The Swarm: A Novel
Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic, eyeless crabs poison Long Island's water supply. The North Sea shelf collapses, killing thousands in Europe. Around the world, countries are beginning to feel the effects of the ocean's revenge as the seas and their inhabitants begin a violent revolution against mankind. In this novel, full of twists, turns, and cliffhangers, a team of scientists discovers a strange, intelligent life force called the Yrr that takes form in marine animals, using them to wreak havoc on humanity for our ecological abuses. Soon a struggle between good and evil is in full swing, with both human and suboceanic forces battling for control of the waters. At stake is the survival of the Earth's fragile ecology - and ultimately, the survival of the human race itself.My Review;
880 pages! This book had some fantastic action sequences and some interesting facts about the oceans and sea life. BUT it was bogged down with too much anti American, anti human, anti religion nonsense. And the characters, most were not very well developed at all, I didn't like any of them and if I had to hear one more reference to the movie "Contact" or Jodi Foster I was going to scream. I cannot in good conscience recommend this book to anyone. Like I said the action scenes were terrific and they are what kept me reading until a lame ending, that made almost no sense, but all the mishmash in between these scenes made the reading of this book a somewhat painful experience.
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