Review: Underwater and Running out of Time
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2014
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.This was a wonderful story and I enjoyed it very much. As a testament to how much I enjoyed it, last night I read the remaining 49% of the book. The plot was presented well, with lots of actions, interesting plots twists and fun characters.In a nutshell, a woman and her estranged husband must joined a team of Royal Navy marines and some scientists and travel to the bottom of the ocean in order to solve a problem proposed by a group of eco-terrorists...otherwise her kidnapped son may never see them again. That is the very basic premise. What the author does with this premise, is throw these men and women into a dark, self contained underwater research facility, leave them stranded, send a crack team of Russian mercenaries after them, throw in a strange group of scientists abandoned by the architects of station, introduce them to the insane man behind everything and send them running for their lives and try to survive.It was a roller coaster of fun and excitement from the get go, which, I should mention, grabs you in the first chapter and hurls you at breakneck speed into the main plot.The only thing that prevented me from giving it five stars were a few unanswered questions, a couple of straggling plot points and an ending that made me scrunch my face and go hmmmm. (if there was going to be another book, a sequel, perhaps ;) than these points would be welcomed as lead ins, but it doesn't seem like there is a sequel in the future). That is an assumption on this reviewers part and we all know what happens when we assume :)But, in saying that, these few very very minor issues didn't detract from the action packed adventure the author has shared.Oh, and at the end of the digital version, there are a few chapters of his next book... The Enigma Strain and it sounds like another book I would enjoy reading.