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Zero Point
Robert looked at the glowing, bubbling water. Something was coming up. Something was surfacing; something big.
"What's down there Commander?" Robert yelled over the noise of the chopper circling overhead.
"Something our enemies will fear." Hawks yelled back.
"Two minutes sir; we're in the hot box." One of the soldiers called urgently.
"At the end of the day, all that you will have is another blurry photo of some underwater lights and the start of yet another UFO conspiracy theory; another far-fetched Bermuda Triangle story like it's been for sixty years; Roswell all over again." Hawks yelled.
Commander Hawks leaned close to Robert locking him in a stare. He paused. Finally a smile crossed his face.
"I want you both to see what's down there because you're not going to believe it and because when you try to tell others they won't believe it either."
PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION
A ghost ship reportedly sunk in 1948 mysteriously appears out of a yellow fog. Days later the 60-year-old life raft is found in new condition, with no survivors.
The last radio messages from flight 19 filters through a ships radio six decades after the pilots disappeared.
Drawn by these mysteries Samantha Weiss a beautiful but icy Marine archaeologist enlists renowned Bermuda triangle authority Robert Medina; together they discover a series of clues drawing them into uncharted depths at the edge of a secret Navy base.
Set in the emerald waters of the Bahamas, zero point the triangle conspiracy discards all the existing theories of the triangle; blending fact and fiction to come up with a theory and a story that may or may not be fiction.
Read "Zero Point the Triangle Conspiracy" because if you dissapear in the triangle the only thing left are questions.
407 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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December 9, 2019
What a rush
This one will keep you engaged from start to finish. It even has all of the ingredients to be a major motion picture. Trust me when I tell you, this is a must read!
This one will keep you engaged from start to finish. It even has all of the ingredients to be a major motion picture. Trust me when I tell you, this is a must read!
August 8, 2013
I really liked the conspiracy and the mystery in this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the quest for the answer and the way it was wrapped up. I didn't mind the male lead terribly much, but I would have liked to have seen more of/gotten to know the side characters a little better. The book was in desperate need of a good editor. There were words missing in sentences, wrong words, grammatical mistakes and quotation marks seemed to be used at random. Sometimes they were around dialogue, sometimes they weren't and sometimes they were around what was clearly third person action, but let's get to the real problem I had with this book: the female lead. I hated her. I got tired a quarter of the way in of hearing how stunning she was. I got tired of how she did everything perfectly by half way through and her major flaw was that she was too beautiful. It made everything else that she did so much harder. She actually says that she had to be smarter, braver and better than everyone expected because she was so beautiful. It was ridiculous. I know there is a sequel to this book and I'm honestly not sure if I'll read it or not because I don't know if I can stand to read anymore about the beautiful, perfect, flawless Sam that has little to no redeeming qualities.
This book is a perfect example of how to take a really good story and ruin it with cardboard, flat characters. I probably would have rated it much higher even with the grammatical errors if the main character had been likeable at all.
This book is a perfect example of how to take a really good story and ruin it with cardboard, flat characters. I probably would have rated it much higher even with the grammatical errors if the main character had been likeable at all.
February 27, 2013
"Zero Point" is an interesting story and similar to those written by Clive Cussler and his co-authors. Many legends and stories exist about the "Bermuda Triangle", often referred to as "The Devil's Triangle", and Zero Point tries to uncover the truth about this area. Why are ships, planes and other items that disappeared over sixty years ago suddenly showing up today near the Bahamas? Oddly, these items look brand new and none of the uncovered artifacts showed signs of having been buried in the ocean for sixty years. Well then, it must be aliens or a time warp causing all of this. I had a tendency to accept every hypothesis presented during the story and was anxious to see which was correct. The author does a wonderful job in developing the main characters - I especially liked Samantha and Robert. Also, how come the military shows up every time something is uncovered - then confiscating the items on behalf of national security? The book is difficult to put down because the end of each chapter has a hook that pulls you along - bedtime had to just wait until I found out what happened next.
There is only one reason for not giving this "Zero Point" five stars - typos throughout. They are the type that spell check will accept and can only be uncovered by reading/editing the story. All in all, Mr. Lima created an excellent story line with great characters! It is a wonderful read and highly recommended!
John Podlaski, author
Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel
There is only one reason for not giving this "Zero Point" five stars - typos throughout. They are the type that spell check will accept and can only be uncovered by reading/editing the story. All in all, Mr. Lima created an excellent story line with great characters! It is a wonderful read and highly recommended!
John Podlaski, author
Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel
September 5, 2016
Although I don't really believe any conspiracy theories about... anything really, I do find them enjoyable to read about, which was the main reason I picked this book up (it was an Amazon freebie at the time).
The story drags a bit in the beginning, and I contemplated giving up on it many times... there was a lot of build-up, info dumps, and characterization that I didn't really care for. However by the middle of the book, things finally started to pick up, conspiracies started to get a more reasonable explanation, and I finally accepted the characters for who they were. Judging from how I powered through the last half or so of the book in a couple of afternoons, the plot twists and explanations got pretty riveting and interesting.
The ending was pretty abrupt and too 'happily ever after/I guess we'll never know' which was disappointing after the excitement in the last half. I also didn't care for the stereotypical, trite romance between the two main characters, but, again, I learned to just deal with the characters as they were written.
It was in need of some basic editing--things weren't capitalized half the time, quotes were missing, descriptions and terms were restated the exact same way three times in one short, paragraph. Nothing terribly major that detracted from the story, but it was a bit annoying in some spots.
This is definitely a great read if you enjoy conspiracies about the Bermuda Triangle, or just want a fairly okay thriller/suspense novel to read.
The story drags a bit in the beginning, and I contemplated giving up on it many times... there was a lot of build-up, info dumps, and characterization that I didn't really care for. However by the middle of the book, things finally started to pick up, conspiracies started to get a more reasonable explanation, and I finally accepted the characters for who they were. Judging from how I powered through the last half or so of the book in a couple of afternoons, the plot twists and explanations got pretty riveting and interesting.
The ending was pretty abrupt and too 'happily ever after/I guess we'll never know' which was disappointing after the excitement in the last half. I also didn't care for the stereotypical, trite romance between the two main characters, but, again, I learned to just deal with the characters as they were written.
It was in need of some basic editing--things weren't capitalized half the time, quotes were missing, descriptions and terms were restated the exact same way three times in one short, paragraph. Nothing terribly major that detracted from the story, but it was a bit annoying in some spots.
This is definitely a great read if you enjoy conspiracies about the Bermuda Triangle, or just want a fairly okay thriller/suspense novel to read.
June 17, 2013
Quite typically action/adventure, with the setting of the Bermuda Triangle well written, or at least it felt authentic, though I've never been there and the plotline took the 'mysteries' in an interesting direction.
Unfortunately, also quite a lot of less than stellar characterization with interaction between characters unrealistic and stilted.
The biggest downfall of the book for me was the unfinished not-quite-cliffhanger ending. There was an ending with this particular phase of the plot, but there was no real ending and I am programmed to want a reasonable wrap-up even with a series.
Unfortunately, also quite a lot of less than stellar characterization with interaction between characters unrealistic and stilted.
The biggest downfall of the book for me was the unfinished not-quite-cliffhanger ending. There was an ending with this particular phase of the plot, but there was no real ending and I am programmed to want a reasonable wrap-up even with a series.
June 25, 2013
Sorry, this one lost me in the prolog. 1) There were no B29's flying over Germany in 1945. B17's and B24's would have fit, but not B29's. 2) Container ships didn't start being used until 1951, so it's hard for them to be littering the sea floor in 1948. Yeah, it's fiction. It's still jarring and disrupts the story, and if it happens twice in the first few pages, then it's time for me to move on. Do a little basic research or avoid unnecessary detail.
June 22, 2013
The story and plot of this book is great, however, the book needs the services of a professional proofreader. There are a number of grammar and punctuation errors throughout the book, enough that a couple of times I had to go back and re-read a sentence to make sense of it.
Setting aside the grammar and punctuation errors, the story itself is worth reading.
Setting aside the grammar and punctuation errors, the story itself is worth reading.
July 18, 2013
Agree with all. Romance aspect was silly. Good story, however would greatly benefit from edits for punctuation. Did have t o reread some things as a result. I would get lost in some of the in depth talk of history. Good story, not bad writing.
October 26, 2013
really enjoyed this - anxious to read the next in the series
June 26, 2013
The story was interesting but I felt let down at the end because this was book 1 and so it wasn't a real ending. The romance part was silly. But I guess I am still interested enough to read book 2.
July 9, 2013
Quite interesting book about the Bermuda Triangle.
September 12, 2014
I liked the different take on the Bermuda Triangle mystery however the book just seemed slow at times. To me it just wasn't one of those 'can't put it down' books.
August 13, 2015
More like 3 1/2 stars.
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