Remy Gibson joins us with his debut serialized audiobook, Checkwolf - Book 1:
Checkwolf is a crimefighting organization, a group of talented vigilantes who have come together to battle corruption in their own way. Led by the enigmatic Sean Matts, this group of a dozen skilled men venture out into a small-scale area in the fictional metropolis named Kewanee, righting wrongs that the police are unable to touch. Initially, they operate from a small garage owned by one of the Checkwolf members, the epitome of a minor operation. But Sean Matts has a greater vision for his group, one that will take them from their humble beginnings and turn them into a force to be feared.
The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf’s third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 1 is a group of general stories: getting to know Checkwolf and their methods as they gain mainstream recognition, watching them learn and adapt to new situations.
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January 9th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
i’m having a real problem with the tenor of the first couple of episodes…there is enough politically sanctioned lawlessness in our country and current culture..just can’t get behind this one…sorry…everyone is entitled to their own taste, but this one cuts the wrong way to me.
M
January 18th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Vigilante-ism, whether by those in or out of power, is not an uncommon scenario for fiction. I don’t have a problem with it. My problem is the writing style. I can’t decide if it supposed to be 1940’s squared-jawed radio adventure couched in more modern settings or if the author just doesn’t pick up on the unrealistic and unintentionally funny parts of the story. I don’t know if this author needs an editor or a reality-checker. The last couple episodes were tough sledding…….
January 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
What’s the writing style, you say? Well so far you’ve got a team of vigilantes, a crazy new weapon, flight, and robots. Sounds like a comic book to me, minus any superheroes. And comics always ask you to “suspend your disbelief” to a certain extent, to “buy in” to a world. A cliched example, but a good example still, is men running around in tights. Both unrealistic and unintentionally funny. But you suspend your disbelief. And i’m willing to suspend mine here too.
January 27th, 2008 at 10:08 am
I’ve actually read the later books and it does get alot better. It’s amazing how far comics have come since that “square-jawed radio adventure”-era of the 1940s. Other than The Tick, Watchmen is the only good comic. From Dick Grayson to Walter Kovacs? Come on. I think the first book is satire. Well, I hope it is anyway. It’s like the Hardy Boys meets the X-Men or something. As far as the “politically-sanctioned lawlessness,” isn’t that the modern-day parallel of the blatant propaganda comics contained in the 1940s and 50s?
February 19th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I think the comments on this book are a bit interesting. They aren’t the things I would have nitpicked about, and already just a few episodes in to the story some of the things I didn’t like so much are fading out in place of better story and plot with tighter characters.
It seems the author was trying to introduce a lot in a short amount of time and wasn’t always successful at it. He tried to build a lot of emotional drama with the death of a team member early on in an effort for us to get to know the character better, I don’t think he was so successful, because at the same time he was introducing villains and secondary characters and setting up the world. Overall a bit awkward.
But since that is mostly behind us now I’ve enjoyed the last several episodes and am looking forward to more.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I found this story to be a very interesting take on vigilante justice. It does feel real yet somewhat fantastical at the same time. Loved the first book and can’t wait to start listening to the second.
August 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Remy, I loved the story, no matter what everyone says about your idea of legalized vigilantes…
Here’s my Problem:
Remy, you ABSOLUTELY need to work with less background noise… Once, it was easy to discern that someone, (You?) actually closed a drawer on a file cabinet… The background noises distracted me a LOT from the story.
Thanks Remy,
Jim Fleming