The Razor

Description
J. Barton Mitchell's The Razor is a riveting science fiction thriller about a man struggling to survive the chaos on a prison planet.

Brilliant engineer Marcus Flynn has been sentenced to 11-H37 alongside the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals. A hard labor prison planet better known as the Razor, where life expectancy is short and all roads are dead ends.

At least until the Lost Prophet goes active…

In a few hours, prison guards and staff are evacuated, the prisoners are left to die, and dark mysteries begin to surface.

Only Flynn has the skills and knowledge to unravel them, but he will have to rely on the most unlikely of allies--killers, assassins, pirates and smugglers. If they can survive each other they just might survive the Razor…and claim it for their own.

It has been some time since I've read or reviewed any sci-fi/fantasy books.  This was a welcoming reintroduction to the genre.  Mitchell did a great job with the world he created and remained consistent with it.  As a scientist, his setting impressed me and I kept waiting for him to err. So many authors do.

J. Baron Mitchell is new to me.  I looked on Amazon and saw that he is a prolific writer.  The Razor is not his first rodeo and it shows in his plot and character development.  Some aspects were predictable but much of it was surprising.

I don't want to say too much in the review to reveal anything that would be a spoiler.  What I will say is I can highly recommend this book.  Buy it as soon as it is available.