A review by internpepper
Crosscurrent by Paul S. Kemp

2.0

The setup is strange, but it works. What does time travel have to do with what the characters find at the end of the story? It seems like a disconnected narrative and the characters don't feel like people, just generic archetypes. One character descends to the dark side for no real good reason, and the Kell villain is simply awful. I know that Paul Kemp did not come up with the concept of the Anzat, but he used it in his story and as a result, it's completely laughable. There were moments I felt genuine companionship between characters develop, so this is at least better than total trash. Also, what's with all of the gore and vomit? Does Kemp know he's not writing a gritty television show? The characters talk like they're in a screenplay and are often quite interchangeable. On the plus side, Kemp writes good action scenes, but they do nothing to make the audience care or support the story.