Fledgling: Jason Steed

Jason Steed's mother died during childbirth and his father is a remote Naval officer who is never around. Rather than wallow in self-pity, Jason has made himself strong, resourceful, and resilient. At 5 years old, Jason begins martial arts training and becomes exceptional by the time he is 11. When he decides to use his skills to become part of a group called the Sea Cadets, he finds himself in a situation that takes him way beyond a simple training exercise. Fledgling is the first book in the Jason Steed series. Although the story is exciting and filled with adventure, the book is quite problematic. Much of the dialogue is stilted and sounds unrealistic. The pacing of the story is way off as much of the meat of the plot happens toward the end of the book. In addition many of the situations in the story seem much too far-fetched to be believable. However, even with all of these issues, Fledgling manages to be an exciting read and an intriguing beginning to the Jason Steed series.