Pretty entertaining, but not without flaws<br><br>I've always enjoyed Robert Shearman's Doctor Who work, it always has a good juicy idea to sink your teeth into mixed with a devilishly cynical sense of humour.<br><br>I think perhaps that this book demonstrates that he is better suited to a bigger novel to flesh out the characters and settings a bit more.<br><br>The short stories are somewhat mixed in quality. All have pretty good ideas at the heart of them and they all vary in terms of subject matter and tone. As a short story collection it's good that these aspects are present.<br><br>However the quality is reflected in the length. The longer stories are less compelling somehow, it feels like Shearman has more to say but knows he's restrained to the length of a short story, so the longer stories seem to spin their wheels for a bit. The shorter stories have a certain brevity that gets the idea across and have punchier lines
