Antarktos Rising

SYFY can be a fun diversion. This one started with a bang, hung on for a while, then got too silly. There are better stories out there.

Jeremy Robinson's Antarktos Rising is a unique and compelling blend of adventure and fantasy. Robinson's style is fast paced, almost as fasted paced as the automatic weapons used by the ad hoc mix of special operations combatants who put their lives in harms way. I kept thinking, if this was a movie, Steven Spielberg would direct it. It had that kind of over the top action with believable -scary- creatures from our far distant past. The earth's crust has slipped and now Antarctica is tropic and most of the United States is frozen. A new land must be found and the race is on between the surviving nations on earth. I will not give away the complete plot, but I do suggest you buy Antarktos Rising. Its concise chapters allow the reader to come up for air before plunging into the next scene in the mysterious world of Antarktos.

Antarktos Rising does have some Biblical references in it, but no matter if you are a Christian or an atheist, the sci-fi, action pact thriller combines a bit of Michael Crichton with a splash of James Rollins / Clemons. At one point, I had to sleep with the lights on.. I am fascinated how author's come up with ideas for plots and characters. Jeremy Robinson is more than an interesting author. He has taken an apocalyptic recipe and spiced it up so much that you can't read enough of it. And it didn't give me any kind of heartburn. Admittedly, I was home ill and picked up the book to distract me from my illness. I couldn't put the book down. Okay Mr. Robinson, I am ready for the next book. But I love the characters in AR. Is there anyway I can meet Miri, Ammee and the Dcotor? I am a bit of a chicken, but I would love to go on their next adventure. This would make an EXCELLANT movie !!

This is my third Jeremy Robinson novel, and he just keeps getting better. What I like most about this book is the sheer scope of the story. You start off sitting in a frozen Antarctica with a Dr. and his wife, and the next thing you know the whole continent has shifted, the world is in chaos, billions are dead, many entire contries are just...gone, and the surviving great nations are involved in a race to the center of the last feasible hope for humanity: Antarktos. The problem is, Antarktos has been used as a Last Great Hope by someone else long before the current cataclysm, and those aho are there...well, they aren't real keen on just handing the continent over to the humans. The writing is tighter in this novel than his previous two, as well, and Mr. Robinson knows how to keep eyeballs glued to the page. I'll admit that I was very much looking forward to this read. I will also say it lived up to my expectations and even surpassed them a smidge. It is clear to me that Jeremy Robinson is here to stay. I do have one gripe about the book, and it's the same problem I had with Raising the Past. Once the story was done, I wanted to read more. I know it's a tad cliche, but that's ok. It's true. Hey, Jeremy...how about writing a little faster, huh? I'm ready for the next one!

Every now and then a novel comes out that tackles the oft-visited 'End Of The World' type premise...Hollywood is no stranger to this arena either. But while novels and movies abound, not many of them really approaches the topic with a vengeance...that is until now. Kudos to Jeremy Robinson for creating not just a terrifying scenario, but doing it with gusto and with such originality. Crustal Displacement has left the earth in a literal shambles. Warm places are now cold...conversely, cold places are now warm--even hot. One place in particular is the frozen continent of Antarctica--which is frozen no more. With such a global upheaval, you can imagine the catastrophe which has ended the life of millions, and virtually left a large portion of the world virtually uninhabitable. Where do the survivors go now? Good question. Fortunately (or maybe not depending how you look at the storyline...) the continent of Antarctica has thawed and is ready to claim--or so we think. Getting into the mind of characters is almost a lost art-form in the world of novels these days because so few writers do it well (IMO), but Jeremy Robinson has manufactured fictional people who you grow to care about and worry for during such an incredibly horrific time. I want to do my best to help spread the word to those who are of the mindset that if you want action, you can only read authors like Cussler, Ludlum or Rollins. If you like your action big and your stories to be edge-of-your-seat amazing, you honestly OWE it to yourself to pick up a copy of one of his books. Antarktos Rising is not just another spectacular novel, it's an event worth experiencing and definitely a ride worth taking. I'd tell you more, but that would seriously ruin a chunk of the genuine thrills and surprises that await you. If you think that only the best authors come from well established publishing companies...THINK AGAIN...and then go GET THIS BOOK.