Barbara M. reviewed on 10/2/2021 + 147 more book reviews

I feel this is worth 3.5 stars but since we can't give half stars, I am bumping it up to four. I read the book in a few days. The writing is decent and the plot line kept me going. I first heard of "EMP" a few years back through the novel "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. Some Amazon reviewers who knew of EMP said that "The Sixth Idea's" plot line wasn't feasible as described. Whether or not feasible, the theory in "The Sixth Idea" is intriguing.

I found it somewhat confusing re who was trying to kill a particular group of people that most certainly had no knowledge of the EMP theory. And, then to further confuse things, someone was hunting the assassins.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Apparently, a very secretive group in the U.S. government was tracking these folks down to kill although I still am not sure I understand why. For anyone who has read the series in order, Leo Magozzi, a Minneapolis police detective, has had the "hots" for Grace, a member of Monkeewrench, for as long as he's known her. Grace, who has a traumatic past, keeps everyone--including Magozzi--at arm's length. She and Magozzi have a strange relationship that seems stuck in neutral. I believe it was in the previous book that the reader learns that they now sleep together. At the end of "The Sixth Idea" we learn that Grace is pregnant. That really doesn't seem to fit with how Grace's character is written. I suspect this "cliffhanger" was done so readers would continue with the series to see what's next.

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