Hmmm.

I have an interesting time with this author. I absolutely adored HEX, but ECHO was only a "didn't mind" book. This one was somewhere in the middle.

The first part is actually really good. Heuvelt does a fantastic job of upping the creep factor with the ship. In fact, I'll so far as to say any scene involving the ship was amazing. Loved it.

The problem was, there was an awful lot that kept pulling the focus off the ship.

But, the ship was an absolute plus. The second great thing was the return of Robert Grim from HEX. Great character and, again, he elevated the proceedings.

I guess what didn't stick with me as much was all the subplots about various gov't agencies and shadowy foreign players. Interesting, but they paled in comparison to the main plot.

I quite like Heuvelt's writing, but I find that, while he has fantastic ideas, he can cloud them with too much other filler.

Still a good book, still absolutely worth the read. But HEX comes first, and it's the better read. ( )