Perfection Unleashed (Double Helix Book 1)

This book truly touched my heart. I loved Danyael Sabre and all the other characters. Jade Kerrion really brought this book to life and I absolutely love the science in this book. Its pretty realistic and for me it was pretty comprehensive without diving into confusing. I was certainly blown away by this book.

In an unspecified time in the future, when genetic modification is common, mutants, in vitros, and clones coexist with humans. Scientists have created Galahad, the perfect specimen, and conduct experiments on him in an isolated lab. Pro-humanists believe all non-humans should be eliminated and storm the lab, while Galahad manages to escape albeit wounded. A strong alpha mutant, Danyeal, is called in to heal him and is shocked to see the physical similarities between himself and Galahad. As they fight for survival, the Department of Defense is called in along with the Council for Mutants.

After a somewhat confusing beginning, I really liked this book. Some of the early scenes start in the middle of the action, and cues about location, identity, or rationale are absent. After the first couple of chapters, this cleared up and the book really pulled me in.

The action carried the narrative along well and there were no loose ends when I finished the book, despite it being the first in a series. If you want a self-contained book, this is not for you: while the action is resolved, Danyeal is left in a situation that is untenable and you need the second book to figure out what happens. For me, that was a shortcoming of the book.

There were a number of characters, and for the most part they were well-developed. I felt that one of the scientists was pretty stereotyped, but this characterization worked well. Galahad, the perfect specimen (obviously named after Sir Galahad of the King Arthur legends) leaves some doubts as to who is really is: he seems a nice guy with some arrogance, but the hints of "what lies beneath the surface" were never developed. Perhaps in the next book.

People fear genetic modification and this book plays it out nicely. We also have a common tendency to separate people into groups and discriminate against those who are different from ourselves. These issues play out in Perfection Unleashed in a compelling manner, Overall, this was a very enjoyable novel.

What an incredible storyline. Being an empath also but not with Danyels power, I can understand how he feels. There is do much action and emotionally charged feelings reading this book. Wow, I am buying the next book now. 5 stars plus
Well done Jade

This is a superb, engrossing piece of science fiction! Like all the best stories, it pulls you in, making you think the story is relatively straightforward, and then, page after page, begins to layer in complexities. Pay attention - the links and skullduggery accumulate as the novel keeps going, making you realize this world is increasingly complex - and very, very interesting.

Do yourself a favor - download this marvelous storytelling effort, lose yourself in the story, and then (as I do) start to anticipate this marvelous author's next story!

Order this great little novel - you won't be disappointed!

Quite an interesting story of the mutant and human interactions. It makes it a different tale than most. I'm finding it quite frankly, hard to put down.

At the same time, quite often I was getting pulled out of the story but not ever enough to put me off completely. The story has kept drawing me back into it. Considering its her first novel I can't wait to see what she'll come out with in the future. Jade is going to be quite the powerhouse in the future in my opinion, she's definitely very gifted.

I did receive a free for a review.

I really enjoyed reading Perfection Unleashed. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and 'seeing' what happens. I've read this and Miriya, and I can't wait until I can read the rest of the series.

This is an action packed beginning to a larger story. The world is ours yet it is not. Human, invitro, mutant and clone are all labels that have changed how people see each other. Into this mix comes Galahad: the perfect life form and the story begins. This is a real page turner making me want to reach for the next one.

I enjoyed this novel very much: a very plausible fantasy/SF setting, characters with depth, a good storyline. Originality as well, empaths and telepaths instead of vampires and zombies -i'm tired of those, seriously. Thrilling read, with that, the action never stops and really gets a grip on the reader. I am looking forward to read the second volume.