Review: The start of events
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2012
An ancient language, uniquely different army soldiers, mysterious sounds and happenings. And more.Welcome to a city of screams, and a great set-up for James Rollins' future book, The Blood Gospel.I could definitely tell James was involved in this story since some of the characters were pretty much like his own Sigma Force heroes (especially like Gray and Monk). Since I've never read anything by Rebecca Cantrell, I can't draw any conclusions, just guesses.Here's the gist: a group of scientists go into an area with a deep history, go blackout (missing). A group of soldiers is sent to find the scientists and find something far worse. A strange girl is found and weird things start to happen.The start was really great, the historical background (which comes with Rollins' territory in his research for his books) was immense and deeply satisfying for one who has an interest in obscure history (like me), the occassional quirky dialogue did, at times, get me to snort-laugh (especially the weight jokes one fat soldier throws around about himself), and the mystique of the dead language mentioned, the mystery of the little girl, and what happens in the cave at the end of the story, along with the questions the main character thinks about at the very end, it's all a great start to pique interests to what already seems to promise to be a complex and intriguing series.