Review: Tides of Fire

Tides of Fire by James Rollins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to William Morrow for gifting me an early copy of this novel. I really appreciate it! Below you'll find my honest review.

Sigma Force never fails me. Every single one of their books gives me the adventure and high stakes thrills that I am looking for out of an adventure/techno thriller, super high quality and with characters I really love (or love to hate).

This one had some seriously global stakes involved, and explored a place that humans have yet to venture far into - the ocean. It's stated that we only have mapped a small percentage of the ocean floor enough to see things the size of the plane crash... like 0.5% of it. That means we know more about space than we do about the hidden depths on our own planet.

This book posits some explanations for some gaps in science in a way that I absolutely enjoyed - the creation of the moon and the pieces left behind, the evolutionary track record of octopi, life-form bases other than carbon, what coral and symbiosis can do. It also delves deep into the human psyche, showcasing both heroes who will do what it takes to save the world and villains who will do whatever it takes to prove themselves, based on their insecurities, to be the superior creatures they want to be. It shows the depravities people are willing to undertake to gain advantages, and the destructive forces that can be led by nationalism.

Overall, Sigma Force is one of my longest-followed series, and will continue to be so, because Rollins knows how to write a darn good novel.

And guys... the end of this one... explosive. I can't believe we have to wait for the next. I needs it now!

Highly recommended, and always, caveat: if you haven't read the rest of the series, you're missing a lot of plot and character development, so do yourself a favor and catch up. :)

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