Flood Rising

A Jenna Flood Thriller

By: Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis

Narrated by: Xe Sands

In a minute everything changes. Fifteen-year-old Jenna Flood's discovery of a bomb ticking down from sixty seconds is the first in a series of explosive revelations that destroy her understanding of the world and her place in it. Jenna believes she is an ordinary teenager, busy with schoolwork and helping her father run a Key West charter boat. But when a team of killers shows up, intent on erasing her from existence, she learns the unbelievable truth: she is not who she thinks she is. Alone and on the run, betrayed at every turn, Jenna's path takes her from sun-drenched Key West to the alligator-infested Everglades, the streets of Miami, and the Caribbean islands. Along the way brutal criminals, deadly assassins, and the forces of nature conspire to end her life unless she can rise to embrace an impossible destiny and unleash her own lethal potential. Everything Jenna has been told about herself is a lie, and the truth is a secret that may destroy the world--or save it.

Jeremy Robinson and Sean Ellis, the best-selling team behind The Brainstorm Trilogy, Prime, and Savage, have thrilled audiences with stories of science gone wrong and monsters on the rampage. Now they break new ground with a taut suspense thriller sure to appeal to fans of 24 and The Bourne Identity, with all the pulse-pounding, gut-wrenching action you've come to expect.

©2014 Jeremy Robinson (P)2015 Jeremy Robinson

Flood is bloody brilliant!

Non stop action, and twists and turns that are unexpected. Kept me on the edge of my seat! Can't wait for continuation of series.

Scott Brick is a great narrator!

Struggled to get into the book. Did not care for it the alien and other quasi sci Fi brought in. Started wee and went south.

Addictive story

The action hooks you and the end has you wanting more. Good technical descriptions of techniques and technologies. Some plot twists that are unexpected.

Exhausted

Somehow I missed the fact that the book was not only YA but also science fiction, neither my favorites. I shouldn't give it a bad review just because it is not my favorite genre, so you might actually like it. The hero is a 15 year old girl who is strong, smart and brave but without a personality. She has no humor or charisma and didn't even grieve at her fathers death. I'm glad it's over.

One Long Chase Scene

But an exciting series of chases. From the first sentence of the book we are catapulted (now there's a just jacket blurb verb) into the action. Our teenage heroine ends up blasted and shot at, soaked and punched and on the run with almost no resources, and those are just the first few pages. A typical American teenager of current fiction, Jenna is quick to begin resenting her father despite some extremely positive actions on his part to keep her little hind end intact. This theme continues throughout the book and becomes a bit tedious, as do the chases. Just the same, the action flows naturally and does not have the robotic clockwork formula feeling of a Dan Brown thriller.

Jenna's origins are the big mystery, and we get our answers doled out in small breaks from the action in the form of flashbacks and exposition. Can anybody be trusted? Why are various Federal agencies tripping over each other like Keystone Kops? In fact, not just tripping over each other but shooting up big and expensive installations in a hail of gunfire. There seems to be an amazing willingness to kill civilians and cops as well. Although young adult in form, this novel has plenty of gruesome death.

On the plus side, the writing is clear, syntax lucid, and vocabulary and grammar all get a pass. This is no small thing these days when it seems anything can get published and good editors are scarce. The action shows a good grasp of physics. Nobody is surviving bomb blasts without a good reason nor flying cars off parking garage roofs into adjacent office buildings. On the other hand, people seem to heal up pretty darn fast from bullet wounds to little areas like, say, the thigh; up and about on crutches in hours.

In the end, it all turns out to have Big Answers that lead to more Big Questions with "to be continued" stamped all over them. I believe the authors have this all planned out and when we get to the answers it may not have been worth it. I think I will wait on the reviews when the sequel comes out, because I am not waiting with bated breath.

Great book but no sequel as it suggests

The story ends much like the second pirates of the Caribbean movie when your like um where is the rest. The book is 8yrs old. But it is still worth the read

Wish he had done a follow up

Excellent story and wonderful narration. It wasn’t predictable which I enjoyed. Maybe there will be a sequel someday.

I didn’t see this coming!

I really loved JR’s move into a little different direction. It reminded me of James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series.
It starts off fast and kept my attention the whole way through. I hope JR is able to do a follow up to this one.

Tons of action, little character development

Yes, it reads like an episode from 24. It’s engaging for 3/4 of the book. The last quarter just isn’t as interesting. Good action, but really lacks any character development. Good effort.

Brilliant and original premise.

I thought the premise and the incorporation of the "Wow" signal was amazingly original. Yes, it is like a season of 24 in book form but it did get a little weird toward the end as the story morphed into a season of Heroes. Maybe I missed the foreshadowing, but I didn't see that coming. I also found it unbelievable that the federal agents pursuing Jenna would shoot police officers and civilians that simply got in their way.

I liked how the environment in which Jenna grew up played a major role in who she was despite her DNA. I also thought the narration was excellent.

I'll probably wait to see what the reviews of the next book in the series show before I buy it. I liked the book and don't regret buying it but I'm not sure the series is what I was expecting.