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Summary: Great entertainment!
Review: I bought this book solely because it was written by James Rollins, and I remembered how very much I had enjoyed his previous book, Subterranean. I must admit I found this to be another action-packed thriller which entertained me thoroughly. It's a near future almost science fiction tale that somehow comes off as entirely believable while you're reading it. If you like high-paced adventure at its best, this book will not disappoint you. It started out just a bit slow, but after a few chapters I was enthralled by the story and remained on the edge of my seat throughout the book. The ending was spectacular! So often, authors fail to tie up loose ends or I am unhappy with the ending situation, but in this case, the ending was as satisfying as the rest of the story.
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Summary: Very enjoyable reading
Review: This was my first Rollins book and I found the story extremely enjoyable. As soon as I finished it I went out and bought every other book he has written. Readers beware - I found that Deep Fathom was very different from Subterannean, Excavation, and Amazonia, going more for the science fiction genre than these other titles. I have read all of Lincoln Child/Douglas Preston and Rollins is a comparable if not equal story teller. If you like Rollins, I would also recommend Child/Preston, Greg Donegan, Matthew Reilley, Robert Doherty. NOTE: Doherty's Area 51 series has a slightly different genre but its close enough to recommend to people who enjoy. Donegan/Doherty are pen names for the same author, the former used for the Atlantis series.
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Summary: ESCAPIST FUN
Review: This is probably Rollins' most "accessible" book; granted, it's ending is preposterous and way out there, but in the realm of scifi/fantasy, it works. Although a little wordy, I found myself intrigued with the various plots and subplots. Jack Kirkland is an amiable, brooding hero; Karen Grace is a feisty, intelligent, if somewhat obsessive feminine hero; her friend, Miyuki, exudes some charm and intelligence; Gabriel, the computer, is a viable nonhuman member of the cast; and David Spangler, as the villainous rival of Kirkland's is despicable and meets an approprirately "delicious" end.
DEEP FATHOM pours it on and Rollins, while no rival of the incomparable Matt Reilly, does pack in more action scenes than usual. If you're looking for believable action, this is not your book, but if you're in the mood for some derring do, this one fits the bill!
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Summary: Rollins is on a Roll
Review: Having read Rollins other books, with their alternate realities, I was eager to read this one. I was not disappointed. The plot is straight forward and the action fast-paced. The characters are standard without too much depth to them but enjoyable.The use of disparate bits of info, like rongorongo, a real undecipherable language found in Micronesia, the Devel Sea, a region of the pacific similar to the Bermuda Triangle and the mysterious megalithic buildings scattered throughout Micronesia and the legend of MU is interesting. Rollins weaves them together into an very enjoyable, entertaining book. But why does every modern hero have to be a ex-Seal? Why not Marine Recon or Ranger, both of whom have beat Seals in Armed Forces competition. But, since I am former Marine Recon, I'm biased. Anyway, get the book.
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Summary: DEEP FATHOM. Dark-ocean depths fun.
Review: This is the least-exciting or Rollins books but I gave it 5 stars anyway. This book is alot like the Bible says about the end of the world. the Aurora Borealis people like to see causes earthquakes and hellfire to rock the globe. The president and Air Force One vanish in the Bermuda Triangle area. A Navy-SEAl member named Jack along with his team trys to uncover the mysterious crystal that's supposedly caused the garangtun disasters around the globe. A Bermuda Triangle type book. Also, I like how it follows the theory that the Bermuda Triangle is the exact place where the city of Atlantis sank. 450 pages.
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Summary: ESCAPIST FUN
Review: This is probably Rollins' most "accessible" book; granted, it's ending is preposterous and way out there, but in the realm of scifi/fantasy, it works. Although a little wordy, I found myself intrigued with the various plots and subplots. Jack Kirkland is an amiable, brooding hero; Karen Grace is a feisty, intelligent, if somewhat obsessive feminine hero; her friend, Miyuki, exudes some charm and intelligence; Gabriel, the computer, is a viable nonhuman member of the cast; and David Spangler, as the villainous rival of Kirkland's is despicable and meets an approprirately "delicious" end.
DEEP FATHOM pours it on and Rollins, while no rival of the incomparable Matt Reilly, does pack in more action scenes than usual. If you're looking for believable action, this is not your book, but if you're in the mood for some derring do, this one fits the bill!
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Summary: not all that impressive
Review: I have read previous Rollins books and thought they were really good, so I bought this one thinking it would be as good as the others. I was wrong. This book is too deeply involved in science and history. There were a few really good action parts and a few cool murders but besides that it was mostly boring. so if you like really fast-paced, action packed, suspense filled, adrenaline rush books check out Amazonia, but in my opnion skip over this one.
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Summary: Not bad if you don't have other books to read
Review: Compared to other authors of the same genre, most of this book is quite far-fetched and unbelievable. This is the only Rollins book I have read to date, so maybe I am putting unfair judgment upon his writing, but I was not able to develop a bond with any of the characters or really get into the story. While the story itself was intriguing, some of the other plot points I found to be too "out there" compared to the rest of the book. I can believe in a lost, sunken city that existed thousands of years ago and I can believe many of the other archeological aspects, but the turning back time thing didn't sit well in my stomach. But if you're bored on a Saturday, it's an easy read for a day. If you like this book, then you'll love Clive Cussler. He writes along the same level, but with a more realistic and historical appeal, plus his characters are more appealing and you become attached to them.
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Summary: Read his other books first
Review: Well, This book is pretty farfetched. It is on the one one hand why I read it, following my pattern of "serious" and "fun". On the otherhand it had so many unbelievable plot lines and so much license was taken that the usual suspension of belief that accompanies pulp fiction was not even possible. I have read Rollin's two other books and like them both, but I think he strained himself on this one, couldnt come up with appropriate plot lines and hence cheated in writing this book. I can't say I would really reccomend this book, but if you enjoy summer thriller read's check out his other two.
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Summary: Saving the world from the brink of destruction
Review: Deep Fathom is an imagnative adventure tale that commences when a solar eclipse causing intense solar flare activity triggers a series of worldwide cataclysms. The resulting earthquakes and tidal waves destroy millions and change the landscape of the earth itself.
U.S. president Bishop, escaping the disaster by flying out of Guam in Air Force One is lost over the Pacific as the jet mysteriously plummets to earth. Jack Kirkland, ex-Navy SEAL, ex-astronaut and sole survivor of a space shuttle accident is presently the skipper of the Deep Fathom. He and his crew are marine salvage experts and treasure hunters. While diving on a wreck containing a hoarde of gold bars in a submersible, Kirkland narrowly misses being consumed by an undersea volcano as a result of the eclipse. Kirkland and his trusty crew are son commissioned by his previous superior, Admiral Houston to salvage the wreck of Air Force One. While diving on the wreck, he discovers a huge crystal with indecipherable inscriptions amid the pillars of volcanic lava on the ocean bottom that exhibits strange physical properties. A geologist aboard the Deep Fathom determines that Air Force One has fallen in what is known as the Devil's Triangle, an area of lost ships and missing aircraft in the middle of the Pacific. At the same time the eclipse has caused the upheaval of the ocean bottom near Okinawa exposing the "Dragons", two Mayan-like pyramids. Dr. Karen Grace, an anthropologist and her colleague and Nobel Prize winner in computer science Miyuki Nakano, while exploring the pyramids discover a star shaped crystal with strange markings that also exhibit unusual properties. While this is all happening vice president Nafe has commissioned devious CIA operative David Spangler to contaminate the Air Force One crash site to make it look like the Chinese sabotaged the plane. Spangler's sister Jennifer, an astronaut and Kirkland's fiance had perished in the shuttle accident. Spangler had never forgiven Kirkland and hated him for it. These scenarios serve as the backdrop for a fast moving and well conceived story that has a shocking ending. Rollins is a well versed adventure story writer with an expansive imagination.
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