While Captain Reed Beckham trains new troops, his wife Doctor Kate Lovato returns to the tunnels to infiltrate the bioengineered enemy communication network. The only path to victory seems to be taking down the leader of the New Gods, a sinister Chimera known as the Prophet, before he can complete his campaign to enslave humanity. President Jan Ringgold and her generals know beating the enemy on the battlefield is impossible. With nowhere left to run, the Allied States fortifies their few remaining outposts and relocates Central Command to prepare for their final stand. The Extinction Cycle is a planned five book series, which book three is already read and currently under review-while book four is sitting in my inbox waiting patiently to be read.Darkness descends over the survivors of the Extinction Cycle.
This is not a "slow zombie, caution, don’t get infected world." Instead, the rate that the infected change-and what they are becoming-really creates excitement at the thought that this could possibly be a better story than The Walking Dead comics and TV show. Perhaps this reader is far too enthralled by the nonstop action and caught up in curiosity about how humankind could possibly survive such an aggressive virus. While every good critique does provide some criticism, like mt review of the first book, this review also lacks any substantial negative remarks.
Lovato's transition from a fragile natured woman into a survival-hardened scientist, all without losing the charm that impassioned Beckham.
For a series that pushes its characters through a brutal environment and constantly at military odds with hordes of Variants, the characters internally develop with both honesty and sincerity despite suffering extreme external conflict. I’ve read my fair share of science fiction, most with a strong military core (see my reviews for Aliensand Doom). It is amazing that this series was not grabbed by a major publisher.
Now, the transition from modern society to a surviving-society pits Beckham and his Ghost Team against their deadliest enemy yet. Nicholas Sansbury Smith’s Extinction Edge, book two in The Extinction Cycle, is a whirl-wind of action and rapid evolution! The stakes have never been higher since the Hemorrhage virus first infected humankind.
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