Pam Canepa, You Are AWESOME!!!  🙂 🙂 🙂 😀  Thank you for leaving Echo’s 22nd review (and having it be a positive one, whew!)  Review’s at the bottom.

Well, Echo’s rating is now 4.2 and that coveted star at the end is now empty, haha!  Not gonna lie—that’s probably good to keep my ego in check ‘cos I used to get wound up about whether it was half-filled or not—but hell people, I’m just glad I can entertain you folks  (In all honesty, my ego reared up a while back and I talked my buddy Richard Schmitt into posting a five-star for Echo 1, so sorry Amazon, you can have my first-born child if you want or whatever your policy is nowadays for false reviews, haha!  And yep, I personally put five stars on all my books on goodreads as myself—who doesn’t vote for themselves?  Come on, hahaha!).  When you guys buy a copy of Echo or leave a positive review, that’s the best damn money/validation I’ve ever earned in my entire life.  I’ve always felt like I’m either just a cog in the machine or perpetuating the system, you know?  Producing books and having someone do me the privilege of paying for one and even more than that, leaving a good review, is an INCREDIBLE honor for me.  I know this sounds cheesy, but it makes me feel like a real American; I’m not just moving money around or perpetuating to perpetuate—I’m making stuff.  Not to say that there’s anything wrong with any of the other activities/jobs out there, but this is a measure I can’t help but apply to myself.  On the grander scale:  Know that whatever you do, you are loved.  Even if I or anybody else pitches a fit and makes a snide/judgmental remark to you, you’re living your life that way for a damn good reason; don’t let anybody tell you different.  Okay, here’s the review!

“I like this writer’s style of language. It seems almost flawless to me. Of course, there is a good deal of military jargon and the obligatory curses. This book is very gritty and fits the military drama. It starts with the horrible treatment of lackluster recruits. The sci-fi element mostly shows up later in the book with the “Enhanciles” and the “Wraiths.” Verus is a very interesting character, though I feel that much of the dialogue between her and Atriya went on a bit long. Echo also leaves us hanging at the end, but that is a plot technique that sometimes works quite well. Overall, interesting book.”  —Pam Canepa