Review: More fun from DeMaria
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
DeMaria's stories aren't just page-turners about a murder or three. Each starts with new area of knowledge for his readers. I can sort of see him reading the paper at breakfast. An article catches his eye. Maybe it's about, oh, genetically modified foods, for example. The good and bad potentials of the trend start working on him. He does a little research. And then some more. He does it until his knowledge is deep enough that it allows him to play with "what ifs," and a new thriller is born.The Viron Conspiracy is quick, clever, and believable - in a frightening way. DeMaria scatters us to interesting spots on the globe and presents some shadowy agri-science in digestible portions. Dialogue, in particular, adds meat to the characters while it drives the plot to the climax. A fun yarn that leaves the reader with their own disquieting "what ifs."