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Review Date: 8/22/2013
Swimming in the wake of Peter Benchley ("Jaws") and Steve Alten ("Meg"), Charles Wilson offers yet another novel wherein enormous sharks prey on any human foolish enough to go in the ocean. His premise is the possibility that Carcharodon Megalodon, the 50-foot-plus ancestor of Great White sharks, still might exist. It's the oceanic equivalent of a Halloween haunted house: You know it's not real, but if you are willing to suspend your disbelief you just might enjoy the hair raising experience. Like Wilson's other novels "Extinct" is an ideal vacation read...unless you're vacationing at the seashore.
Review Date: 8/22/2013
This is the first book by Charles Wilson that I've read, and it wasn't a bad intro to his work. He's not Michael Crichton; his science is rather thin are are his characters, but the book manages to hold a reader's interest by virtue of the subject matter (an unidentified and highly lethal virus infecting unsuspecting citizens). It's a good beach read and the perfect book for a long plane flight.
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