You might think to yourself, “King Salazar the Third (hey if you’re going to talk to yourself, you might as well have some fun with it), what could possibly be better than a book about an underwater shark park written with great attention to the details about the sharks where they all get loose and terrorize a park full of guests?” I am here to tell you that the answer to that question is Shark Station Nyet.
While not necessary,
I would highly recommend reading the short bridge story Open Water, which comes as part of the Apex Predator Thriller Series box set on Amazon. In this story, we are shown what happens
immediately following the rescue of the protagonists from the Shark Park. We are also reunited with a character we
thought dead from Salechii (but I won’t
tell you who). Following this incident
is where Shark Station Nyet picks up
seamlessly.
“Putin wanted weaponized sharks to
help guard Russia's coastline. And what Putin wants, he gets, however he also
got far more than he expected!
Join our heroes as they battle the
biggest and smartest sharks they have ever encountered!” (Amazon.com).
Our
remaining heroes from the first book travel to an underwater shark station in
the frozen wastelands of Russia in order to assist with a search and rescue
mission. Callum is recruited by the
secretary of the Navy due to his shark expertise and his experiences at the
shark park. He, in turn, demands that he
be allowed to bring his allies from the shark park with him to assist. This is perhaps the weakest story aspect of
the book, but I challenge you to come up with a better way to get the
protagonists involved. Unlike her story
telling in Salechii, McCray does not
bother with the rhythmic increasing and releasing of tension in this
story. Once the peril starts to build,
it never loosens up!
Shark Station Nyet contains all of the shark action
from Salechii, but with the added
suspense and thrill of a more direct human threat this time. From early in the story the characters learn
that they are facing not only the elements and weaponized sharks, but a saboteur
as well. They do not know who they can
trust, but do know that death may wait around any corner. The knowledge brings out both the best and
the worst in some of the characters.
McCray dives
much deeper into the personality of her characters in this book. You really get to see the impact of the first
life-and-death situation they faced in Salechii
and how it has impacted each of them personally. Their decisions in this book are very much formed
by the experiences of their past.
Knowing that there is a traitor in the midst of the cast of characters
makes you examine each of them more closely.
McCray seems to anticipate this and provides us with less definitively “good”
or “bad” characters, adding more depth than she did in Salechii.
Overall,
Carolyn McCray does an excellent job in taking all the things that made Salechii great and making them
better. McCray’s use of descriptive
language is amazing and makes it easy to see the action in your head as you
read. For any fan of shark horror and
thriller, this book is a must read.
So, let’s
take a look at the Rage Circus breakdown:
Story Concept – 4.5/5Story Execution - 5/5
Story Flow – 5/5
Character Development (give-a-damn factor) – 5/5
Gripping visuals/details - 5/5
Entertainment Value/Story Engagement - 5/5
Editing (including grammar and spelling) – 4.5/5
Overall –4.86/5 – Read this book now, but prepare to have to pry it from your hands every time you need to put it down!
Shark Station Nyet by Carolyn McCray is available
through Amazon.com in several formats:
Stand-alone Kindle book: http://www.amazon.com/Shark-Station-Nyet-blockbuster-Salechii-ebook/dp/B00JFHV0NA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400169989&sr=8-1&keywords=shark+station+nyet
The entire
Apex Predator series on Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Predator-Thriller-Collection-Including-blockbuster-ebook/dp/B00FQW38B0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1399984274&sr=8-2&keywords=salechii
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