Parents told their children that monsters were only the stuff of nightmares, that they weren't real; Bryce and Angelina knew better.

Michael Hicks draws you into a believably benign world that quickly becomes a horrifying childhood nightmare.

Everything you've been taught about the dangers of GMO - genetically modified food, gets twisted into a science fiction horror story beyond what you could ever have imagined.

And this is only the first book! ( )

This is not a genre I enjoy. However it is a well written book. The GMO premise is scary and there of a is a lot of action. A bit too much description of the Earth Defense Society headquarters. I skimmed a lot of pages. If you like science fiction this is worth a read. ( )

I managed to make it through the book but that is about the best thing I can say about it. Not great not terrible but a mad cluster of plots that didn't converge nearly as well as the author thought they should. ( )

This book will appeal to fans of Dan Brown.

The plot relies on main characters whom we're told are smart, but aren't. A bunch of crimes in the beginning are obviously pinned to an innocent target, but that idea never occurs to the main character or anyone else in the F.B.I. They're just too stupid or too unimaginative to figure it out. Character stupidity is repeated throughout the novel. One of the good guys is actually a traitor (surprise, surprise, just like the plot of every Hollywood action film), but the leaders in charge of good guy ops flip out at the mere suggestion of a traitor. They don't ask for evidence, they don't consider they idea, they just flip out. And we're told they're geniuses.

Wow, if the human race is in the hands of such geniuses, then there's no hope. The bad guys are rather stupid, too. So it's dumb vs. dumber. I lost interest and stopped reading. There's plenty of action, but it's as mindless as a Michael Bay film.

Oh yeah, and there are gratuitous cats. ( )

The writing was not the worst - and not the best either; in some parts dry and dull, in others predictable, and still others unbelievable and outlandish. Although I really liked the explosive finale, the book overall reminded me of a cheesy cable sci-fi drama (complete with bad CG!). ( )