Ella Mack

Science Fiction Novel

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Reviews

Complete review is  on SciFi.com

"Scuzzworms is a scientific detective novel. The story begins with the arrival of the main character on the research station. She has been hired as an Ethnobiologist, someone who looks at the interactions of creatures and attempts to understand what drives them. She is also a very angry person and carries a chip on her shoulder that the slightest breeze could disturb. 

Thankfully on a orbital station, the breezes are few and far between. Unfortunately, there are plenty of jealous and/or short-sighted colleagues who generate more than enough wind to displace the unstable block. While this provides drama and conflict, it does not prevent our hero from piecing together the secrets of the alien life cycle, boosting her colleagues's careers and even saving the aliens she has been studying. 

The book could have been a bit tighter, maybe foreshadowed the alien's secret a little bit more subtly, but not by much. This book will be right up the alley of anyone who enjoys a carefully constructed alien and for anyone who has ever worked in a research-based industry. Mack brilliantly captures the foibles of those who must publish or perish."

Scuzzworms  is my second novel and is gaining the most fans. 

I enjoyed writing this book, but was always afraid that it would only appeal to a couple of biologists working in Antartica.   Even so, since I write as a hobby, a zero readership wouldn't have been a total disaster.  It would only have left me curious as to whether it was the book or my marketing that was at fault. 

Imelda was a fun but difficult protagonist to work with.  She seems to make an impression on everyone who meets her.  The kind of impression she makes?  Well, check out the review at left for starters.    

Thanks for the kind reviews on Amazon.  I rely on my readers to spread the word, and so far they have been unexpectedly wonderful words.  

For those of you who happen to stumble across my books, you may find them much better than expected.  They can be purchased at my publisher's website or on Amazon.  A Kindle version is available as well.

     - Ella Mack

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Question what you deduce, confirm what you see.

Stupidity is its own reward.

You create your own happiness, and you create your own misery.  Actual events don't matter so much.  They just give us excuses.