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The Catalyst (2000)

by Boyd Morrison(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: Product DetailsRating :4 starsPublisher:Gallery BooksBlurbIn this thrilling novel, chemist Kevin Hamilton must protect his research, his girlfriend, and himself from dangerous thieves after his experiments.My thoughtA thriller in which a graduate chemistry student and his girlfriend go on the run after his co-discovery of a cheap way to produce diamonds results in the murders of others familiar with the process.Fast pace, good plot. I really enjoyed this book. Not many plot twists and turns, but characters are believable. Good for a quick escape from reality.The author does a good job with the pairing of Erica and Kevin as each has their own past issues. They constantly need to stay ahead of the bad guys and there are several tense moments. The main bad guy (Lobec) is a "s... moreuper polite all business" bad guy that makes him more scary. Writing was tight and LACK of bad grammar and typos was amazing. It is a great book. It's a true page turner in that our heroes are never really "safe", so you have to keep seeing what's happening next. I really liked the book and would have given it the full five stars except I felt that Tarnwell had entirely too many resources working for him and sometimes the bad guys looked overly dumb. I do recommend this book for those looking for a page-turner
review 2: FYI - the book isn't sold anymore under the title of The Adamas Blueprint - it's now sold with the title The Catalyst. It was an OK read - nothing like Mr. Morrison's previous novel…The Ark. If I could have given in 2.5 stars, I would have. This story was a little slow and the premise, although highly important/sensitive, wasn't as earth-shattering as the premise in The Ark. The characters were a bit uninspired and the bad guys seemed a little too predictable…along with their efforts to get the good guys. I don't think there was enough "fantastic" in this story. Mr. Morrison wrote a good book here and the story was solid - it was just a bit slow for me. Tons of other folks might love it…which is fine. I'm looking forward to reading The Vault by Mr. Morrison very soon. less

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