Extinction
Just finished reading "Extinction" by Douglas Preston, released by Forge.
Douglas Preston deftly looks at the impact de-extinction may have if it proves that it can be successfully done and what unchecked scientists may attempt to bring back from the ages.
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction by genetic manipulation - that had may failures before success.
While his wealthy entrepreneur and brilliant and slightly mad scientist didn’t bring back any apex predators, the vividly written mammoths, glyptodonts, Irish elk, and others draw a stream of healthy visitors to this beautiful site in Colorado.
The murder of two guests kicks off the thread of an investigation that runs through the book. Agent Cash and Sheriff Colcord conduct a superbly written, suspenseful series of investigations as things get weirder and deaths continue. The company is up to something even stranger than bringing back mammoths, but the investigators don’t know what is or how it’s connected to the murders. A mix of grieving parents, secretive executives, cultists in the forest, and a movie company using mammoths in a Western (go with it) add to the fun and suspense. And when you think you’ve solved the mystery, you haven’t.
The characters are excellent. Cash is especially notable because most writers would make her Hollywood pretty, not plain and a bit stout. She has a secret past which implies we’ll see her in another book, and I hope so. She and Colcord’s initially prickly partnership changes to professional respect and friendship, with the possibility of more in maybe future novels.
Erebus is breeding Neanderthals and has kept them in a "Truman Show" simulation that strove to keep them ignorant of the Modern World - What could go wrong? How about “everything?” Children do get curious about what their parents are hiding and sometimes get very very angry when the truth is revealed. Preston’s take on Neanderthals is original and surprising.
Preston has written a high-octane thriller, and yet it should serve as a cautionary tale. De-extinction does sound like a wonderful idea, until you take into account that the world is a far different place then it was even 100-years ago, and just because you can bring something back doesn't mean that you should.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076...
Douglas Preston deftly looks at the impact de-extinction may have if it proves that it can be successfully done and what unchecked scientists may attempt to bring back from the ages.
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction by genetic manipulation - that had may failures before success.
While his wealthy entrepreneur and brilliant and slightly mad scientist didn’t bring back any apex predators, the vividly written mammoths, glyptodonts, Irish elk, and others draw a stream of healthy visitors to this beautiful site in Colorado.
The murder of two guests kicks off the thread of an investigation that runs through the book. Agent Cash and Sheriff Colcord conduct a superbly written, suspenseful series of investigations as things get weirder and deaths continue. The company is up to something even stranger than bringing back mammoths, but the investigators don’t know what is or how it’s connected to the murders. A mix of grieving parents, secretive executives, cultists in the forest, and a movie company using mammoths in a Western (go with it) add to the fun and suspense. And when you think you’ve solved the mystery, you haven’t.
The characters are excellent. Cash is especially notable because most writers would make her Hollywood pretty, not plain and a bit stout. She has a secret past which implies we’ll see her in another book, and I hope so. She and Colcord’s initially prickly partnership changes to professional respect and friendship, with the possibility of more in maybe future novels.
Erebus is breeding Neanderthals and has kept them in a "Truman Show" simulation that strove to keep them ignorant of the Modern World - What could go wrong? How about “everything?” Children do get curious about what their parents are hiding and sometimes get very very angry when the truth is revealed. Preston’s take on Neanderthals is original and surprising.
Preston has written a high-octane thriller, and yet it should serve as a cautionary tale. De-extinction does sound like a wonderful idea, until you take into account that the world is a far different place then it was even 100-years ago, and just because you can bring something back doesn't mean that you should.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076...
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