{"id":5759,"date":"2020-09-30T11:18:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=5759"},"modified":"2020-09-30T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:18:48","slug":"rats-in-a-maze-by-peter-bailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=5759","title":{"rendered":"Rats in a Maze by Peter Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=5760\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/rats-in-a-maze.jpg?fit=333%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"333,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rats-in-a-maze\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/rats-in-a-maze.jpg?fit=333%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/rats-in-a-maze.jpg?resize=220%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5760\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A well-executed and deeply engrossing SF tale\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bailey visits a bleak future in his deeply engrossing part-mystery-part-dystopian which features NYPD Detective Ray Fisher. After an unusual accident leaves two people dead, Ray Fisher, the NYPD Detective, begins his investigation into the case and gets dragged into a sinister conspiracy where shadowy figures are using people like pawns. The stakes rise when Ray is suspended from NYPD. Bailey packs plenty of emotions and a fair number of ethical dilemmas into Ray\u2019s excursions. His writing is assured and worldbuilding vivid. He adeptly balances action and characterization while keeping up a page-turning pace. The protagonists, especially Ray and Brad\u2019s struggles with their personal trauma, intriguing mystery, first-rate police procedural detail, government conspiracies, and the haunting atmosphere of dystopian landscape combine into a mesmerizing whole. Readers shouldn\u2019t expect simple answers by the end but Baily succeeds in crafting an immersive read. Fans of character-driven dystopian will relish Bailey\u2019s take on futuristic SF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rats in a Maze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Peter Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rats-Maze-Peter-Bailey\/dp\/1945181915\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date September 15, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1945181917<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $14.99 (USD) paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well-executed and deeply engrossing SF tale\u2026 Bailey visits a bleak future in his deeply engrossing part-mystery-part-dystopian which features NYPD Detective Ray Fisher. After an unusual accident leaves two people dead, Ray Fisher, the NYPD Detective, begins his investigation into the case and gets dragged into a sinister conspiracy where shadowy figures are using people like pawns. The stakes rise when Ray is suspended from NYPD. Bailey packs plenty of emotions and a fair number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":5760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56739],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,726,3328,178,610903656,54306025,62857929,13078,1473,1008073,856121,309,10615,257032,349],"class_list":["post-5759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-indiebooks","tag-mystery","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-science-fiction","tag-sciencefiction","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/rats-in-a-maze.jpg?fit=333%2C499&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-1uT","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5763,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5759\/revisions\/5763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}