Review: Nonstop action, from the first to last page
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
This is a book you really can't put down.  It grips you from the first page, holds on throughout the story, and finally lets you go at the very end......while teasing you enough to keep you waiting for the next installment.99% of the book is centered around the big fight on the carrier, and boy is it ever a big fight.  The author has quite the knack for giving a riveting description of a wild melee; you really start to put yourself in the middle of the fight.  The characters are once again well fleshed out, and you get a feeling for each individuals' personality.  And yes, the self-exiled capt. of the Kennedy plays a pivotal role in the 'exodus' of the boat, as was mentioned in the last book.  You'll like him :-)Personally, I don't like stories with superhero-like characters.  Now I get what the author writes about.....tier one operators, SEALS, delta, MARSOC, etc.  That's his niche, that's what he centers his characters around.  The characters in the arisen series are, to me, bordering on being supermen.  Again, I get that soldiers of that level are supposed to accomplish things that would be deemed 'superhuman' or at the most, near impossible.  But when Predator goes on his hay maker-swinging rampage.....it's just starting get a little too much.Be that as it may, 'exodus' was a wild ride, I enjoyed it thoroughly, and you will too.  Hopefully part 6 will come out soon, and we'll see the crew try and find patient zero.