Category Archives: Thrillers

Review: Gravity by Tess Gerritsen

Female Authors, Female Protagonist, Near Future, Regular Guy Book Reviews, Thrillers

Gravity is mildly retro, having been written in the 1990s and features several space shuttles, but it’s one of the most fast-paced books I’ve ever read. It’s as much a medical thriller as a science fiction adventure.

Estranged from her husband, a brilliant research physician achieves her dream of running experiments on the International Space Station, but one of the experiments turns wildly lethal. Rescue missions run into their own troubles.

I don’t want to give any more away.

Recommendation: Read it! I’m looking forward to reading more of Tess Gerritsen’s books.

Review: Daemon by Daniel Suarez

Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Debut Author, Regular Guy Book Reviews, Series, Thrillers

I had thought the near-future Daemon was a YA book, but nope, it is definitely not. No Y, all A.

A carefully-crafted artificial intelligence is unleashed after its creator’s death and quickly becomes one of the most powerful forces in the world.

Daemon is a fast-paced thriller with a fascinating villain and a surprising, always-twisting plot. Even with uneven writing and thin character development, I found myself eager to get back to reading it every day.

Author Daniel Suarez has serious computer bona fides, spending years as a senior systems analyst, and his description of what software can and can’t do has the ring of truth, often missing from other stories featuring artificial intelligence.

Recommendation: Read it, if you’re after page-turning fun.