Review: The Tempest
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2012
What a timely action thriller!Coming on the heels of Hurricane Sandy, I was reading this book as the winds blew and the rain came pouring down, wishing it was true and we had such a weather control system.Mr. Penfold's debut thriller is a good read. Plenty of action, good dialogue and some twists and turns of plot to keep the reader enthralled. It was a bit of a slow start and could have used a bit more action at the beginning to hook the reader. It took a while for me to get into it, but once I did there was no putting it down.This is a British author who obviously knows New York well from some of his descriptions. His details on the impact of a hurricane hitting New York City, filling subways with water, trees and houses ripped apart, read like they were coming out of today's headlines.An interesting plot premise where terrorists hijack the Climate Control system and wreak havoc to achieve their ends. The author's scientific descriptions how the system works were absorbing and seemed so real, it made you believe it could actually work.I look for more good books from this up and coming talented author. Excellent work, Robert.