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_______________________Graeme Lay introduces John Reynolds at the book launch of Uncommon Enemy
Uncommon Enemy is John Reynolds' first published fiction book. Set in 1940s New Zealand, Germany has just won World War Two - based on the premise that if the Germans had developed the atom bomb before anybody else the Allies would have had no choice but to surrender. A pretty convincing argument in my opinion - it's a plausible "what if" to base the story around. Reviewed by Lisa Vasil, New Zealand Writers Enzine, April 2008 ....read more
"John Reynolds’ first novel belongs to a genre that continues to fascinate – what would
happen if German had won World War Two?" Investigate Review ....read more
"Uncommon Enemy is a fast-paced, action-filled, suspense-ridden novel which will have the reader not wanting to stop except for a cappuccino to keep the energy going to reach the end." Asia-Pacific Journal, ....read more
"I have been teaching writing and publishing courses at Auckland University and globally for over thirty years and have not yet come across a manual devised in this way that is so accessible for new writers." Asia-Pacific Journal, ....read more
"I started to read it with some degree of reluctance and, to my surprise, found I couldn't put it down ... after being initially sceptical, the further I read the more possible things became ... Reynolds is a good storyteller." North and South review by Warwick Roger
“The book is well researched, even down to the colour of the buses at the time.” North Shore Times Advertiser, 7.12.06 ....read more
“A good entertaining story that accurately portrays the paranoia and attitudes of the postwar period.” Daily Post, Rotorua 27.11.06 ....read more
“A compulsive romantic thriller” Booksellers News, December 2006
Richard Wintle, Warkworth "It was fascinating to explore the scenario in Uncommon Enemy that turns history on its head. The imagery was vivid, particularly to me as I had been to all of the locations. The characters were all plausible and the reader could easily relate to each of them.
The narrative was compelling in that a range of problems and conflicts were introduced so that the reader was hooked wanting to find out what happened next.
I was a little sad when it ended. What happens next? Will there be a sequel?"
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