Review by K+SQUARE -- The Midas Effect by Manuel Dorado

K+SQUARE · Post by **K+SQUARE** » 24 Feb 2021, 14:59

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Midas Effect" by Manuel Dorado.]

4 out of 4 stars

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What would you do if you had the power of a god? What would you change and what would you leave? Will you try to make humanity over into your version of what it ought to be?

Welcome to "The Project," the world of inflexors, isoinflexors, scientists and the CIA. "The Project" is dedicated to the study and identification of people with abilities such as telepathy, telekinesis, etc. with the sole aim of finding the one with the greatest and most powerful of all: The one with the Midas touch.

Miguel Le Fablec was a young European university professor, who was identified as having the midas touch. His powers were dormant until he meets Monica and then his perfect little world is disrupted. Monica has the ability to amplify his powers, but the way each feels post-power use is totally different.

Agent Walter Castillo was placed in "The Project" by the CIA in order to look out for their interests. He is told to initiate Project Messiah when it was confirmed that Miguel has the midas touch. He tried winning Miguel over, and when that strategy failed, he resorted to the use of force.

Vladimir Gorlov, the expressionless scientist is the director of "The Project" and a former KGB who fled to the United States. Fred and Dustan form the other major characters in the novel.

The book is divided into three parts: The capture, the power and the fall. The storyline intrigues me, and the author did a good job with the character development. Characters were sufficiently described which made it easy to dislike or love them.

The Midas Effect contains complex terms and technical jargon which did not detract from the story and will probably appeal to readers with a mathematical or scientific background. Descriptions of the environments and persons were superb as well.

My favourite part of the book was the twist at the end. It was totally unexpected and sounded too good to be true. I could find nothing to dislike about the book, though some parts of the book were boring to me.

I rate the The Midas Effect by Manuel Dorado four out of four stars. The editing was excellently done. I could not find a single error.

I would recommend the book to sci-fi and fantasy lovers. Also, it would be appealing to people who love reducing every phenomenon to scientific and mathematical equations. The book is not suitable for children because it contains explicit sex scenes and profanity. It also has religious undertones. Insinuations about religion that may be repulsive to sensitive believers were made.

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The Midas Effect
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