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A review by trike
Pulse by Jeremy Robinson
3.0
I liked this book. It is silly and preposterous and completely over-the-top in a comic book way.
There's the ancient hydra, Wolverine-like regeneration from any wound, some sort of ridiculous super handgun that Hellboy would love to own... just all sorts of craziness. Then there's the secret bad guy base on a volcanic island, because of course there is.
It took me a few chapters to reset my internal compass from "technothriller" to "comic book story", but once I did everything was fine. People coming back to life after being injected with a special serum derived from the hydra, the quest for immortality, the cult of Hercules, it all goes into the blender and then Robinson sets up a super-elite team of Delta Force operatives to uncover and fight this stuff.
There's also plenty of globetrotting to be had. Siberia, Peru, the Amazon, Greece, New Hampshire... all kinds of exotic locales.
I will give Robinson bonus points for actually spending half a page to detail exactly how Thor the Golden Retriever got home safe and sound. Not killing the dog = big ups from me.
It's an easy read and goofy fun. The writing is decent, and the characters are more than just one-dimensional supersoldiers. A lot of stuff explodes, though, some of it gratuitously, so if you're in the mood for that sort of thing, go for it.
There's the ancient hydra, Wolverine-like regeneration from any wound, some sort of ridiculous super handgun that Hellboy would love to own... just all sorts of craziness. Then there's the secret bad guy base on a volcanic island, because of course there is.
It took me a few chapters to reset my internal compass from "technothriller" to "comic book story", but once I did everything was fine. People coming back to life after being injected with a special serum derived from the hydra, the quest for immortality, the cult of Hercules, it all goes into the blender and then Robinson sets up a super-elite team of Delta Force operatives to uncover and fight this stuff.
There's also plenty of globetrotting to be had. Siberia, Peru, the Amazon, Greece, New Hampshire... all kinds of exotic locales.
I will give Robinson bonus points for actually spending half a page to detail exactly how Thor the Golden Retriever got home safe and sound. Not killing the dog = big ups from me.
It's an easy read and goofy fun. The writing is decent, and the characters are more than just one-dimensional supersoldiers. A lot of stuff explodes, though, some of it gratuitously, so if you're in the mood for that sort of thing, go for it.