Review: The Atlantis Gene

Pin It The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Atlantis Gene is a novel that I received a very long time ago as a Goodreads giveaway and kept putting it off because something else always seemed to jump to the front of my never ending to-read list. Finally after some coaxing from my wife that our bookshelf needs to start getting cleaned off, I dove in a gave it a shot.

I'd classify The Atlantis Gene as a sci-fi adventure novel. It is written as an adult novel but I think it'd be appropriate for a mature young adult as well. In my humble opinion, it started off sort of slow and it took some coaching for me to keep at it until about half of the way through the book where it really took off.

Although you'd be better off reading a professional synopsis, the basic plot is about a researcher who is working on Autistic children and discovers a treatment that helps them develop their abilities. When her lab is overrun by a militant group called the Immari with a seemingly crazy agenda related to the people of Atlantis, she teams up with a rogue paramilitary agent to stop this group for destroying the world....

Okay, I realize that that sounds bat-$#*! crazy, and I guess it kind of was, but A.G. Riddle does a fantastic job of really making the story flow well and not making you roll your eyes too much at the odd plot. Some of the characters were extremely well written and developed like agent David Vale. They made him exciting and tough without making him impervious to harm. Kate Warner on the other hand was not as well thought out. She was a very one-dimensional character and I had several eye-rolling moments with her.

Overall I was pleasantly surprised by The Atlantis Gene. I rarely have the desire to keep going in book series but I may actually check out the second book in this series as it left me wanting more.

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