Kronos

I openly admit it, I picked up "Kronos" by Jeremy Robinson purely because of the cover. I am a sucker for a good sea monster/cryptozoology story and am, therefore, happy to report that this book delivered on all fronts! (I think I also picked it up because I am a fan of "Meg" by Steve Alton)

I saw somewhere that the story was being described as Moby Dick meets James Bond, and though I think that is a bit of an exaggeration, there is no denying that it is still very much a page turning thriller!

Kronos is basically a unique continuation of the Biblical story of Jonah and the big fish that most of us are familiar with already. It plays on the innate fear we all tend to harbor of what lurks unseen in the dark waters of the ocean.

Just a few years after losing his wife, the main character of Atticus watches helplessly as a horrific sea monster swallow his daughter whole. This naturally spurs him into action as he seeks his revenge and searches for the creature.

Naturally, Atticus will not be the only one interested in the creature. Enter the interesting, yet literary cliché, heartless billionaire trophy collector-Trevor Manfred. I actually found the side characters just as interesting as the main ones in this instance.

There were not many things I did not like, but admittedly, I found Robinson's attempt at writing the romance aspect of the book to be more than just a little forced, like reading a Wikipedia account of a relationship; yet, I thoroughly enjoyed the actual adventure and sci-fi aspects of the story and his tie-in to the tale of Jonah was a pleasant connection!


I especially enjoyed the way the author cultivates in the reader a sympathy for the monster and his sad, lonely plight.

All in all, the positives far outweighed any negative aspects I found, and I ended up reading the book in about 3 days and I'm glad I found it at a local used book store! Definitely one of the times that it paid off to judge a book by its cover!

This might not have been the strongest book that I have read lately, but I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone who also likes creature feature adventure stories. This was a fun and very engaging book!