The Locksmith (a Mindjack Story) by Susan Kaye Quinn

The Locksmith

A Mindjack Story

The Locksmith by Susan Kaye Quinn

Series: Mindjack 

Published February 9th 2015

When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

In a world filled with mindreaders, Zeph is a mindjacker who wants to stay hidden—even if it means the cute mindreader in his Latin class is forever out of his reach. He locks and unlocks minds for a ruthless mindjacker Clan in exchange for protection and the chance to have a normal life with his parents and little sister. But when a girl he doesn’t know reveals the existence of mindjackers to the world, Zeph is forced to make a choice: unlock—and ultimately destroy—the mind of a young jacker changeling… or turn his back on everyone he loves.

The Locksmith is a short novella (standalone) in the Mindjack universe. It can be read independently of the other Mindjack stories, in any order. It is 11,000 words (or 44 pages) long.

My thoughts about The Locksmith ~~

I just finished listening to the audiobook version of Open Minds, the beginning of Susan Kaye Quinn's Mindjack series of books, which was great by the way. And then I had the opportunity to read The Locksmith, another part of this series but one that can definitely be read as a standalone story.

The Locksmith gives you, the reader, a very enjoyable but intense taste of what the whole Mindjack series is all about and after reading it, you will want to devour the rest of the stories.

Susan is a master storyteller and uses her incredible imagination to weave wonderful, exciting, and sometimes scary worlds. And I have loved every single one of those worlds of hers. I am always excited when there is another one of her worlds to explore. Take a look for yourself and see if you don't agree.

Recommended Reading Order

Open Minds

Closed Hearts

The Mindjack Origins Collection

Free Souls

Keeper

• Mindjack Trilogy (novels): Open Minds, Closed Hearts, Free Souls
• Mindjack Origins Collection: Mindjack novellas (Mind Games, The Handler, The Scribe), exclusive deleted scenes from Free Souls, flash fiction, and more
• Other novellas: Keeper, The Locksmith

About the author

Susan Kaye Quinn grew up in California, where she wrote snippets of stories and passed them to her friends during class. Her teachers pretended not to notice and only confiscated her stories a couple times.

Susan left writing behind to pursue a bunch of engineering degrees, but she was drawn back to writing by an irresistible urge to share her stories with her niece, her kids, and all the wonderful friends she’s met along the way.

She doesn’t have to sneak her notes anymore, which is too bad.

Susan writes from the Chicago suburbs with her three boys, two cats, and one husband. Which, it turns out, is exactly as a much as she can handle.

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