Cradle

Two gods of science fiction - Arthur C. Clark, and ex-Director of NASA's Mars Viking Expeditions in 1977 Lee Gentry - have come together to write a novel of "the most momentous encounter in the history of the human race." With the help of a tip-off from a high ranked officer, respected photo-journalist Carol Dawson investigates a US Navy missile that has gone off course and into the Gulf of Mexico during a test run. On the pretext of investigating several whale pods that have wound up in the Gulf she recruits Captain Nick and his easy-to-like first officer Troy. Out in the Gulf, the trio discover a small group of three large whales circling the sea floor. When they go down to investigate they discover tank tracks descending into an underwater canyon - and a strange golden artefact. Like many other Arthur C. Clark novels this was long, involving, and thoroughly interesting book that successfully transports the reader into the lives of the three protagonists.

This book is a must read if you love science fiction or if you love reading in general. If you like plot twists, comedy, and adventure you have it all in one book. I enjoyed this work and I am looking forward to reading some more of their work.

Overall I don't think this is some amazing book, but it was a really fast, fun, and quick read. I must have read the book in 2 hours, and found it to be quite fun to get into the minds of the various characters of the book.

The book has a great detail that leads to diffrent conections in the book. It has a great ending that is very unexspectedand gives you another perspective on alien life forms. The books climax is towards the end which gives it an unusal twist which makes it exciting. This book is definitely on my top ten list. The book has very few mistakes. It has to many details that are needed and the book would have went by a lot faster and been more exciting if these details weren't in the story. The book also starts out very slowly making it hard to get into. Once you start getting into the climax of the book you won't want to put it down till the last page making it a real winner. I feel this is a real good book if you like science fiction. Even though the alien type creatures don't get introduced until the second half the book is still very good. The book is slow till about the middle but once you start reading it you won't want to put the book down.

I found this book to be enthralling. I had many other things to do but found myself completely absorbed by the characters and the story. I think the other reviewers are too into hardcore sci-fi to appreciate a good, well-rounded novel.