Strings

by T.L. Solomon

T. L. Solomon begins his epic action adventure, sci-fi thriller, Strings, at an international airport in Mumbai, India, where an exclusive team of both military and civilian experts waits to board the flight to Kolkata. The team blends a military faction headed by Captain Jim Randall, of the U.S. Army, and a civilian faction led by Gavin McClune, a PhD in civil and environmental engineering. While the team waits, the airport is overtaken by unusual weather activity. When the dust settles it seems that Randall, McClune, and the entire team has disappeared along with an Air India Airbus 310. Meanwhile, Dr. Hirotoshi Yang, a Chinese string theory expert, learns of the event and theorizes that the cause is likely connected to his revolutionary theory that several different worlds exist in the same space and time, just under different frequencies. Dr. Yang hypothesizes that the outward expansion of the universe is slowing and that the cosmic braking system is causing the smallest particles in the universe, strings, to alter their frequency patterns erratically. Dr. Yang believes that these shifts will cause frequency walls to collapse, permitting alternate realities to collide and resulting in consequences almost too devastating to consider. As Yang begins to look into the incident at the airport, he abruptly vanishes at the hands of a sinister and furtive global conglomerate that just happens to be under investigation by the FBI. All the while, Captain Jim Randall’s commanding officer, Colonel Blake Johnson, is heading a worldwide search for the missing team. Unfortunately, the more he searches, and the closer he gets to the truth, the more his fears increase. Johnson’s search takes him across the world in a dizzying fight versus a vicious, ancient Mongol tribe made up of direct descendants of the formidable Genghis Kahn. The Mongols are determined to leverage the now unsteady and collapsing frequency walls of the layered, parallel universes for their own dark vision of the future. While Colonel Johnson desperately searches, a Russian scientist, Antonina Ivanov, is hard at work, developing cutting-edge technology that will allow her to gaze inside the gaps and holes created by these collapsing frequency walls. She is unwittingly being monitored in her endeavor and is kidnapped while out conducting field experiments in Nigeria. Will she give in to her captors’ demands for her research and expertise? As the chaos of the pulse-pounding converging storylines progress, Dr. Yang’s daughter, Dong-Mei, a beautiful doctoral student in high-energy physics at MIT, finds a bizarre note written by her father. This strange note, which she believes was written in her father’s hand, causes her to begin a search to locate the AWOL Yang. It is not long before she too becomes a pawn in a struggle so unbelievable that she can neither understand nor fathom its depth and breadth. Throughout all the convergent epic struggles separated by time and distance, a mysterious and sad young man waits for something. He knows not what. Wondering if his past was a dream, his longing and hope gradually fade away. How do all these parallel strings connect?

552 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2013

Reviews

[Cody Greenhalgh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the book, to me it had the perfect amount of science fiction to keep my interest, but wasn't so over the top as to be completely unbelievable. The multiple story lines kept me interested and wondering how it all fit together.

The book is clean and suitable for readers of all ages. I found myself skipping my normal television show to take more time to read the book. All around a great novel.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book for free through the First Reads book giveaway. It took me longer than expected to read due to the holidays (darn it all!). It was an awesome book! The science behind string theory was explained so that anyone could understand. It was a very engaging book from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone!

[Bev · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book grabs your attention right from the start. Multiple story lines keep you guessing and all come together in the end. Thoroughly enjoyed this book! I can't wait for the next book from TL Solomon. Great writer!

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read! I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.

[Marco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable (and large) book. A scientific /militarily team is transported to another world by way of a storm like event. Several story lines play out over the course of the book. One focusing on the team in the new world and another focusing on trying to locate the missing team and what caused it. It's fast paced, the characters are well developed and it's overall very interesting.
The ending felt slightly rushed to me but ultimately quite satisfying.

[Sabrina Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Really liked this book...keeps you guessing from beginning to end. Thanks for allowing to win through Goodreads...can not wait for next one.

[Arman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Writing style 2
Storyline 2
Character Development 3
Initial Idea 5
Developing initial idea -3

My Rating 1.8

[Kim · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Chris Ring · Rating 4 out of 5]

Won this in a giveaway, cant wait to review it!