Books 78, 79, and 80: Lincoln Child Thrillers

All three of these novels are thriller fiction with a large technological component. Child always employs several points of view, shifting between them so we get to know more than any one character does. They're tight, entertaining, and quick to read.

Deep Storm is about an underwater discovery that might be the lost city of Atlantis or might be something even more exciting! Military and scientific forces battle each other when it becomes clear that the underwater mystery is causing sickness in the crew. Has a great epilogue.




Utopia takes place in an ultra-modern amusement park near Las Vegas. Robots with the ability to learn are suspected of causing problems with the rides, but their creator simply cannot believe that it's true. Perhaps there is such a thing as TOO much technology.



Death Match concerns a new computerized match-making service in which a MILLION data points are examined to make sure people are truly compatible. There is an Artificial Intelligence named Liza who runs the system, and she learns about love along with other life lessons. She has access to all kinds of information, and she may not always use it as expected. Again, Child warns us that giving too much freedom and power to our own inventions may not be good for humanity.



I'm behind by 3 books! I hope I can catch up before the year ends. I will be extremely busy with work for the next few weeks, so I won't have much chance to read. Maybe I can make it up during our long holiday-travel drives.