Barbara L. (Barbllm) reviewed on 11/20/2009 + 241 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

For creature feature fiction, this book has a bit more plot than most, but the author's repeated attempts to infuse faith into the story come off as ham-fisted and forced. When the book compares Kronos to the story of Jonah and the fish, it nearly loses all credibility and it didn't have much of that to begin with. For an ex-Navy SEAL, Atticus, the hero, is often caught off-guard when the fight begins. There's the villain of the story, an eccentric billionaire named Trevor, and his henchmen; a love interest in the form of bland USCG officer Andrea; and, of course, a giant marine reptile nicknamed Kronos.

It's not the best book I've ever read, nor is it the worst. But when your book and its bad editing (Atticus' novel is written "Ocean's in Peril" at one point--the misplaced apostrophe should have been caught by a good editor) nearly makes Steve Alten's "Meg" look like Melville's "Moby Dick" by comparison, then maybe a few revisions are in order.

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