My first book of 2010 - 99 more to go. I've liked Rollins for several years, and after a few Sigma Force books, this was his return to a stand-alone novel (and his second book in 2009). Admittedly, through the first quarter, I was really concerned that the heroine was going to be chasing a saber-toothed tiger for the balance of the book - happily this wasn't the case. Dr. Lorna Polk is a veterinarian at ACRES, and is called to check out animals found in a boat washed up by a Louisiana hurricane. Every animal shows a regression to a point earlier in its evolution, a fact that the sponsoring organization wants to cover up with a scorched earth policy. There is a point in the last half where I felt like I had fallen into Jurassic Park given a remote island housing DNA-tinkering scientists and a host of living fossils. In all, an entertaining book, and exactly what I need on a cold weekend in Ohio.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Altar of Eden - James Rollins
My first book of 2010 - 99 more to go. I've liked Rollins for several years, and after a few Sigma Force books, this was his return to a stand-alone novel (and his second book in 2009). Admittedly, through the first quarter, I was really concerned that the heroine was going to be chasing a saber-toothed tiger for the balance of the book - happily this wasn't the case. Dr. Lorna Polk is a veterinarian at ACRES, and is called to check out animals found in a boat washed up by a Louisiana hurricane. Every animal shows a regression to a point earlier in its evolution, a fact that the sponsoring organization wants to cover up with a scorched earth policy. There is a point in the last half where I felt like I had fallen into Jurassic Park given a remote island housing DNA-tinkering scientists and a host of living fossils. In all, an entertaining book, and exactly what I need on a cold weekend in Ohio.
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