Review of Ark of the Apocalypse
Posted: 20 Jan 2022, 14:25
[Following is a volunteer review of "Ark of the Apocalypse" by Tobin Marks.]
The planet is dying and humanity is accelerating the process. Water is a scarcity and as most of the world prepares to go to war over it, the Yanbeyev family prepares its bloodline for survival. Ark of the Apocalypse is a journey through time. A clandestine experiment eventually paves the way for a new kind of space travel, it will be a race against the clock to build a colonial ship in time to send a handful of humankind's best and brightest to a new world before the earth is subjected to mutually assured destruction.
Tobin Marks laid the foundation for this book beautifully. The nuance and intricacy of this storytelling was impressive from cover to cover. The focus jumps from location to location, from character to character, but all of their stories tie together to create a much bigger picture. The timeline begins before WWII and rather than focusing on individual characters, we follow their families for generations, speeding through the years into the 22nd century. The focal family are the Yanbeyevs, they possess a supernaturally powerful matriarchal bloodline and their character evolution throughout the book is what kept the pages turning. It feels like an epic tale, the way these stories are woven together, it gives the reader an almost omniscient view as centuries play out before them.
I will say due to the length of time covered in the book, certain characters don't have a lot of depth or development. The author flies through a lot of interesting points in the story that I would have loved to take more time with, while taking a lot of time on other plot points that could have been moved forward faster. Reading the first few chapters was like flying through the decades, and once we reach Aqueous, time slows down considerably, then towards the end of the book we speed right back up to skipping through time.
I am giving this book 4 out of 4 stars. The book was everything I wanted and then some, the writing was superb, it was exceptionally edited, and my only complaint is that I want more.
I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes out of this world sci-fi, high fantasy, supernatural, dystopian, but not too far from reality fiction. It's an incredible ride from start to finish, it will pick you up and drop you off worlds away from where you started, and will leave you wanting more.
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Ark of the Apocalypse
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
The planet is dying and humanity is accelerating the process. Water is a scarcity and as most of the world prepares to go to war over it, the Yanbeyev family prepares its bloodline for survival. Ark of the Apocalypse is a journey through time. A clandestine experiment eventually paves the way for a new kind of space travel, it will be a race against the clock to build a colonial ship in time to send a handful of humankind's best and brightest to a new world before the earth is subjected to mutually assured destruction.
Tobin Marks laid the foundation for this book beautifully. The nuance and intricacy of this storytelling was impressive from cover to cover. The focus jumps from location to location, from character to character, but all of their stories tie together to create a much bigger picture. The timeline begins before WWII and rather than focusing on individual characters, we follow their families for generations, speeding through the years into the 22nd century. The focal family are the Yanbeyevs, they possess a supernaturally powerful matriarchal bloodline and their character evolution throughout the book is what kept the pages turning. It feels like an epic tale, the way these stories are woven together, it gives the reader an almost omniscient view as centuries play out before them.
I will say due to the length of time covered in the book, certain characters don't have a lot of depth or development. The author flies through a lot of interesting points in the story that I would have loved to take more time with, while taking a lot of time on other plot points that could have been moved forward faster. Reading the first few chapters was like flying through the decades, and once we reach Aqueous, time slows down considerably, then towards the end of the book we speed right back up to skipping through time.
I am giving this book 4 out of 4 stars. The book was everything I wanted and then some, the writing was superb, it was exceptionally edited, and my only complaint is that I want more.
I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes out of this world sci-fi, high fantasy, supernatural, dystopian, but not too far from reality fiction. It's an incredible ride from start to finish, it will pick you up and drop you off worlds away from where you started, and will leave you wanting more.
******
Ark of the Apocalypse
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon