Ascendant, J.S. Devey

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Ascendant 
Author J.S. Devey
File Size: 2515 KB
Print Length: 296 pages
Publication Date: February 10, 2018
 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B079R2HCBW


The world is braced for war. Then comes the flood: Creatures made of water inundate the streets of Seattle, decimating the city, killing thousands.

Dr. Kristen Combs makes a critical discovery about the Aquatic invaders, drawing the attention of the U.S. military, and propelling her to the forefront of humanity’s response to the alien threat. Assisted by a half-machine Mako warrior and her team of Marines, Combs must find answers: Why are the Aquatics here? What do they want? And can they be stopped before human civilization is washed off the face of the Earth?




My Thoughts

Against the backdrop that J.S. Devey re-creates, we follow Dr. Kristen Combs as she researches endangered species whose populations have plummeted. She is observing a specimen when a high-powered air horn sounds alerting the team that a DPRK Frigate is near. The specimen slips from her grasp back into the water.

Soon after, Dr. Combs settles into her cabin and pours over her National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) email. She finds a memo that NASA is tracking space rocks that are on a course to impact with earth. The coordinates are the very same body of water in which she’s invested much of her time and energy.

Devey’s atmospheric prose is formidably descriptive. Dr. Combs returns home and is awakened to the smell of human waste and the sound of a steady stream of water. She tries to make sense of it all - but can’t

What ensues thereafter is we observe a fight to survive what would likely carry anyone out to sea. Dr. Combs is fortunate to escape. While Aquatic invaders obliterate things that burn fuel in their search for colonization, she is forced to watch helplessly as people float by face down in the water.

Next, earthly forces converge together to combat a situation that would likely destroy any healthy ecosystem. Factoring in Aquatic invaders, we know that when the system's balance is threatened, there is a greater need for superior information processing and dissemination, leading to task forces with the latest weapons.


In closing, what Devey clearly and skillfully points out is that when searching for a position of power we must be mindful, as humans, that we don’t unnecessarily divide ourselves. When small elements of our ecosystem break down, we need to band together as virtually indistinguishable or risk becoming an endangered species ourselves.

I received this book through the generosity of the author for an honest review.