Thom reviewed The Atlantis Gene
Review of 'The Atlantis Gene' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This novel covers a lot of ground over a too-wide range of topics - 9/11, Neanderthals, Nazis, and Atlantis. These are each built on kernels of truth, which is nice, and the main characters are well written. The villains are mostly caricatures and many side characters are brought in and abandoned. Perhaps they will return in a future novel, because this is the first of a series. Ends in a cliffhanger.
This was offered free on Kindle reading service, so it got a lot of exposure, and it is a decent first novel for the author. Using half the ideas would still have been ambitious - this just feels too busy for me. Interested to see if the second book works better.