The Quest

randyisredeed

Next book

Reviewed it on February 24, 2026

Awesome

LB

Reviewed it on February 8, 2026

K

jrk003

Nice read

Reviewed it on February 7, 2026

great story

173abnbrg

Evolution in modern America

Reviewed it on February 7, 2026

There a many items covered in other books by Author, well researched with all of the books. I still love the style and basic steps of story telling. After all, I buy them as soon as I find them. Carebear

garyamclean

Repetitive text is annoying.

Reviewed it on February 6, 2026

Story is interesting an enjoyable but the constant repetitive text is annoying.

garyproctor5455

As good as his other series.

Reviewed it on February 5, 2026

This is different enough to be very enjoyable. The main character is solitary and we don't really become close with him. The story spins forward with many surprising branches and great action. The author says 3 more parts, which will be great when he finally gets them published. I've bought all his novels, and am impatiently waiting for the next book in each of the series.

jimscott

Pretty good really

Reviewed it on February 8, 2026

Enjoyed the book.
Overall better than a couple of his other stories, I have them all.

Awaiting next installment.

gsmallin

The Quest

Reviewed it on February 8, 2026

I have all your books. The one thing that is making reading difficult is the use of pronouns. I see he and I in the same sentence and they are referring to the same person. Not sure you want it first person or third person.

Thank you

diver1000

Flow of Story

Reviewed it on February 7, 2026

I think that this is better written than the most recent stories,less repartition.
More research is needed about how security is handled around the personal
homes of top level government personal.

stuartwry

When a proof reader and editor is needed

Reviewed it on February 7, 2026

Great story but needs a pro proof reader who know the knows english grammer.

zcham4

Another Page Turner

Reviewed it on February 5, 2026

Are your books that good or is my literary apreciation so low l can't recognize the deficiency. I've read every book at least twice except Orphan and Quest. I'm checking Zbooks every day looking for next release. I love good adventure with violence, danger,sex (tease of incest),and taking money and control from the bad guys,
Ready to start the Manipulator series again.

Thanks for the entertainment.

masterdungeon2001

And an entertaining and enjoyable read for all

Reviewed it on February 5, 2026

This book once again has quite a bit of rep petition(cut and paste) but the character is well developed and is an enjoyable read. As I have all of his books from this publisher, I can say that it is reverting to his original format and hopefully we will get the continuation of the story soon.

russrice

The quest

Reviewed it on February 5, 2026

Getting better with reading flow.

computermad

A Good Start

Reviewed it on February 4, 2026

It is obviously an early one of your novels, as you drift from one tense to another using different pronouns for the same character in one sentence. Very confusing! The follow up books could probably do with re-editing before you publish them.

jharmer

Quite good.

Reviewed it on February 4, 2026

Enjoyable plot line. Moves along at a good speed. But the author does need a good editor. Smilar problems with his English to his other stories.

jh

john5dragons

Good plot, but seriously needs an editor and proofreader

Reviewed it on February 4, 2026

I'll give direct examples of problems:
Dad said I swear, Mary, this thing we do every year wears me out. Your sister’s kids are out of control, and poor Chad has nowhere to go. He probably went for a walk to escape all the bitchin’ going on. Mom says it’s not that bad, and Dad says that’s why you hide in the kitchen, and the men are outside laughing. (Where are the quotation marks? This happens often)

Sensi put Chad through his forms, then put on the pads, and had full-contact drills. (Misspelled words)

Back at the house, Chad packs a bag and puts my custom baseball hat inside, along with a lock-pick set and $10k. (switching from 1st to 3rd person)

All six were down and out, so he picked two and integrated them. They were independent contractors working for the government. (Wrong word. Should have been interrogated.)

Please, just get an editor.

cgr71067

The grammar is abysmal!

Reviewed it on February 7, 2026

I have no idea how someone can address the main character in the first person and the third person in the same sentence! I don't know for sure, but the quality of the grammar suggests that English is not the author's native language. If English is indeed not the author's native language, then that partially excuses the result, but to be honest the author could make an effort - at worst they could use AI to grammatically correct the text...

gbttown2001

Read One Story You Have Read Them All

Reviewed it on February 7, 2026

I am a glutton for punishment. I keep reading the stories expecting something original but it is the same plot over and over. The spirit of CMSIX lives on! Give the author credit for at least naming the characters differently.
The perspective is changed so often it can happen two or three times in one paragraph. Is it written as first person, second person or third?

rtwolfe

Bad grammar incomplete parts that don't match

Reviewed it on February 5, 2026

Has a good start and the parts and the story are fine except the grammar is hard to get through first second person. And he needs to flesh out more of the story. Finish thoughts and ideas instead of leaving them lay. Needs to be proofread it's like following a train wreck .

coffeeguycanada

Too much repetition

Reviewed it on February 5, 2026

The plot and progress is not bad. As in the remainder of his stories, there are far too many word for word repetitive paragraphs. They all need a good proofreader and editor. As others have commented, incorrect words are used and third person / first person in the same sentence. Recommend reading FantasyLover, Ernest Bywater and CMSIX stories on how to include credible sex situations, which are sorely lacking for pubescent males.

michael.rodich

Wrong title, not The Quest, The Addict!

Reviewed it on February 4, 2026

It starts when the MC is 10 yrs old. He sees his uncle shoot up with a strange serum and immediately sneaks in, fills a hypodermic, and juices up himself. Throughout the story he keeps finding strange substances that constantly give him a rush, and often leave him unconscious. His body undergoes extremely rapid growth, but all he does is keep checking his height and weight. As the strange substances keep making changes to his body he never seeks any medical help or advice, only mindlessly going on to the next substance, and the next rush. That's even after an alien machine assures him that he is no longer fully human. The only girlfriend he's ever had is Miss Fingers, and that suits him fine, as the "substances" appear to have completely stopped any normal sex drive. By the end of the story he seems to have become little more than a meat puppet for an alien machine doing just what he's told and what's necessary to survive.
Now to a confession, I have read every word AWTM has published on this site and this is his strangest story yet, beating even his incredibly juvenal ending to "From Another Planet".

Chatfield

Some good ideas; poor execution

Reviewed it on February 4, 2026

On the final page the author writes, “This story was one of the first ones I wrote, and I forgot about it. It’s a long story about Chad’s adventures, and has three more parts. The issue is editing.”

I’ve read many of the author’s works. Editing has gotten better. So I was surprised that this was a big step backwards. The problems of 1st person vs 3rd person narrative, misagreement of tenses, and continuity errors are pervasive. Disappointing, because I know the author can do better. Yes, the issue IS editing, and IMO it should have been properly edited before releasing it in this state.

Don't bother

Reviewed it on February 4, 2026

The idea was good.

Execution? Bleh

I think this must have been developed by an AI program. I managed to get through half or more, but to read every (story morning) "woke up, did exercise, did martial arts exercises.......". There must have been hundreds of that sentence.

The written conversations between characters? Nothing that is correct.

Sorry. I hate to give a bad review, and normally would say nothing. But this one is sad. As I say, I think this was mostly written by an AI program, but, please, dont't do this again

I tried, and made it to about three-quarters of the way through, but could not finish the story.