A review by tp88
Dead Man's Tide by D.J. Bodden, James A. Hunter

3.0

Book two is propelled, in part, by the VERY flimsy notion of Alan's "ex" (extra emphasis on this) wants to kill him. She does indeed want him dead but book one didn't do a good enough job cementing the emotions to be an "ex", more I met her one time. Overall it was a big departure from the main VGO series, Alan isn't particularly entertaining. He runs 90% of the time and continuously levels up the same abilities. Also there was quite a bit of bizarre sexual tension between Alan and basically anyone he talks to, including his shapeshifting monster friend Nil...