This was an excellent continuation of the Nemesis series. The stakes are raised, because there are now five additional monsters to deal with, and General Gordon is still around, and we find he has become a bit more than just his usual nasty self.
Poor John Hudson has way more to contend with than in the first book. The story moves quickly, and is filled with power struggles, hidden agendas, further background on the main characters, and multiple conflicts with the other Kaiju.
Elements of the story connect back to Project Nemesis, and the different plot threads become more complicated, and we learn that there is much more going on than we were aware of in the first book. We learn more about the original creature discovered at the beginning of Project Nemesis, including hints of where it may have originated, and who currently has the body. This is now becoming like a mega-Kaiju movie, in the vein of Destroy All Monsters (the 1968 Godzilla movie) - I would not be surprised if there was some influence there.
As is detailed on the back cover, Boston has already been destroyed, and Washington D.C. is next on the list! Everything comes to a head, and I was not sure where things would be going, so I was very surprised with how things ended. Some interesting technology is also used by some of the characters, and led the story in a direction I didn't expect. For me, the book ended like a good horror movie with a twist ending - let's leave it at that.
Some characters from Island 731 also make an appearance in the story, and played a larger part than I was expecting, and it looks like they may be appearing again in the next book, Project 731. If you started with Project Nemesis, and are moving on to this book, I would recommend reading Island 731 first. I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to the next installment!
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