The Translated Man and Other Stories

I purchased this book for my Kindle and enjoyed the read a great deal. Chris Braak creates strong characters in fully realized world. The writing is crisp. There is some dry wit to the story as well, particularly the main character. the supporting cast is excellent. i would love to see more works in this setting. highly recommended.

is a decaying city patrolled by press gangs and brutal police groups. Petty magicians and insane scientists engage in dangerous experiments. The disease afflicted MC charged with suppressing these abominations takes a drug that induces disturbingly regular hallucinations. I like the characterizations, especially that of the city.

This book was interesting, dark, and extremely imaginative. Even with the fre-quent ran-dom hyphen-ations, I could hardly put it down! I wanted to transport myself there to look around--the visuals were just that incredible. Looking forward to reading the next book. Good work, Mr. Braak.

As a big fan of Lovecraft, and a new Kindle owner, I was recommended this book and I enjoyed it very much. The mythology created is rich and interesting -- an entire alternate world of geopolitics, metaphysics, and some very strange diseases. It was no surprise to me to hear that the author is working on more stories set in this world -- there are so many concepts thrown about, almost offhand, that could function as entire fantasy cycles in their own right (I REALLY want to know more about the nature of Cross the Water and the City of Brass) that it can almost cause ones head to spin. The writing in itself is not particularly Lovecraftian; its descriptions of the world of Trowth, are extraordinary in their detail, whereas HPL would be more likely to just use lots of disturbing adjectives and let you sort it out yourself. But when horror strikes, and it does, the way Braak leaves just enough to the imagination to let you freak yourself out is deftly handled and worthy of the association. A fast, fascinating read, and a steal at only five bucks, if youre a fan of fantasy, thrillers, and/or horror, you dont have a good reason not to pick this up. My copy had some formatting problems, but apparently thats fixed and Ill be taking the author up on his offer to sort that out.

I had one of the weirdly formatted ones but it didnt matter. Its a textured read with layers of stories and styles interwoven. Its dark but also has a flawed hero who keeps trying and winning when he should fade away, a blind girl with almost supernatural powers, a 13 year old mathematical genius an a bunch of odd and nasty characters. I loved it - 6/5 from me. Cant wait for episode 2

I went into this book intrigued by the description, but knowing nothing else about it. If I had one qualm it would be the introduction to unfamiliar races and terms named in an almost alien fashion that I found initially to be a stumbling block - once I was acclimated to these then the story flowed smoothly. This is a very well-written narrative, even facing the first okay, what does *that* mean moments I had a hard time putting the book down. Four stars for me - as I did stumble over the beginning, establishing different races, families, hierarchies etc - this might not be a problem for someone else (I do not normally need to have different concepts spelled out for me when an author is world-building) or it might; and its certainly not a reason to sway from purchasing and enjoying the story!