Deep Storm: A Novel by Lincoln Child Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Deep Storm: A Novel
Book Review: "Not light, but rather darkness visible."
Summary: 5 Stars
Lincoln Child's "Deep Storm" is set in an Exploratory and Recovery Facility sixty miles off the coast of Greenland and thousands of feet below the Atlantic Ocean. The Facility is a huge cutting-edge research station twelve decks high and surrounded by a titanium dome. A team of scientific and military personnel is engaged in a most unusual archaeological dig. This expedition has been launched to look into "the scientific and historical discovery of the century." What lies beneath the ocean that has generated such an astronomically expensive effort? This information is a highly classified and closely guarded secret.
Peter Crane, a former naval doctor, is summoned to the Facility to contribute his unique expertise in diagnosing rare maladies. It seems that a strange spectrum of diverse ailments has been plaguing the personnel working on the dig, including nausea, irritability, disorientation, slurred speech, and other apparently unrelated symptoms. Working with Crane is the aloof chief medical officer, Michele Bishop, who seems to dislike Crane on sight. Bishop is not the only one who resents having Crane on board. Commander Korolis is an aggressive, unpleasant, and somewhat paranoid individual who trusts almost no one. Crane does have a few allies, including Howard Asher, the mission's lead scientist and Hui Ping, a female computer specialist with a degree from the Beijing University of Technology. There is an offbeat expert on cybernetics, Dr. Flyte, who makes several portentous comments such as, "Everything will be broken." Flyte is not at all sure that this expedition will be beneficial to mankind. There is also an unknown saboteur who has infiltrated the Facility; this individual is anxious to stop the excavation no matter how many lives will be lost.
"Deep Storm" is a fast-paced and highly suspenseful mixture of techno-thriller and action adventure. Child wisely stays within his comfort zone; he does not digress from the central story with lame subplots and silly romantic interludes. The author focuses exclusively on his electrifying undersea adventure, and the narrative proceeds rapidly towards its chilling and unexpected climax. There is no character development to speak of and little humor, but none is necessary. This book's core audience will be those who (like me) love unusual gadgetry, science, cryptology, and exotic machinery (such as the "Doodlebug," a robotic mechanism). Lincoln Child has produced a thrilling novel that delivers on its promise, and these days, that is no mean feat.
Book Review: 90mph read!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book over the span of 3 days. I just couldn't put it down. This is one of the most fun sci-fi stories I have read in a while! The story is so well constructed and the action is mindblowing. The characters were a tad shallow but it didn't take away from the story enough for me to take away a star. You know a book is good when you don't even notice the words; the story just blooms in your mind. A must-read for sci-fi fans!Book Review: A Great Piece of Writing
Summary: 5 Stars
A fast read that you will not want to put down until you finish it. Of course, that is not always possible, but the chapters flow and keep you so well focused you will not lose the impact of the excitement of Child's brilliant novel. Only one complaint, his characters do not pull you in emotionally as well as they should. Asher and Spartan eventually let some of their guard down, but the rest are shallow......especially Dr. Crane who is presented as the quinessential physician trained in everything and Ping who must be a computer guru. Lincoln Child's research into the realities of Navy medicine leave a lot to be desired, i.e. physicians do not deploy on submarines!Book Review: A Slightly Above Average Scientific Thriller
Summary: 3 Stars
Slightly above average (3 ½ stars) scientific thriller about an underwater discovery that necessitates the government building an undersea facility to dig up what is hidden. Paul Crane, a formal submarine physician is summoned to the facility to diagnose weird and apparently unrelated symptoms that many of the facility personnel are coming down with. Paul is hampered by the facility's secrecy and apparent military determination to keep the purpose of the facility secret by applying lethal force if necessary.
Once the secret is actually revealed the story starts to break down with utter chaos in the facility from a renegade commander, a saboteur, and a race to get out of the facility once it starts to fall apart. It is one of those types of books that have people dying right and left but the reader doesn't care one way or the other. Also, I did not feel any tension at all as to whether or not anyone would escape the self-destructing facility alive. After having recently read "Death Match," by the same author, I was greatly disappointed with this book.
Book Review: A WILD RIDE ON "STORM"Y SEAS!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Five Stars!! "Deep Storm", Lincoln Child's mystery/techno-thriller/sci-fi novel, is a page-turning, wild ride on and under the ocean. The premise has Dr Peter Crane being recruited to assist in a troublesome investigation at the "Storm King" oil platform off of Greenland, but in reality it's about much more than that: "Deep Storm". Never fully letting us in on what is happening, Child keeps the twists and turns coming as new developments become 'curve balls' that delude as much as they inform the main character, Dr Crane, and the reader.
It's a fun read. And thrilling in places, like the amazing description of the Denmark seaside incident. In the first chapter, one of my least favorite topics began as one of the premises, which was discouraging, but I kept reading and Mr Child took us way beyond that 'red-herring'. While some of the characters are almost necessarily one-dimensional, other complex characters like Dr Howard Asher and Dr Michele Bishop keep things at a tense, believable humanistic level. Avoid spoilers and jump into this novel cold, it's better that way. Highly Recommended! Five ENJOYABLE Stars!!
(This review is based on an unabridged eBook digital download of 541 pages.)