Blind Waves
   Steven Gould
   (Sr. Staff Reviewer - D. H. BROWN)
  2000 TOR Books
    ISBN: 0312864450


In a world where everyone has been displaced by the Deluge - a 100 foot rise in the sea level from melting ice caps, Patricia Beenan, an underwater salvage expert, stumbles upon a sunken freighter clearly fired upon by an INS ship, then she discovers dozens of bodies chained up in its hold.

This book came to me as I was looking through the shelves at our local rural library. I probably would have passed it up as both the author & the title were unfamiliar. But since I can hardly pass anything in our library that has the little space station sticker on its spine denoting science fiction, I pulled it out, opened it up & read the jacket.

Near future, global warming, rising waters, displaced hundreds of millions of people around the earth - huh, okay. So I checked it out & brought it home. There it sat on my shelf for nearly two weeks. Tell you the truth I was about to drop it into our library bag without reading it, if I hadn't found myself 20 miles from town & no other books around.

With my work done by ten o'clock one night, I wasn't ready to hit the sack yet, so I picked up Blind Waves & began reading.

I should have known as soon as I saw it was a TOR book that I wouldn't be disappointed & I wasn't.

It was fast paced, the characters marched through my mind doing their things & I was thoroughly involved.

Will this go down in the annals of SF writing as a kind of an Asimov classic? Absolutely not! Will I remember it? Oh yes! Did I like the world in which it was set? Oh no! Could it happen? Oh, yes!

Blind Waves was an absorbing read & gave a frightful view into what might happen should that much-prophesied Deluge happen.

At the same time it had what every SF book I read must have - hope. That it has in abundance! People will adapt & thrive as we've been doing for two and a half million years.

Is this a book I would buy? If it was on the newsstand I probably would. Am I glad I read it? Absolutely!

More from Steven Gould: Jumper; Wildside & Helm.
(08/19/01)

David
A RebeccasReads.com Sr. Staff Reviewer

Reviewer's Bio:
D. H. BROWN is the author of the critically acclaimed HONOR DUE and the Citizens Warrior Series. The son of missionary parents and with the help his Uncle Sam, he has touched base in more than 40 countries.  In 1986 he produced the independent children's film Lessie's Rainbow.  During the late 80s and early 90s, he wrote the book Common Sense and delivered the seminars of the same name for the Community Action Network of Seattle (CAN).  While doing his early Vietnam recovery work, he counseled Veterans and spoke widely to men's groups in Washington state, and was a founder of The Lodge of the Wolf.

D. H. BROWN has worked as a Logistics and Weapons Specialist in Viet Nam; day laborer; Director of Security; Armored Car Driver; Police Officer; Professional Hunting Guide; Trapper; Dog Sledder; Homesteader; Truck Driver; General Contractor; Minister; Editor; Writer; Speaker; Restaurateur; Movie Producer; Antique Restoration Specialist; Personal Care Worker; PC Repair Specialist; Computer Instructor; Webmaster and Web Designer. "I write about what I know."

He lives deep in the Pacific Northwest rainforest with his wife, author and editor Rebecca and Buddy Dog, working on his next book.
Visit him at: www.dhbrownbooks.com