Cobalt Blue: A heart-pounding action thriller – Includes bonus material!

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Overview: Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of eight novels: The 6 Sacred Stones, 7 Deadly Wonders, Ice Station, Temple, Contest, Area 7, Scarecrow, and the children's book Hover Car Racer, and one novella, Hell Island.

I have adored the author's writing style for years as he takes his time setting up the stakes for the adventure while fleshing out the characters judiciously so that the story gains from it. However, in his recent outings, including the atrocious movie 'Interceptor' written by the author himself, he has resorted to cliches built upon cliches ending in stale action set pieces. Cobalt Blue is another outcome of the same.

America and Russia both have superheroes - the Fury of Russia (all strength, rage, and hate) and Cobalt Blue (full of compassion and intellectual curiosity). They both got the same powers (think Superman, only better) during the same event. With each country having a superhero, we get a truce of sorts similar to the nuclear standoff during the Cold War.

The Chinese hosts assure their visitors that nothing will go wrong, and that the only reaction guaranteed will be their amazement when they see the beast for the very first time. However, to Professor William Race—an American linguist working with the U.S. Army to decrypt ancient manuscript and find its precise location—the legendary Incan idol is the biggest symbol of the apocalypse, being that it can be used to create a devastating new weapon. million is the price for each of their heads. It’s without question the greatest bounty hunt in history. A team of United States marines, under the leadership of Lieutenant Shane Schofield, is deployed to the station to ensure the safety of this grand discovery.

Why did the Cobalt children not just immediately join forces? Still would've made for an epic story and considering how smart we're constantly told they are, why was this not a contingency plan already in place? With that, Raf begins his heroic journey that will take him through dangerous swamps and ominous forests filled with wolves, hobgoblins and rogue trolls-the worst of them all. However, the only hints to locating this Machine are hidden within the mythical Six Sacred Stones which are scattered around the planet. Two weeks earlier, Cobalt informed Cassie that the psychopathic Fury wants to tear down everything America stands for, humiliate and kill its leaders, and something else she had warned Cassie about after a summit in Paris. Cobalt knows that no one will be able to stop Furin after she dies, even her children since they are only half as strong as him. However, she revealed to Cassie that he has the same weakness as herself; their muscles, bones and organs may be stronger than normal, but as her declining health has proven, their superhuman feats take a heavy toll. Cobalt then tried to encourage Cassie to consider being a hero like her siblings, and while Cassie has always disliked the idea of being idolised and in the spotlight, Cobalt believed her daughter has the right mix of brains, strength and foresight necessary to stop the Fury.