What an incredible book
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What an incredible book. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to set it down. I even got yelled at by my boss for reading the book on company time. I've read it 4 times and each time is like the first time. There is alot of information to process so get ready be blown away. It's awsome. Also, if you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, go and read it.
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Not His Best, By Far!
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Try another of his books. AMAZONIA was OK, ICEHUNT even better.
This one is VERY late to get things going then fizzles and dies.
Oh, and he may be a vet, yet his science is more fiction than fact!
Dug-up...buckyballs to enclose ...antimatter - and all this to cause a couple of explosions and propell a boat...OK
My Advice: Pass
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Cheesy but also compelling
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The characters are cliched, many of the action sequences are B-movie cheesy, the premise is laughable, and there are huge inconsistancies in the technical gimmicks Rollins uses to drive the plot. Yet if you can set all the obvious problems aside, there is actually a very good story to be found here. In spite of the number of times I found myself rolling my eyes, I kept turning the pages. The tension and suspense are well developed, and there are 1 or 2 characters that have enough development to make you care about them. No sophistication here, but not a bad read.
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Forget the others
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Forget the others--DA VINCI CODE and their ilke. If you want a great read--summer or not--you MUST try this book! The premise, which could be a disaster in any other author's hands, is brilliant here. I absolutely LOVED this book! Also recommended: THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD.
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Who cares about character developement?
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First of all I liked this book. It's fun, fast, never overly silly, but just silly enough. It's one of his two best. Now, I'd like to rant about something that bothers me. I've been an avid reader for well over twenty years and I can't help but cringe whenever I hear someone talking about character developement in an action/thriller where all of the action takes place in a matter of a few days. First off, when someone is staring at an enemy army with no hope of escape and a potentially Earth destroying antimatter bomb under their noses... who cares if they once had a puppy that died or if their favorite color is blue?!? This isn't an epic saga of the Russian Revolution where it might be important to know what events have molded our characters in the past. This is a fast-paced action adventure where we get to know all we need to know about the characters in order to enjoy the story. We have tough guys and even tougher gals fighting for their lives in extreme, supernatural circumstances. It's GREAT for a fun weekend read. I love some author's ability to coax a lot out of his characters, but in a book like this more character developement would have slowed down the pace and seriously hurt the overall book. As far as character developement, Dean Koontz is the champ, Matt Reilly is at the other end, and Rollins is in the middle somewhere. However, I can get just as big a kick out of Rollins and Reilly as I do from Koontz. Overall, for this kind of book, I think Rollins does pretty good in the overrated "Character Developement" category. It's an enjoyable read and you won't get cheated out of anything. I gave it 4 stars only because I save 5 star reviews for the truly GREAT works.
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