Review: The Comet Clement series moves from strong to stronger!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
The premise is simplicity itself. A select "Inner Circle" (described at length in the first book) is aware of the impending collision of a comet with earth in five years. The size of the comet is such that the resulting damage will likely eliminate the human race and the story line is the description of the monumental effort to stave off that eventuality with whatever technology is available.This series can be described as a page-turning genre bender including the best of techno-thrillers, suspense thrillers, sci-fi and even remnants of 1960s cold war thrillers. No avenue for saving the human race is left unexplored - space stations, deep sea habitats, underground bunkers and, of course, diverting the comet from its anticipated collision course with earth. But, in the meantime, the Inner Circle is forced to deal with real world politics, budget considerations, international diplomacy, venal personal and corporate greed and the realities of human psychology in the face of chaos and disaster.Perhaps this series is so compelling because it seems so inescapably possible. An earth-shattering comet? Why not ... mega-collisions causing mass extinctions with astronomical bodies have certainly happened before! A secret closely held at the highest government levels because those privy to the secret felt that the public would be unable to deal with the consequences of knowledge? Hah ... that's never happened, has it? Presidents squabbling with vice-presidents and Democrats locked in budget debate with Republicans? Unheard of! Misinterpreted diplomatic incidents? Never! Doesn't happen!Well, you get the idea. But don't start here. Begin with "INNER CIRCLE", block out some serious reading time, sit back and enjoy. You're in for a treat.Paul Weiss