Leviathan: An Event Group Thriller (Event Group Thrillers, 4)

by David L. Golemon

Book Overview

The ships of the world are under attack, attacks so sudden and vicious that many ships are lost without a single distress call. The navies of the world start a frenzied search, but even these ships... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312372248
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.2" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

SAS

I have now read and passed on to my son and grandson all the Event Group books, which this one is the last of the group so far!! We all loved this one because we have all seen 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea!!! I'd reccomend it

Leviathan

After reading Ancients i've been waiting for this book i was sure would follow. If you've read Ancients, Leviathan is a must read and you will not be able to put this one down either. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. Simply Amazing.

A Treat For The Mind

This was another excellent addition to the Event series. A page turning, twisting, thoughtful book in an undersea setting. Environmental concerns wrapped in a riveting storyline with sci fi overtones. I absolutely loved it!

He's done it again!

What a WILD RIDE! I'm a HUGE fan of thrillers and this one hits the spot dead on. I hated this book to end. I looked forward every day to reading a couple of chapters trying to make it last longer. I liked the way Goleman starts the beginning of the book, rewriting history a little bit as a "What If" twist to it. I'm not into writing reviews much, but he deserves some press. I liked his other 3 books also, Event, Legends, Ancients. I also read james Rollins, Vince Flynn, Daniel Silva, etc. The author Goleman reminds me of is another upstart, Jeremy Robinson. Great imaginations. LOVE IT! P.S. I'll be waiting for the return of "Matchstick" Mr. Goleman!

Spectacular Undersea Suspense Thriller

David Golemon comes back stronger than ever in this fourth fabulous installment of The Event Group stories. When you open Leviathan, you will find yourself in the immediate spot where the author left us off in The Ancients. The time is just a few weeks later after that roller coaster ride in Atlantis that left us minus one key player and our favorite action hero. Leviathan starts off with an intriguing prologue of a past story in the year 1802, that gives us the flavor of The Count of Monte Cristo and offers the reader something a bit different in style to Golemons' norm. This Event Group novel is written a bit differently than the previous three books in that although we maintain the high tech military black ops action scenes, with all Golemon's favorite big boy toys, the action is more realistic and the writing a bit more polished and literary to create one hell of a darn good novel. Books one and two had us diving for cover with some pretty scary monsters that had us all terrified yet craving for more. This episode gives us creatures as well, sentient and magical one moment, mischievous and murderous the next as they plot revenge against mankind. Leviathan's main theme is a mysterious anomaly found in the ocean's depths. Golemon turns this story into a clever and creative twist on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A Swedish family of genius level scientists have been creating monstrous submarines with technology far advanced than our current world has the capacity to create. The current Captain of the Leviathan is a female descendant of the original inventor and is now cruising the worlds' seas hell-bent on warning the nations of earth that if they do not clean up their act, and stop global oil spillage and polluting the oceans, she will wreak havoc detonating multiple missiles in many world sea ports. Guilty parties are to immediately cease their ships from leaving their harbors with dangerous toxic wastes currently harming and killing many species of sea life, including her own. The reader is kept on pins and needles throughout this fantastical nautical yarn and is left right up to the finale still questioning who and what this beautiful yet volatile Captain Nemo-like mistress of the sea is. The wonders of the mechanics and technology of this super sub are very cool entertainment ingredients, and the story packs in the usual humor, adventure, and action that the Event Group series usually provides. A bit of Tom Clancy, a dash of James Rollins, sprinkled with Alexander Dumas and my beloved Jules Verne, and a mysterious organism akin to what made all Stargate fans cringe, all stir up a rip-roaring page turning thriller that I believe is one of the best of the series yet. Golemon has not let us down and continues to show us that his talent is here for the long haul as each book gets better and better. Even a little tender sweet romance graces Leviathan showing us the author has a soft spot along with his love of high tech weapo