Review: Pedantic, implausible, insipid
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
Warning to readers: There is really nothing worthwhile here. The author has an interesting premise - a gamma ray burst, often thought by scientists to be the worst possible doomsday scenario ever - but then he completely screws up the story with illogical plot lines and horribly simplistic characters. He has no apparent knowledge of gamma ray bursts besides what he might have caught in an episode of "Through the Wormhole," and even then, none of the actual facts around such an event made their way to the text of this mess.Two quick examples: The main character supposedly has his eyes seared by the gamma ray burst to the point of saying they were baking "like cooking meat." Not a hour later, the character can see fine.Then there's the American president, whose behavior is implausible to put it mildly. There are better villains in most Scooby Doo episodes. You'll be going "Wait - what?!?" at virtually every page turn.I was able to get about 25% in before throwing up my hands in exasperation. There's nothing here to waste your time on.