The Speed of Write

In this first novel, Fragment,Warren Fahy brings us a really big “What if?”. What if there was an island in the South Pacific where life had been left to develop on it’s own, outside the influence of human contact? What would the wildlife on this island look like? Would it resemble anything we knew in the world today? Would the environment be friendly or dangerous to the outside world? What would this fragment of the unknown be like?

The crew of the research vessel Trident, filming the science reality show Sealife, are about to find out the answers to those questions. Called to remote Henders Island by a distress beacon, they find the old sailboat wreckage that the signal originated from. Knowing the owner of it was rescued five years previously near Hawaii, they wonder who triggered the beacon after all these years. Thirteen people arrive on the beach to search for survivors, but only two people survive the first encounter with the island, all of which was broadcast on live television. The world outside thinks it’s all a hoax, but for the scientists and crew who came to the island, the horror is all too real.

Now, the United States government has stepped in to assess the situation and what they find is an ecosystem that destroys anything it comes in contact with. Fearing the consequences of anything getting off the island, they need to decide if it should be destroyed. But what if there were also intelligent life on Henders Island? Could we let it be destroyed then?

This was a tremendous first novel. Yes, it stretches the imagination beyond belief, but that’s what so great about the “what if?”. It can take a tiny fragment of reality, topple it over into the great unknown and you’ll have no idea what hit you. It’s what made books like Jurassic Parkso great. I look forward to whatever Warren Fahy has planned next.

Filed under: Adventure, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller