Kronos

Many books could never be made into a movie. Some are too complex, some too detailed and some too thought provoking. "Kronos" is the perfect book for a movie. Lots of action, suspense and tension but not to deep in it's thought. The premise is interesting especially if you're a fan of the 50's giant creature movies. You know the ones... giant spiders, ants, octopus, dinosaurs and others. With today's CG capabilities "Kronos" could be a big hit. Of course some things would have to be left out in order to drop it's R-rating.

Biblically speaking though I did have issues with the book. Jeremy states on his website "...I do not write exclusively Christian books. In fact, I don't refer to myself as a "Christian author" or "an author who writes Christian fiction". I prefer to use the term Biblical speculation to describe what I write." I'd say "Kronos" is not Biblical fiction (and maybe it wasn't meant to be). The free use of fowl language, mild sex scenes, obvious lust instead of love and evolution (by the narrator) doesn't line up with God's Word. Is this post-modernism at work invading the church? Could be.

It did however have same positive aspects to the storyline; a father's love for his child and the question "what if God really exists". Leave the cursing to the secularists. A really good author can work around the issue with creative writing.

The concept of the story is interesting. What if this creature really existed and was created for special tasks. One day I plan on going straight to the Source and asking Him.

1 Star = Pathetic
2 Stars = Fair
3 Stars = Good
4 Stars = Excellent
5 Stars = Life changing

Kronos is about one man's revenge and another man's desire for trophies.

Atticus Young just can't catch a break. His wife is dead and, while diving with whales, his daughter is eaten by the monster you see on the cover.

Steve Alten calls it Moby Dick meets James Bond, and I suppose that could be accurate. Young has this unquenchable thirst to kill the best - plus he's ex-Navy SEAL so there are a few scenes of him tossing knives into people's hands.

Atticus is offered to kill Kronos for Trevor Manfred (what a last name). Manfred collects trophies and this thing would be the best.

They hunt in a huge yacht called The Titan which is state-of-the-art everything: missles, torpedoes, helocopters, subs, harpoons, etc...

Then there is Andrea, National Guard, who was in love with Atticus. She is in pursuit of him.

Alten boasts about "an amazing twist" in this story and I didn't really read it as a twist. I guess I'm used to Dekker's ability to bend your mind with story twists.

Think biblical and you'll figure it out...Old Testament.

Kronos isn't as good as Steve Alten's MEG series but is still a decent underwater monster story.

Jeremy Robinson possesses a unique talent to take a creature of urban legend, intertwine it with natural history and weave an incredible story of faith, love and adventure.

This was my first introduction to Jeremy, and if you haven't read him--you're seriously missing out. Jeremy's KRONOS captured my attention and entertained me from beginning to end.

KRONOS is a tale of revenge, an exacting of an eye for an eye as a father (Atticus) vows to hunt down and kill the creature that has robbed him of his daughter. Atticus' reporting of the mysterious creature has captured the attention of one of the world's richest men and collector of rare antiquities: Trevor Manfred. Trevor--a man who's used to getting his way--decides he wants this creature as part of his private collection and that Atticus is the perfect weapon to get it for him. Hell bent on revenge and with the seemingly endless resources at Trevor's disposal, Atticus chases after the massive creature of legend in a twisted chance of love, sacrifice, betrayal and finally, an ending that's sure to give M Knight Shyamalan a run for his money.

This book was quite exciting - and definitely turned out to be quite different than I expected it to be. On the surface, it shared many similarities to Steve Alten's MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror books - Atticus and Jonas Taylor both can take a lot trauma! However, Robinson's book had more of a spiritual theme that took me by surprise. I think that Laurel was probably my favorite character - though her gender switch from beginning to ending was rather unsettling... It was rather hard to believe that an error of that magnitude was not caught before publication (not to mention other grammatical errors, which I can only hope were typographical)! More stringent editing would definitely improve this book! Still, mechanical errors aside, this book was a fun adventure and I will probably check out more of Robinson's books.

we find Atticus Young suspended in the Gulf of Maine to afraid to move after the death (or swallowing) of his daughter.
he is later hired to track the beast responsible for this attack and take his revenge.
a fantastic adventure across the seas with a pissed off ex-Navy Seal father as a modern day Captain Ahab cant be a bad read right?

A+

A rare five-star review.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
A damaged man of peace who was once a man of war. A lost daughter. A monster of biblical proportions.
All brought together by circumstance.
In the end, it's a retelling and modernisation of an ancient myth that is totally worth reading.

Disappointed, even though author warned before the first chapter that it had a partially religious theme. But it sounded just like my kind of book otherwise. Huge sea creature; widowed oceanographer. I could have done without the annoying semi-estranged daughter; takes place off coast of Maine; very good action/thriller; billionaire collector of unusual and priceless artifacts on his huge mega-yacht. Oceanographer trying to find answers when his daughter is swallowed by the huge sea creature. But the religious premise really ruined the rationale and enjoyment for me. Spoiler alert: Daughter's name was Giona. Puhleeze.

I understand some reviewers irritations with the Jonah and the fish subtext. However this novel is not the least bit preachy. In fact it was a straight up thriller with strong characterization. Robinson writes with wit and is just plain entertaining. This is slower and more deliberately written than Pulse -which is not a bad thing. My wife and I both enjoyed this book as a beach vacation read.

My first book by this author, definitely write a little different than I'm used to. Not much room for descriptions, there is so much wording that is precise and to the point, that you really don't get to paint a picture much in your head.

Characters are believable.

Storyline? not so sure. If you don't mind being taken for a REALLY silly ride at the end, then GO FOR IT!

Gets a little sci-fi at the end. The author should have left the situation as it was, and not embellished with such silliness as how it ended up.

I have two problems with this book, and even suprising to myself, the whole god thing isn't one of them. That was fine to me, no my problem first was Kronos itself. I bought this book and wanted a monster, something that was sinking boats, eating people, destroying coastal towns, and generally causing chaos in the seas. I wanted the Leviathon, instead I got a 150 foot dolphin that chased herring, and nothing else. When I purchase a book with a giant sea monster on the cover, I want a sea monster with bite, and more than one kill under its belt. No all it does is eat fish. The main character, he kils a lot of people, most barehanded actually, but if I wanted a spy story I would have bought one, no I wanted a sea mosnter, disappointing.

Second is the uh, love story, which is not unique to Mr. Robinson. I've read a lot of these giant monster books and they all seem to suffer from the same poorly writen, poorly executed, uncomfortable, and just down right un-plausable romances. I'm sick of reading about people's ex-wives, girl friends, long lost loves, whatever in a book about a giant killer thing. It adds nothing to the story and doesn't make the characters human, it makes them characters in soap operas, and once again if I wanted a soap opera I would watch it, I wanted a monster. If your looking for a giant killer monster that causes some serious damage I have to say look somewhere else, I'm not joking all Kronos does is chase Herring.

After I read Antarktos Risng, I had to read another book from this author. I was not disappointed and really enjoy this one too!. Another great story. This one I finished reading in less than a week. I plan on purchasing additional novels from this author because I've enjoyed his style of writing as well as the whole concept of his stories.

Thanks

Robinson friend-requested me on MySpace so I thought I'd give Kronos a shot. It looked like a 'Jaws' or 'Meg' type of thriller so it appealed to me. At three-quarters of the way through I was bored and could see where it was going. I don't know if Robinson was intending to write religious propaganda or what his beliefs are, but the story was beginning to feel pretty ham-fisted and went far enough into Biblical territory for the red flags to go up. "Giona"? A whale? Okaaaayyy? I don't think I'll be reading any more of Robinson's books.

Wanted to like it - really. But it was melodramatic and very predictable, and the author didnt do a thing to encourage my suspension of disbelief. i literally skimmed the last 50 pages and then left it on the subway for anyone else to try

Not a monster story, and totally unbelievable. Very little suspense and the story is very predictable. I wanted terror, and I got a retelling of "Jonah and the Whale". Also the depictions of character emotions are forced, and full of clichés. Not for sea monster enthusiasts, not for thriller enthusiasts, and not for book enthusiast either.

I love Jeremy Robinson books!!! I have them all, and now at a point where I read various other authors until Jeremy releases a book. I already had this book in paperback, but purchased for my kindle so I can reread and have all my books in the cloud! Yay!