Dave wrote:
"The only one I can come up with where the character is able
to crawl away from the abyss is "The Name of the Game is
Death", but with that one you expect at the end that Drake is
irrevokably, permanently screwed."
Alas, he wasn't. Two books later, he was a government agent.
The first sequel, Endless Hour, wasn't bad, no Name of the
Game, but not bad, but I stopped reading the series after
that third book, found out it was indeed as huge a drop-off
as everyone has always said.
I keep meaning to read my second copy of Name of the Game. I
found out that there were two very different editions
published when I stumbled on a cheap first edition of it. I
was always curious about that double copyright on my later
edition, had thought it only had to do with changing the last
chapter to allow a series. But it was completely rewritten.
The plot is the same, even the paragraph breakdown in my
somewhat random sampling, but the sentence structure is
totally different. I once posted a comparison of the opening,
a long time ago. Should be in the archives.
Mark
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