Michael Jensen (1) (1963–)
Auteur de Frontiers
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Michael Jensen, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
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Œuvres de Michael Jensen
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- Date de naissance
- 1963-10-17
- Sexe
- male
- Lieux de résidence
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Relations
- Hartinger, Brent (partner)
- Courte biographie
- Michael Jensen is the author of two gay historical fiction novels, Frontiers (Pocket Books 1999) and Firelands (Alyson, 2004). Frontiers was hailed as “...a breathtaking novel”...“racing narrative, high drama, vivid images, keen dialogue, even hot sex”...“the creation of a new genre...written with passion, wit, and a heart as big as the continent...”
Mr. Jensen is the co-founder of IGLOO, a gay and lesbian employee group that successfully fought to bring domestic employee benefits to the airline where he has worked as a flight attendant for fifteen years. In addition, Mr. Jensen also co-founded a successful gay and lesbian authors group that has brought together a diverse group of writers to help promote gay and lesbian fiction.
He is currently researching his next historical novel.
Mr. Jensen lives in Tacoma, Washington with another novelist, Brent Hartinger, his partner since 1992. [author's website]
afterelton@gmail.com
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After his father's death, Cole Seavey travels to the isolated community of Hugh's Lick in western Pennsylvania where his elder brother was last heard from only to find his brother has died and the whole community on the verge of panic.
A good quick read, even if at one point thoughts of a certain cartoon dog did come to mind. These thoughts were quickly dissipated, however, by what happened next as we moved to the climactic struggle and a satisfying epilogue.
A good quick read, even if at one point thoughts of a certain cartoon dog did come to mind. These thoughts were quickly dissipated, however, by what happened next as we moved to the climactic struggle and a satisfying epilogue.
Man & Monster (The Savage Land, #2) is a blast of an historical fiction, m/m romance, horror novel!
Cole ("Cold-Hearted") Seavey meets up with the characters from Man & Beast (The Savage Land, #1) , out on the Ohio Frontier, circa 1799. (Namely John Chapman, (Johnny Appleseed), and Pakim, (our handsome Delaware Brave). Pakim rescues Cole after he finds him badly injured as the result of an attack. An attack from what is the question; especially after this creature begins to attack Hugh's Lick-the small settlement that is closest to John Chapman's claim.
Soon the reader is fully engrossed in the story of this town, its inhabitants and whatever the thing is that's hunting them. The characters are so solidly drawn, they're vivid in my mind. I was happy to see John Chapman again, (I didn't know that he was going to be in this one!) and Cole turns out to be anything but cold-hearted. He soon develops feelings for Pakim and together with John Chapman and others, they struggle to defend themselves against what Pakim believes is a Wendigo.
The real meat of this story was the mystery of the Wendigo. I have always had a fondness for creatures of legends of myth, and Wendigos are near the top of my list. Native American cultures are fascinating and so are the stories they told to each other. The author's research into these and into the norms and taboos of the white frontier-folk of the time really shines through and rings true.
With many exciting action scenes and twisty turns of the plot, Man & Monster turned out to be a lot of fun, even though it's wayyyy out of my wheelhouse. To me, it's always the story that is paramount, and in that regard, Michael Jensen delivers.
Highly recommended to fans of historical fiction, m/m romance, and HORROR!
You can get your copy here: Man & Monster (The Savage Land: Book 2)
*I received a free e-copy from the author in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*
**In addition, I consider this author to be an online friend. This did not affect the content of my review.**
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Cole ("Cold-Hearted") Seavey meets up with the characters from Man & Beast (The Savage Land, #1) , out on the Ohio Frontier, circa 1799. (Namely John Chapman, (Johnny Appleseed), and Pakim, (our handsome Delaware Brave). Pakim rescues Cole after he finds him badly injured as the result of an attack. An attack from what is the question; especially after this creature begins to attack Hugh's Lick-the small settlement that is closest to John Chapman's claim.
Soon the reader is fully engrossed in the story of this town, its inhabitants and whatever the thing is that's hunting them. The characters are so solidly drawn, they're vivid in my mind. I was happy to see John Chapman again, (I didn't know that he was going to be in this one!) and Cole turns out to be anything but cold-hearted. He soon develops feelings for Pakim and together with John Chapman and others, they struggle to defend themselves against what Pakim believes is a Wendigo.
The real meat of this story was the mystery of the Wendigo. I have always had a fondness for creatures of legends of myth, and Wendigos are near the top of my list. Native American cultures are fascinating and so are the stories they told to each other. The author's research into these and into the norms and taboos of the white frontier-folk of the time really shines through and rings true.
With many exciting action scenes and twisty turns of the plot, Man & Monster turned out to be a lot of fun, even though it's wayyyy out of my wheelhouse. To me, it's always the story that is paramount, and in that regard, Michael Jensen delivers.
Highly recommended to fans of historical fiction, m/m romance, and HORROR!
You can get your copy here: Man & Monster (The Savage Land: Book 2)
*I received a free e-copy from the author in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it.*
**In addition, I consider this author to be an online friend. This did not affect the content of my review.**
… (plus d'informations)
Man, I had really high hopes for this book - gay characters in a frontier setting! correct use of Wendigo mythology! - but I had to give it up after about sixty pages. The writing was stilted, and the characters talked endlessly around pointless things, like the writer had maybe enough material for a short story and was padding it out to novel length.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 233
- Popularité
- #96,932
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 40
- Langues
- 8
This is a very well-written historical m/m romance, which is a genre I absolutely think we need more of in the world. We know that there were certainly LGBT people during these eras in history, but because they had to keep their lives hidden most of their stories are lost to us. I love the idea of thinking about what life may have been like and filling in those gaps with good stories just like this one.
This is the second book in a series, but there is no need to have read the first book to dive into this one--it can live as a stand-alone novel. I've not read the first book, and I had no problems understanding what was going on or following the story.
[Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.]… (plus d'informations)