A review by mythicalbeastxiii
Nightstalkers by Steve Alten

2.5

 

At this point, this series is beginning to feel like a chore to get through. I’m not sure I plan on reading the final released book. The book starts out strong, picking up where Hell’s Aquarium left off. It follows the release of other prehistoric predators. It should be a fun creature feature, but I feel like this has been lost. What I loved about Meg and The Trench is gone. The cast of characters has grown and you find yourself following multiple storylines. Then the story completely jumps the shark (no pun intended) with time travel - which is apparently introduced in Vostok. I chose not to read Vostok, happy with where Zack Wallace’s story ended there. Also, with the way Alten info dumps in his later books, I had no need to read it as I got a whole synopsis in Nightstalkers. While this story could have been a fun action packed thriller, it falls flat.