Schumann Frequency

Overseer Series #1

by Christopher Ride

It's the adventure of a lifetime. An Overseer has crossed generations to save the world. Time itself is moving too quickly, with each day becoming shorter than the last. Society is unravelling. People are violently out of control, no one is safe. A beautiful women fears she is losing her mind. She's having an unexplainable psychic connection with a man she has never met - no ordinary man. To prove her sanity, she must find him, chasing across the globe on a whirlwind adventure to some of the most mysterious and ancient sites on earth - monuments that hold a secret power. All the while, the forces of opposition lie in wait. They know everything that is about to happen. One wrong move and we are all condemned to darkness. So begins the quest to rectify the Schumann Frequency.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Audiobook, Thriller

536 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Zac Dixon]

This was actually a pretty good book. Although I wasn't really into the little bit of romance towards the end of the book, the end plot twists and reveals were satisfying. It was fast paced and made me keep turning pages. At times you could tell this was a first novel but in the end everything wrapped up nicely. I would read another one of his books in the future and recommend this book to people who would like a fast paced sci fi kind of novel. The little Aussie tidbits thrown in were also nice.

[Iliyan Dimitrov]

Роман, който остави много противоречиви чувства в мен.Написан е много добре, чете се изключително лесно и те държи в някакво напрежение. Но е пълна боза - направо обидно повърхностен. Като онези филми, на които се смееш, а като свършат се чудят - защо пропиля час и половина от живота си, за да ги гледаш.

[Cirrus Minor]

Das also ist zeitgemäße Science Fiction? Eigentlich bin ich ja eher Fan der abgedrehten Weltvorstellungen von Philip K. Dick und hätte "Die Frequenz" nach kurzem Anlesen auch fast wieder weggelegt, aber dann hat es mich doch gefesselt, wie sich die Geschichte in unserer Gegenwart weiterentwickelte und in der zukünftigen Gegenwart nach und nach die Zusammenhänge erläutert wurden. Enttäuschung ruft leider das Ende hervor, hatte ich mir doch wirklich ein ausgesuchteres Motiv gewünscht. Auch die Andeutung einer Fortsetzung erscheint mir überflüssig, lieber hätte ich gerne noch ein paar mehr Hintergrundinformationen zu einigen Charakteren bekommen. Für einen Erstling aber durchaus gut gelungen.

[Elizabeth]

As a person who wholeheartedly finds all fictional depictions of time travel icky, I still mostly enjoyed this.

The "science" is sketchily quoted-from-quotes, the dialogue is repetitive and two-dimensional (haha, see what I did there), and the characters are gloriously stereotypical.

On the other hand, the premise is interesting, the action moves along well, and as a debut novel it is pretty well done, and I'm keen to try the sequel just to see if it gets better.

[Thk]

Would have been a nicer book if all the paradoxes and scientific portions have been more accurate. Not too bad an action thriller but sure not the best sci-fi one. (Jumper would be a more recommended time-traveling book, or even fellow Australian Reilly). Somehow not satisfying as expected, and it has taught me not to believe the blurbs at the front of any book.

[Frances]

I wasn't too sure what to expect from this first time author but the premise seemed interesting and I found it a very interesting read indeed. The pace kept me turning the pages as a little more of the story of why was exposed.

Will definitley be giving the next one a shot

[Andrew Strafford]

Good concept and yarn, but disappointing with logical and technical inconsistencies

[Debra]

I guess to read a book such as this you need to have a good understanding of science, and particularly physics. This is an area I have never excelled in, so I found it a very difficult read.

[Jana Elston]

Interesting, Loved it

[Sri Gopalan]

Great read. Fast paced. Somewhat similar author to Matthew Reilly. Liked the Aussie touch to the story too. There has to be a sequel.

[Miroslav Dimitrov]

Страхотна и оригинална. Чете се на един дъх.

[WhiteBarde Viktor Novaliss]

Книгата е супер. Започва обаче доста тъпо, клишета, лоша конструкця- направо мислех да я захвърля и да й дам една звезда. Насилих се да продължа да чета и съм благодарен за което- някъде на една четвърт-една трета от началото сякаш писателят се е отприщил, книгата става интересна и се чете на един дъх.

[Matt Charles]

This was a struggle to finish. Dialogue felt forced, lots of telling instead of showing, and the characters were horribly bland and stereotyped. There were too many exclamation marks and italicised words and it generally felt overwritten. I feel like this novel could have benefited from some more editing because the overall idea wasn't bad and it could have been a fun read.

[Leanne Shelton]

As a time travelling lover, I knew I'd love this one! A couple of things were left unresolved at the end, but I assume that's only because it's left as a cliffhanger for the next book! Highly recommended.

[Veronica Strachan]

I have always been fascinated by the Schumann Frequency. Christopher Ride has taken this phenomenon and run with it: adventure, intrigue, conspiracy, supernatural twists and world-ending plot line.
A great story.

[Michael]

great premise and interesting story

[Anwar Maricar]

Mind exploding read, written with real facts.

[Венета Иванова]

Интересна идея, но нещо липсва.Напомня повече за сценарий на холивудски екшън филм с ефекти.

[Syazwanie Winston Abdullah]

Would have been a 5 if not for that ending!

[Asif]

Great read..engrossing 👍😍

[Debra]

3.5

[Sarah Ridgway]

This is right down my alley, I really enjoyed the different locations travelled to throughout the book.

[Glenn]

Spoilers:

So if visblat had succeeded he would have come back to the future before he had actually left for the past? Is that possible?

[J.D]

Unfortunately the author fell into some obvious clichés, situational as well as conversational, far too regularly. The love story was childish, the relationship between hero and heroine swung between petulant silence, snarky sledges and soaring passion. The use of an Australian protagonist whilst trying to appeal to a wider North American readership was an interesting choice and a little hedge-betting when the Aussie used U.S cultural references that I wouldn’t think to be a natural reflex. I found these flaws to be distracting from the story that wasn’t too bad a premise otherwise. But the triteness couldn’t lift my rating above one star.

[Shahmeer Rafiq]

Nice book, not the best in the world but not too bad as well.

[Michael Uhe]

Horrible. Poorly written, boring, bland, predictable, implausible, poorly researched.
I couldn't wait to finsihed it.

ZERO STARS

[Kathrin]

didnt get far with this one *yawn*

[Merrin]

Totally loved this book! Yes it's his first novel, but what a great story.

[Lorna]

Really great story. Couldn't put it down. Looking forward to reading The First Boxer

[Ingrid]

An enjoyable read