http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-xeno-solution/ reading material to get excited about Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:21:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/the-xeno-solution/#comment-663 Bookgasm » PlagueMaker Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:13:36 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=192#comment-663 [...] So do the scientific details of the crime, from fleas to flammables, well-researched and spelled out in an entertaining, Crichton-esque manner. Though lots of virus novels take great pains to do the same, few have the tightly wound plot going for them as Downs does here. The speed is close to breakneck, and the tension – particularly in the final 100 pages, where that kind of thing counts – is as palpable as its story is plausible. The result greatly outshines more high-profile virus thrillers of late, like SLATEWIPER and THE XENO SOLUTION. [...] [...] So do the scientific details of the crime, from fleas to flammables, well-researched and spelled out in an entertaining, Crichton-esque manner. Though lots of virus novels take great pains to do the same, few have the tightly wound plot going for them as Downs does here. The speed is close to breakneck, and the tension – particularly in the final 100 pages, where that kind of thing counts – is as palpable as its story is plausible. The result greatly outshines more high-profile virus thrillers of late, like SLATEWIPER and THE XENO SOLUTION. [...]

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