{"id":905,"date":"2026-09-08T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T04:48:41","slug":"the-shimmer-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"The Shimmer Men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greg Marshall <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 24, 2026 by Ravenshield House Publishing Ltd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISBN 9781066717002\u00a0(ISBN10: 1066717001)ASIN 1066717001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My Review: 5 Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a great read, Techno-Thriller and Fantasy rolled into one seamlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a book starts with a vague reference to some &#8220;tech&#8221;, it sounds like there is no promise of substance later. I was wrong; the substance grows with every chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two species, one planet, one ancient, one needs the other to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human and hidden worlds collide in many ways. Secrets, that if brought out into the open could start wars, could end civilisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The descriptions of the everyday are superb, &#8220;Stillnes closed in like a held breath&#8221;. &#8220;It was the silence. The kind that watched you&#8221;. These are two quotes from the book, that made reading become a feeling, it made the words have weight, heft, and you feel like you can sense the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I highly recommend this incredibly well written and gripping thriller by Greg Marshall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to the author for allowing me an advance copy to review.<br>I look forward to reading more books from this author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Blurb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ensemble-led techno-thriller\/urban fantasy incorporating conspiracy, political and fantastical themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Marshall August 24, 2026 by Ravenshield House Publishing Ltd ISBN 9781066717002\u00a0(ISBN10: 1066717001)ASIN 1066717001 My Review: 5 Stars What a great read, Techno-Thriller and Fantasy rolled into one seamlessly. When a book starts with a vague reference to some &#8220;tech&#8221;, it sounds like there is no promise of substance later. I was wrong; the substance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,47,54,38,5],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book","tag-british-author","tag-crime-thriller","tag-mystery","tag-suspense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgracereads.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}