Sacred Blood (The Phoenix Elite)
by C.T. Clark
Style: Science Fiction / Motion-Journey
ISBN: 9781962600002
Print Size: 367 pages
Reviewed by Chelsey Tucker
Fascinating know-how, loopy schemes, and a little bit of freaky science
Adam is a careless grad pupil at École Polytechnique in Switzerland. After inflicting one other klutzy disaster, his crush Margot is kidnapped proper earlier than his eyes. He launches into motion, however his try to avoid wasting her falls brief.
As he lays in a hospital mattress, a navy man reveals up with an orange envelope. Quickly, he finds out that six extra people from all around the globe have additionally obtained orange envelopes with the identical type of gadget inside.
These seven are part of a technically discontinued experiment: The Phoenix Elite Initiative. Again in 2003, James Bricker and Emmanuel Kebe had been two of the principle scientists engaged on the Phoenix Elite when the United Nations put an finish to it. Bricker had develop into radicalized within the course of, resulting in Kebe dropping his greatest buddy and gaining the accountability of turning into a handler of the delicate materials created from the initiative.
When the seven lastly come collectively, they study the reality behind the abductions of the world’s biggest scientists: Bricker. James Bricker and his son Zed have descended into madness with a nuclear scheme that includes creating an ARK (I imply, his username being @TheRealNoah is loopy!). The crew’s mission turns into clear—take out Bricker. Hopefully, Carlos is true: “Lower the pinnacle off the snake and the remainder will wither and die.”
Kebe drops the most important bombshell of their lives. Every considered one of them shares not less than 99.5% DNA with a distinguished historic determine. Adam is a muscular model of a “inventive, eccentric genius.” Jacki is a French Lieutenant who should grapple with being a clone of her hero, a “devoutly non secular teenager” from the fifteenth century. The crew’s grasp of languages, Hala, shares her DNA with royalty, a “ground-breaking chief from Historic Egypt.” The badass of the bunch, Carlos, discovers he shares DNA with a “controversial revolutionary guerrilla”—a shock to nobody in that coaching facility.
Guowei, nevertheless, is surprised to study the place his DNA stems from, “one of many biggest navy strategists in historical past” who is also credited as probably the most ruthless. One other crew member doesn’t initially resemble the persona of their donor. Nigel is seen as extra self-centered and untrustworthy when in comparison with the “peacemaking activist” he sees typically on the cash he receives from his prospects. When it’s his flip, the tech-bro Brandon utters in disbelief “I can’t imagine I didn’t go to Penn” when a really “recognizable Founding Father” comes throughout the display.
Every character suits completely inside The Phoenix Elite with their very own strengths, quirks, and weaknesses stemming from intriguing backstories. C.T. Clark does a beautiful job weaving the characters’ pasts with their current, portray colourful portraits slightly than dry biographies. The weapons which can be paired with every crew member are additionally elaborate and spectacular. Many of the know-how appears a bit forward of our time, however is so life like that the world at all times feels believable and the tech provides some critical pleasure to the already high-stakes plot.
Readers of many sorts are going to like this ebook: lovers of historical past, science, navy technique, and so many others. It’s a fast-paced, action-packed journey with the Phoenix Elite. No matter your curiosity, the idea of cloning historic figures to create a brilliant crew to avoid wasting the world towards nuclear destruction is wild and well worth the journey. Sacred Blood will certainly be in rivalry for top-of-the-line books I’ve learn this yr.
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