Excellent stories, terrible editing.
356424
I have read all the books to this point and thoroughly enjoyed them.  An excellent, detailed of a possible future after a great world catastrophy.  I only gave this book three stars because of the many grammatical and spelling errors.  A great story was damaged by poor editing.  I would give the series so far 5 stars and look forward to reading more.
3072610
great story, editing is awful, spelling and grammar errors through out make the reading not go smoothly but the story itself was great.
3747394
Excellent story, particularly the focus on female "magical persons" in contrast to the Harry Potter universe.  So 5 stars to the author, but only one to the publishers, since this edition is desperately in need of proofreading.  (And the same was true of the first book in the series, "Bethany."). Just running the text through spellcheck really doesn't cut it. Really frustrating to keep tripping over things like "too" when "to" is obviously what was meant.  And many other errors.  Really a shame to spoil a very entertaining story.  I very much hope a better job is done with the remaining books in the series.
821739
These are well-thought-out stories with good characterization and the reddest of red herrings. The author's descriptive powers are excellent, and I'm reading my way through the series, looking forward to the next.

The only thing that stops me from giving the book five stars is the copy-editing. A spell-checker doth not a proofreader make; for example, bugs come in hordes, not hoards. And there is an occasional flip from past to present tense (and right back again) in the narrative that interferes with the flow. Apart from that, I recommend the whole series.
1348193
I liked the story, I am a fan of stories involving the Templar Knights.  The flashback to Steele's beginnings as a Templar and the source of the animosity between Steele and Jean helps the reader to understand what is happening in the current era of the book.

That said, the editing in this volume is, in a word, atrocious. There are a myriad of spelling errors, and multiple grammatical errors.  In addition to this, the dialogue is often run together.  This sometimes makes it difficult to know who is speaking.

Good story+poor editing=difficult read.  Hopefully the next edition is better.
2886918
I liked the stories but the editing is horrible. That made it a little hard to read as I'm pretty anal about proper spelling, punctuation, etc. It's one of my little quirks and it even drives ME nuts. But all in all, it was entertaining.
2112528
I enjoyed this story a lot and I really like the relationship and dynamic between Cora and Echo. I was, however, really bothered by the poor editing.  In addition to your normal editing blunders, there were moments when the writer used the wrong character names (as though still writing from Raine's perspective as she does in the other Runes series novels) in scenes containing both female characters.  I wish whoever is editing these novels would be more careful and diligent because these mistakes were so obvious and really detract from the overall success of the story.
2569704
It was a pleasure to read for the first time most of the stories included in this collection. Being only familiar with a few of the author's novels and articles, the stories reprinted here didn't disappoint (and left me wanting to read more of the author's work).

Unfortunately, the typographical errors in the text were so numerous that they ended up being a huge distraction when reading the book. Most stories here suffer from incorrect punctuation (periods and commas inserted ramdonly in the middle of sentences), misspelled words, missing paragraph breaks, unmatched quote marks, etc. The sloppiness displayed here is inexcusable. A shame, since Malzberg's work deserves much better.
3023069
Good story, but once again the editing was terrible. This book wad a 4 because it came with 3 extra books in the back.
4943701
I loved the stories! But the formatting was often distracting, and the very last line had an amateur mistake. Overall, worth a read.
420804
I don't know if Glyn Adams is self publishing or not. He has an excellent story that is loaded with grammatical and spelling errors. This is not the difference between English English or American English either. Letters and Words are transposed in sentences. If this bothers me, a terrible speller and grammar type, imagine someone who fully understands structure.

Also, there are times that he cuts and pastes episodes from earlier books. I found myself checking to make sure that I was reading the correct book. It is very distracting.

He is a superb story teller. I just wish he would find a competent editor.
1477513
The stories were different and interesting, especially the one where the author had met the victim! That's the reason for the 3 stars.

However, this short collection desperately needs a lot of major editing. There were many errors, grammatical, with syntax, spelling, missing words and more throughout and on every page. It really cut into my enjoyment of the read. Without all those errors, I could easily see giving this 5 stars.
3596535
The stories are awesome.  The editing is pathetic.  Even for such a great writer, you can't edit?  I thought it was a trend only among the works of new writers getting started.  Apparently not.  What a shame.
1107398
The stories are good. I think most people have heard about Doyle's genius detective stories.

The editing quality is rather low. Two things are really annoying. First, there are many spelling mistakes. Second, the chapters are not correctly coded into the e-book file. When I press the left or right arrow button (Kindle 5th gen), instead of jumping to the beginning of the previous or next chapter, it jumps to the previous or next volume of the collection.
969632
This is a wonderful series, I can't stop reading through the adventures.

Something must have happened during the writing of this book, however. Large portions of some of the chapters are exact duplicates of previous works. That's disappointing. Proofreading was lacking in places, as well. I'm hoping we are back to high quality work in book 10
3929637
Great plots, great characters, just wish the books were proofread by someone other than Microsoft spellcheck!  Three errors on one page.  Stops the action and makes me want to grab a red pencil.
295226
Great read; poor editing!! I gave the other a higher rating even though it was poorly edited, but as good as the story is the author should smack the editor because of the grammatical errors are keeping this series from receiving the 5 stars that it deserves.