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Def. went in a different direction than I expected. The plot is a little dated, but I enjoyed the book.

Very uneven book. The plot is ridiculous, and the dialogue is silly at times. The climactic end was decent, though.

Interesting plot, but it floundered with meaningless references to Freemasonry and a confusing depiction of the U.S. Marshalls. Too bad.

Easily the best of the Meltzer books I've read. My only criticism is the tool used by the killer. Any killer who obsesses about using a weapon that requires such close proximity is a moron.

The book start out well enough with the discovery of Atlantis, a land located in the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America. One gets a sense of what it would have been like to have discovered this new land.



The last section of the book, "Nouveau Redon," bogs down in the military maneuvers and doesn't have the same charm as the earlier sections. One could have been in Europe or North America and gotten the same story, and it's not very interesting either way.



Two additional complaints: While Turtledove's series usually go VERY slow, this one almost goes too fast. The first book covers roughly 300 years. One hardly knows a character before he (and it is exclusively male leading characters) is dead and three generations have passed.



More significantly, Turtledove reverts to his time-honored tradition of repeating himself. Numerous times, readers are told that honkers are so dumb and naive, humans can walk up to them and kill them, or that flapjack turtles can bite a man's finger off. Turtledove's editor needs a heavier hand; readers don't like to be treated as if they can't remember basic details of a story. Give us some credit, Harry.

A clear-cut battle between good and evil.

Better than I expected. The repartee among the characters was witty, and the characters actually experienced legitimate danger and loss.

I thoroughly enjoyed ths book. I'll give Meltzer credit--he doesn't mind tragedy in his novels. You can't count on a happy ending.

One of Koontz's best. I was struck by how his early books focused so much on political conspiracy; by comparison, his later works are more character driven.

Great book. Very well-written, good characterization. Best children's book I've read it in a long time.