Astrologer Number One Heart Of: Amazon.ca: Denny Demartino: Books

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In the year 2130, the discovery of zero point gravity changed everything. Now, the afterlife is no longer a mystery. Interplanetary travel is possible-and increasingly popular.

And forensic astrologers like Philipa Cyprion are solving crimes-by way of the stars.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not too shabby, Nov 5 2001

By	Timothy Capehart "Review-a-holic" (Dayton, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These two books (this one & Wayward Moon the sequel) are a couple days' pleasant diversion. The SF world is central to the mysteries and how they are solved. The mysteries are well imagined and quite logical. The characters are...well, mostly believable. The aliens are more believable.

But this series despite it's high-tech, metaphysical future remains a pale reflection of the author's other SF mystery series. Denise Vitola (the author's real name) has a series of five books about a "werewolf" in a decidedly lower-tech (and more believable) future. Ty really isn't a werewolf, but you'll have to read those superior books to find out why.

All that said, if you have finished those five books, these two are not a bad follow up...they just read like an author's first attempt when held up against the others.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Strong idea - weak writing, Jul 6 2001

By	Louis Dineen "louatwork" (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I give four stars for the idea. A "Forensic Astrologer", what a cool idea. However, moving past the big idea, I find myself being increasingly bogged down in DeMartino's writing. The big barrier for me is the contrived British accent. If I read Cyprion say "me" (as in, I fell on me ruddy bum) one more time, I may not be accountable for my actions. Some other clams detract from the 23rd century setting as well. Latex gloves? In the 23rd century? These folks can travel to the stars but they haven't come up with better protection than this? A detective's car filled with fast food wrappers? A burnt-out and cynical medical examiner? I guess some clich�s do transcend time. As another reviewer said, good idea...poorly executed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Are we reading the same book?, Jun 25 2001

By	Barbara B. Rollins "barbara@sharpwriters.com" (Abilene, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read Heart of Stone after having read negative reviews here, and I found myself puzzled by them. The characters seem credible and the plot well developed. While I would like to have understood the astrological references better, my lack of knowledge in that area did not significantly distract.

Told in first person, DeMartino's work remains true to what the point of view character knows, and information about other individuals comes naturally and gradually. If the end has a deus ex machina flavor, it's wholly consistent with the revelations about the devise involved as discovered gradually throughout the book. The resolution felt valid and right to me.

In my opinion this differs from work previously done by the author in that she's risen to a new plane of clarity and power.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Cute idea. Terrible execution.
I was very hopeful when I picked up this novel; it seems to want to be the first book in a series, and the cover blurb and preview page grabbed my attention immediately. Read more

Published on April 2 2001 by David Hewitt

1.0 out of 5 stars Written in the dark?
Denise Vitola's novels are usually pretty good adventure. And I liked the astrologer idea. But the writing is unusually poor in this book, which may be why the authoress... Read more

Published on Mar 2 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous sf/mystery/romance-looks like a good series
By 2130, earthquakes and gigantic flooding caused by tidal waves dramatically have changed the face of the planet leading to chaos. Read more

Published on Feb 8 2001 by Harriet Klausner