up to the great promise of this story.