Catherine Coulter and J. T. Ellison
Galactus, France's answer to SpaceX, has just launched a communications satellite into orbit, but the payload actually harbors a frightening weapon: a nuclear bomb that can trigger a massive electromagnetic pulse....The countdown has begun when special agents Drummond and Caine are thrown into the pending disaster. They must stop the EMP that would wreak havoc on communication and electronic systems on Earth, resulting in chaos and anarchy. (Back-of-book blurb)
Aliens communicating from outer space and a search for the Holy Grail seem the stuff of science fiction, but in the capable hands of Coulter and Ellison, they become an Indiana Jones-style, high-concept adventure thriller about a race to save the world. (Booklist review)
I picked this up from a Little Free Library at Culver's and decided to take it with me for the hours and hours of flight time to and from Hawaii. Turns out I spent most of my time in the air watching movies and ended up reading the book while sitting on our balcony watching the waves. I was taking a chance; I didn't have any prior knowledge of the book or the authors. But it paid off. Well-described action, surprisingly clean language for the genre, and a climax made inevitable by the title. I guess I need to add the Brit in the FBI series to the list of Longmire novels in my to-be-borrowed list with the library. (This book is the 6th and final (so far) in the series.)
First Line: There was a large mirror on the wall of the white room.
Page 56 / Line 5: Devi will be in touch, and we must be ready to leave the minute she does.
Last Line: Stay tuned for more from Sky News on this busy news day.
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