Watcher's Web

This is a story of political intrigue set mostly on an alien world inhabited by a variety of species of humans (at least four by my count). Into this mix is drawn our point-of-view character who, having been brought up in Australia on Earth, has no idea what is going on, or who she can trust, and wh......more

This started off as a very interesting and intriguing story. Jessica, who we learn at the start, has some kind of weird power to do with energy manipulation, is in a plane crash on her way back to school but instead of landing in the Australian bush, she is plunged into a weird alien world. Seemingl......more

Interesting sci fi Interesting sci fi with Australian overtones. The swearing was did not make the story edgy. It didn't fit the story. My main problem with the story is that I have to like the main character. I didn't like Jessica. She was an idiot and so annoying that I am 3/4 done and am going to......more

I’m a sucker for a portal story, where the main character falls through some sort of access point into - well, whatever the author cares to imagine (past, future, parallel world, some other planet altogether). It’s always fun to watch the character work out what’s happened, and trying to deal with t......more

The premise was fine and the story held together well enough for me to finish reading it. However, I felt that the actual writing was weak. More than once I had to re-read a section when it did not make sense or a change in subject occurred without notice. Even after a re-read I often had to "just g......more