Catalyst (The Breakthrough, #3)

by Michael C. Grumley

The future of the world has begun...

In 1984 a doomsday vault was constructed on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean to preserve Earth's genetic history in the event of a global catastrophe.

Now, decades later, a second vault has been uncovered. This one resting where no one ever expected. And the problem is... it's not ours. Even more curious is the seeds inside the vault. Millions of seeds, each with a genetic embryo untouched and perfectly preserved. Waiting. No one knows who built it. Or when.

Now a small group of marine biologists and navy investigators have been assigned to find out. Before anyone else does. But Alison Shaw and John Clay are not prepared for what they are about to uncover. Beginning with the truth behind our own evolution.

• ISBN10: 178854885X
• ISBN13: 9781788548854
• Publish Date: 3 September 2020
• Publish Status: Cancelled
• Out of Print: 4 June 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Head of Zeus
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 528
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jeff Sexton]

Great Story, Suffers Same Formatting Problem As LEAP. In this entry into the BREAKTHROUGH series, Grumley doesn't have near the revelations of the previous two books - though there are a couple thrown in, they just don't have the impact of the previous books - but manages to raise the stakes even more. Our team faces genuine peril this time, with one major character actually dying - and staying dead through the end of the book. Other characters feel like cannon fodder when introduced, and are never really fleshed out to be much more than that. Whereas the previous two books left on a bit of an ominous cliffhanger of the reader knowing more was to come but the characters not, this book leaves us with the characters having a clear direction - even if they don't know exactly where they are going. Arguably the weakest book of this series, but still an excellent read that promises even more to come.