"fabulous end of the world thriller"
Her architectural husband Brad Morris mentioned that the
hollow leg bones on big dinosaurs seems from an engineering
perspective impossible; thinking about it the pregnant
Jennifer begins to theorize that perhaps an external
organism attacked the mallow. However, her opportunity to
prove her theory goes wrong with the entire paleontology
team dead, but before dying Jennifer manages to call Brad
to save their child. Several years later, pandemic destruction leaves few
survivors. Brad and his son William meet a few other
survivors as they make their way to sanctuary. Shannon,
Jason, Nancy, her son Tim and her sister Cindy, and Trick
stay alive while watching loved ones die horribly. Corpses
are everywhere. None understand why they are the chosen to
live when others died so horribly. In common they share a
genetic mutation that has allowed them to become the
survivors of the malady. The world they knew is gone and no
longer safe for middle class people. One more death occurs
while strange psychic powers blossom. The human SPECIES has
taken the next Darwinian step of survival of the fittest. Michael McBride provides a fabulous end of the world
thriller that grabs the attention of the audience from the
moment of the initial tragedy and never gives readers a
moment to catch their breaths until the final tragedy
occurs. The action-packed story line is at first difficult
to follow as several subplots involving the survivors
occur, but that also enables fans to meet the key players
and sense the big picture scope of the calamity as well
feel the impact on the shocked individuals. Book one of the
SPECIES trilogy is a winner that will have fans seeking out
the next tale, SPECIES: THE HIVE. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 24, 2006
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 24, 2007
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