loudavanzo's review
4.0
Reads like a mid-budget summer movie, in a good way. Thrilling action, taut suspense, just enough character development to keep you invested. A nice surprise, great quick summer read.
moreadsbooks's review
2.0
It continues to absolutely boggle the mind that the Jonathan Moore who wrote the San Fran trilogy is the same guy who wrote Redheads and now this. All of the technical boat stuff was well done, and there is a bit of sailing through a storm that is just relentlessly lovely writing, but miss me forever with Strong Female Characters who have gang rape backstories.
ericwelch's review
If you like books with nice sailboats as a character, strong women leads, and really nasty villains, you’ll enjoy this book. It’s perfect for a flight, perhaps not so good if you intend to sail to the tip of South America.
The plot involves former Pinochet ruffians, now on the run, who have made a business of capturing, torturing, and then killing anyone traversing around the Horn. Anchored at Deception Island, a rapidly awakening volcanic island, they “persudae” their captives to reveal bank account and other financial information. Their most insidious, however, involves health, DNA, and blood information in order to capture a specific person for a specific purpose that I won’t reveal. Let’s just say it involves the leader of the group and some surgeons.
As it happens when they overtake Kelly and her husband Dean in their rather amazing 70 ft yacht Freefall, they have bit off a bit more than they can chew in the character of Kelly who happens to be a surgeon. Turns out when pushed she can be as mean and evil as the bad guys.
Enough said. If gore turns you off, skip this one, otherwise a fast read. I’ll get others by the author.
Check out this bit about Deception Island: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/12/23/deception_island_is_antarctica_s_most_confusing_vacation_destination.html
The plot involves former Pinochet ruffians, now on the run, who have made a business of capturing, torturing, and then killing anyone traversing around the Horn. Anchored at Deception Island, a rapidly awakening volcanic island, they “persudae” their captives to reveal bank account and other financial information. Their most insidious, however, involves health, DNA, and blood information in order to capture a specific person for a specific purpose that I won’t reveal. Let’s just say it involves the leader of the group and some surgeons.
As it happens when they overtake Kelly and her husband Dean in their rather amazing 70 ft yacht Freefall, they have bit off a bit more than they can chew in the character of Kelly who happens to be a surgeon. Turns out when pushed she can be as mean and evil as the bad guys.
Enough said. If gore turns you off, skip this one, otherwise a fast read. I’ll get others by the author.
Check out this bit about Deception Island: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/12/23/deception_island_is_antarctica_s_most_confusing_vacation_destination.html
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