Review: Intricate and Adventurous!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2014
Mr. Medler’s Fountain was a fantastic read!  In the same way I’ve enjoyed the fast paced novels of Dan Brown and Richard Preston (“The Hot Zone”), Fountain  is pure adventure from start to finish. This book has it all: endearing characters with interesting stories, history, science, adventure and vivid descriptions of times and places. I was immediately drawn to Teddy, a resilient boy in a wheelchair, and cheered for him the rest of the book, watching to learn if something could be done to improve his tragic paralysis. The other story lines were plentiful and equally compelling and Mr. Medler did a superb job weaving them together into a masterpiece of a novel.This book contained a moderate salting of a science-based plot, a smattering of commentary on the history of explorers we thought we knew (e.g. Christopher Columbus) and  a light icing of politics and world events. All together, the layers of this delectable historical, scientific fiction novel are utterly satisfying.I look forward to reading Mr. Medler’s first book (Fountain is his second) now that I know what a captivating storyteller he is.A fair warning (no spoilers here): there is a fair amount of death, murder and tragedy. Personally, I am usually very sensitive to these types of topics and find them difficult to read about. However, as was also the case for me in the Hunger Games trilogy, I was OK with these elements of the story because of Mr. Medler’s writing talents. He was respectful in how he brought these elements into the story and delicately weaved their contributions into the story line in such a way that these mature topics didn’t seem obtuse or obnoxiously prevalent.Well done, Mr. Medler. I look forward to reading more from your pen soon.