In this story, we meet Tori, Temperance Brennan’s great-niece who has just moved to an isolated island of the coast of South Carolina. The island only houses about 10 other families who all work on nearby Loggerhead Island.
The friends she makes here are all smart kids who love science and adventure but often are not part of the popular crowd. Together they find themselves on the adventure of their lives! It all starts with an old, illegible dog tag they find while exploring Loggerhead which leads them to dead bodies, a kidnapped wolfdog with a deadly virus, breaking and entering and running from people with guns that are out to kill them.
As if that isn’t enough, they all catch the virus from the wolfdog, and it is not just a simple flu. The virus changes them – alters their DNA – forever.Some parts of the story are a little bit of a stretch, but if you just let that go, you are in for an absolute roller-coaster ride of a story. Tori is the star of the story, but the others – Hi, Ben and Shelton are well developed characters and each has their own personalities that contribute to the plot. And if you like dogs at all, Coop will just steal your heart. He is adorable.
The Virals, as they call themselves, have a battle in front of them although they have some unexpected secret weapons. The twists and turns keep you on your toes and you are never sure just what is coming next.
This book crosses a lot of genres – science-fiction, adventure, suspense and fantasy – but manages to cover them all extremely well.
The second one in the series is due to be released at the beginning of November– and I can thoroughly recommend this book to anyone – teen or adult – who likes a great mystery or action story. The sci-fi and the fantasy are just a bonus as far as I am concerned.
Shelagh Walsh
Library Technician
Barkly College
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