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Deep Freeze by Michael C. Grumley
4.0

The story is told in third person and follows an enigmatic former army ranger, who takes a plunge into a freezing river and wakes up in an unknown facility with doctors who are acting a bit squirrely. Rachel and Perry are just following orders, but when protocols start going out the window with no explanations, they start to get suspicious of their superiors and with the help of coworker Henry, they start trying to figure out what’s really going on behind the scenes at their research facility.

I really enjoyed the characters and the cryonics plot in this one. It had a bit of action, a bit of intrigue, a bit of science and medicine. The world they were living in was rather vague for most of the story and when it was explained in the latter part of the book, it really wasn’t consistent with the technological and other aspects of the story shown.

It’s full of flawed characters with all sorts of shades of gray, villainous intentions, greed, and ends justified the means attitudes. The end still leaves you with some questions to work out and since this is the first in the Revival series, I look forward to learning more about what’s going on. Hoping to find out more about John’s past in future installments and what’s up with the monkey!

Thank you to NetGalley and Forge Books for a copy provided for an honest review.