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5.0 out of 5 stars
terrific fantasy romantic mystery , July 3, 2006
It was watching her father die during a hurricane when she was just a child that motivated Andrea Jamieson to become a scientist studying storms. Currently she heads Operation Stormfury studying how to prevent or lessen the impact of oceanic fed storms on land. She works with her lover flier Phil Wicks, a former US Navy pilot. His prime mission is to drop silver iodide on hurricanes.
They are currently tracking a horrific storm over the Devil's Triangle heading towards North Carolina Phil flies towards the torrent, but when he makes his approach to drop the silver iodide, he vanishes along with the storm. Stunned Andrea tries to track what happened to her beloved who simply vanished somewhere apparently into nowhere along with the lost storm at sea or elsewhere.
THE MOTE IN ANDREA'S EYE is a terrific fantasy romantic mystery that grips the readers starting with the action of the storm and never slows down as the audience switches from adrenalin pumping to pondering what is going on with David Niall Wilson's superb thriller. Andrea and Phil is a fine couple, who as partners and as individuals make the plot seem real. Mr. Wilson writes a fantastic thriller that fans of nature out of control tales will want to read and hope Hollywood will film it.
Harriet Klausner
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A rousing adventure at sea -- with a touch of the Bermuda Triangle, July 11, 2006
I've admired Dave Wilson's fiction, both short and long, for many years, and THE MOTE IN ANDREA'S EYE is another of this prolific author's works well-worth seeking out, even if horror/dark fantasy isn't your cup of tea. While MOTE may be rooted in fantasy, the better part of story is pure action/adventure with a touch of science fiction for accent.
In her youth, protagonist Andrea Jamieson loses her father to a hurricane -- an event that sets the course for the rest of her life. As an adult, she becomes a scientist engaged not just in the study of hurricanes but in a quest to halt them altogether. Aided by her husband, Phil Wicks, and a crew devoted to seeing her dream fulfilled, Andrea concocts a plan that evidence indicates may succeed in actually stopping a force five hurricane.
What no one has counted on is the fact that the storm has originated in the Bermuda Triangle.
Wilson's prose here is less textured than in most of his works; it's so plain, so workmanlike, that at first, I wasn't sure it was going to hold me. In fact, with so little dimension, the characters initially held almost no interest for me, and it was only the leaked promises of fantastic events to follow that kept me engaged. However, once the book kicked into higher gear, some hundred pages in, the characters at last came to life and I found myself in their corner as events become increasingly dire.
Wilson uses science as a sturdy backdrop for the story. At no time are the technical details overwhelming. In fact, as the novel progresses, the little details themselves serve to augment the rising tension. By the climax, not only was I convinced I had ridden out one helluva storm, I had the feeling that I knew quite a bit more about certain meteorological events than I did the day before I started reading.
I don't believe MOTE is as powerful as some of Wilson's darker, more philosophical works, such as THIS IS MY BLOOD, but once it finds its stride, it's a fast-paced, highly enjoyable adventure that's not just for aficionados of the dark.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Twister meets the ocean, June 23, 2006
If you are a fan of weather thrillers, this book is for you. Andrea Jamieson loses her father at an early age in a horrible hurricane on the NC coast. She grows into an expert on fighting hurricanes, only to lose her husband -- and her storm -- in the Bermuda Triangle! Fast paced and would make a darned good movie.
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