Tom Reese is at the CIA offices in Paris, trying to track down the killers of the only family he'd had left - his brother.

He's using the identity of CIA Agent Tom Blake, hoping he will have time before someone realizes Tom Blake is in two places at once. He is self taught and determined to find the killer(s) and also to find out who used his brother and himself as test subjects for the top secret Prometheus stem cell augmentation project.

Good point: all of the facts that the author presents at the beginning are based on actual research papers (albeit ones which take a bit of digging to find). The point at which this research translates to humans is a little weaker. It's just assumed that because the stem cells have this effect on mice, they would have the same effect on humans. Which is a viable hypothesis to make, when you have no reason to think otherwise, but stem cells in mice are only shown to make their muscles heal quicker, and grow bigger, not necessarily turn them into supermice. But, obviously, if you're going to read and enjoy a book like this, you have to trust the science part of it.

Turning a man into a superman is not exactly a new idea. Especially in these times when there are superheroes in every movie (that's the impression I have these days). And the identity thief isn't exactly a new idea either.

Despite the fact that the story is a sort of Bourne Identity with a James Bond twist, which is not very original either, overall the story holds up and keeps the reader interested, the characters are not too cartoonish and the writing is good. Reasons why I gave 3½ stars out of 5 to this novel.

Thanks to Netgalley for this free ebook.

The story begins as a manhunt for a serial killer and explodes into a race to uncover an experimental program that would rip apart humankind. The characters are people we come to love: a young drifter without a family, a hard-bitten party girl, a CIA agent called upon to hunt down a traitor he admire. I would highly recommend reading this one. A clever, engrossing story with fabulous characters and an unexpected ending.

Review for 'The Dark Continent ' by Scott Reardon

Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Aspen press.

This is the first book that I have read by this author. It definitely won't be my last!!! It is the second book in the 'Prometheus Man' series. I haven't read any of his other books and this can definitely be read as a standalone.

THE book is written in 2 'books' with some chapters a few pages long and others just one which is ideal if you just want to read 'one more chapter', in my case this never happens.

I picked this title from NetGalley a while back and when I first reread the blog I thought why on Earth did I pick this book? I was actually dreading reading it and thought well I'm going to hate this book and it will drag. Omg did it prove me wrong!!

From the explosive beginning to the fantastic end I was completely sucked into the storyline. I absolutely loved it!!

It is very well written with excellent descriptions and the characters are fantastic, strong and compelling, I couldn't get enough of them. If you have ever read Stephen King's 'The Stand' you will know what I mean when I say Kronin reminds me of Randall Flagg!!

It is ram packed with violence, gore, action, suspense , tension, murder, I could go on!! It was very fast paced and action packed, I flew through it.

THE story is told mainly via Ellen, Tom and Karl so you get to 'see' everything that is going on through their eyes.

THE plot reminded me of a mix of Stephen Kings 'The Stand', 'The Bourne identity' 'Hannibal' and '28 days later' all rolled into one book of madness.

I would HIGHLY recommend this book to fans of action, horror, suspense, crime, gore, horror, dystopia, I could go on!! If your looking for a fast paced book this one is for you!!

436 pages

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