A review by hirvimaki
A Vision of Fire by Gillian Anderson

2.0

I really wanted to like this more than I did. It's not bad, it is just not very good. You get all the elements you'd expect from the mind of Special Agent Dana Scully (because Anderson will always be Special Agent Dana Scully): past life regression, ancient Vikings, the Piri Reis Map, vudoun, and (of course) aliens. What else would you expect? Frankly, this reads a lot like a episode of the X-Files. Although it suffers somewhat from a blender of ideas - blenders are violent, chaotic places after all - that really is not a problem until the climatic finish. In the end, to bring a semblance of conclusion (there is not real resolution because this is just the first in a series) you actually have to drink this this smoothie of a plot. And there's just too much in there for it to be that enjoyable. There is good stuff in there, fun and interesting stuff, but it's blended in with too much other stuff and you lose any real distinct flavour. Sure, I wanted to know WHY all this stuff was happening. But after that final page, I didn't care enough to want to read the next book.