Excellent action/advenure. Great pacing and plotting. Of course, the end is not really and end, since this is a series, but it works. My only gripe is the semi-reintroduction of the character Adira Senesh from the previous novel, Dark Rising. She really plays no part in this story but is used simply as a link between the previous and future books. A waste of a great character, I think. Rather than bring back this wonderful kick-ass potential love interest, Beck digs up Aimee. The name alone is irritating. Anyway, gripe aside, I really enjoyed this book and look forward to more in the series. I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, Greig Beck's writing craft has improved dramatically, delivering a tight, streamlined story that crackles with tension and suspense. The psuedo-scientific showboating and mini-lectures in the middle of life-or-death scenarios that plagued the previous Alex Hunter books have been significantly scaled back, though Beck's trademark tongue-in-cheek sci-fi wackiness still endures.But as an Alex Hunter book, it's quite tame. Hunter barely shows his face through the first two-thirds of the book, and there's surprisingly little action worthy of Hunter's superhuman combat skills. While the previous books were balls-out bonanzas, this book simmers at a slow boil, opting for suspense rather than violence. I would label it a medical horror/thriller in the vein of Robin Cook or Michael Crichton.I guess my verdict is that as a story, it's very well-done and entertaining. But you'll be a bit disappointed if you're looking for a typical Alex Hunter slaughterfest. Though as a writer, I have to give Beck props for trying something new and unexpected.
What do You think about This Green Hell (2011)?
Interesting story-line starting to stretch between the books in the series.
—Beck
Book was okay. Stock characters; stock storyline.
—nikita
