Chimera: A Jim Chapel Mission (Jim Chapel Missions)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062248782 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Agent: Russell Galen, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. Chapel is tough, but his quarry is tougher, and he must also contend with the CIA and the folks who designed the experiment that created the chimera. The task of stopping the beasts falls to Capt. Four of these big fellows—whose DNA is 99% human, with the remainder coming from chimpanzees, rattlesnakes, and water bears—have escaped from a military prison camp in upstate New York. From Publishers Weekly Genetically designed savages known as chimera, named after the hybrid monsters of Greek myth, make trouble in this inventive thriller from Wellington (Monster Island). Pentagon officials know the creatures intend to kill eight people across the country, incl
Afghanistan veteran Jim Chapel has been enlisted in a new war, this time in his own backyard .A band of fugitives has escaped from a secret military facility. Each has a target—an innocent civilian—and they will not stop until that target has been eliminated. Aided by a mysterious woman named Angel and a courageous, beautiful veterinarian, Chapel begins a cross-country hunt to stop the murders. Wounded Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel has been stuck behind a desk, but now medical technology has finally caught up with Chapel's ambitions, and combined with his unstoppable determination he'll get back to where he thrives: in the thick of the action.Chapel must hunt down the escapees—all extremely deadly, gene
"A quick, action-packed, sci-fi tinged thriller" according to Bob Milne. David Wellington is one of those authors who have been on my radar for a while. I've picked up copies of Monster Island, 1A quick, action-packed, sci-fi tinged thriller David Wellington is one of those authors who have been on my radar for a while. I've picked up copies of Monster Island, 13 Bullets, and Frostbite, and I remain excited about all of them, but they've yet to make their way to the top of my TBR pile.When I saw Chimera: A Jim Chapel Mission come available for review, I knew I had to seize the opportunity to finally make David a priority read and I'm glad I did. Less of a straight-forward monster tale than his others, this is a sci-fi tinged thriller that could sit comfortably on the shelf next to the likes of Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston, and . Bullets, and Frostbite, and I remain excited about all of them, but they've yet to make their way to the top of my TBR pile.When I saw Chimera: A Jim Chapel Mission come available for review, I knew I had to seize the opportunity to finally make David a priority read and I'm glad I did. Less of a straight-forward monster tale than his others, this is a sci-fi tinged thriller that could sit comfortably on the shelf next to the likes of Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston, and . J.C. Martin said A Rollercoaster Packed With Dynamite, and Broken Tracks Ahead!. Chimera is such an apt title for this book. The best way to describe the story is that, like the mythical creature the novel is named after, it is a hybrid: technothriller meets sci-fi meets mystery meets adventure meets political thriller. Wellington has taken the best aspects of these different genres and put them together into an explosive whole.I was hooked and intrigued from the very first page, when mysterious forces release a group of men from some sort of detention camp in the middle of the Catskills. Who are these men? Why were they imprisoned there? Who helped them escape? And eyes tha. A sci-fi, action, and thriller all in one! I really enjoyed reading Chimera. I checked out this thriller from my digital library. Wellington is the author of a zombie series (for example ~ Monster Island|, which I have not yet read) and a vampire series featuring a female Vampire hunter named Laura Caxton (see ~ 13 Bullets (Laura Caxton)).I read & enjoyed all of the vampire books in the Caxton series. In Chimera I liked the idea of a super-soldier type story. And the hunt for these "monsters". Chimera is a well written thriller that fits into several categories: sci-fi, action, and/or thriller. This may be an old cliché, but this