Ontario Lacus

J. Matthew Neal
Dunn Avenue Press (2008)
ISBN 9780615211275
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (6/08)


The author, J. Matthew Neal, does it again with his second book.  This is a sequel to “Specific Gravity.” You do not need to have read the first book before reading this, but I highly recommend not missing it.  Even though this book is full of technical information, it is written in a reader-friendly format.  I always enjoy reading this author’s works because I learn so much while reading a great story.  His real life experience as a physician gives him an insight that most authors do not have.  This story plot includes murder, romance and very high technology.

The story begins with the death of a US President, along with others.  No one suspects that they have been murdered to prevent interference with one of the most diabolical plots in history. 

Dr. Alex Darkkin, a brilliant oncology radiologist, is back with his wife Bonnie “Mendoza the Miraculous” Mendoza.  Bonnie’s ex-pro football player brother, Jay, has become a professional football coach in Las Vegas.  He witnesses something very strange with one of his players that he attributes to steroids.  When he asks Alex and Bonnie to investigate what is happening they get involved in much more than they bargained for.  It turns out that an alien substance is being used to cure people and turn them into super humans.  Unfortunately, the scientist involved in creating it is in cohorts with a high-level military official who is planning on using it to make an army of human killing-machines. 

Dr. Malachi Argon, the scientist behind the plot, quickly finds that he has completely underestimated the abilities of Bonnie Mendoza and her crew.  Bonnie, who is profoundly deaf, has mastered other abilities that make her more than a match for Argon.  Teamed up with a cast of colorful and brilliant characters, they figure out what is happening and go after Argon. 

I am so glad that the author continued on with these characters.  This page turner kept me up reading through most of the night because I could not put it down before I found out how it turned out! “Ontario Lacus” is definitely one that thriller fans will not want to miss reading.

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