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Jon Hudson, lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center-P, thinks his job is a joke. While other Fusion Centers focus on thwarting terrorist activity, Hudson's division is tasked with handling paranormal threats to national security, of which there have been zero during his years at the DHS. When yet another Sasquatch sighting leads to a research facility disguised as an abandoned Nike missile site in the back woods of Maine, Hudson's job becomes deadly serious.

Hudson and the local Sherriff, Ashley Collins, suddenly find themselves on the run from a ruthless ex-Special Forces security team, but the human threat is short-lived as something very much not-human destroys the facility and heads for civilization, leaving only a single clue behind--a name scrawled in blood Nemesis. Working with his team at Fusion Center-P, Sherriff Collins and a surly helicopter pilot named Woodstock, Hudson pursues the creature known as Nemesis, attempts to uncover the corporate secrets behind its creation and accidental release and tries to comprehend why several clues lead to a murdered little girl named Maigo.

But as the body-count explodes, along with the monster's size, it quickly becomes clear that nothing short of a full military response can slow Nemesis's progress. Coordinating with every branch of the U.S. military, Hudson simultaneously searches for clues about Nemesis's origins and motivations, and leads the counterattack that will hopefully stop the monster before it reaches Boston and its one million residents.

Witness the birth of a legend as Jeremy Robinson, bestselling author of SecondWorld and Ragnarok, combines the pacing of Matthew Reilly with the mystery of James Rollins and creates the first iconic American Kaiju* story since King Kong. Includes original creature designs by legendary Godzilla artist, Matt Frank.

*Kaiju is Japanese for "strange beast." The genre includes classic monsters such as Godzilla, Gamera, Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah. 

PRAISE FOR JEREMY ROBINSON

"Robinson blends myth, science and terminal velocity action like no one else." 
-- Scott Sigler, NY Times Bestselling author of INFECTED and ANSCESTOR

"Just when you think that 21st-century authors have come up with every possible way of destroying the world, along comes Jeremy Robinson." 
-- New Hampshire Magazine

"There's nothing timid about Robinson as he drops his readers off the cliff without a parachute and somehow manages to catch us an inch or two from doom." 
--Jeff Long, NY Times bestselling author of THE DESCENT

"Jeremy Robinson is an original and exciting voice."
--Steve Berry, NY Times bestselling author of THE EMPEROR'S TOMB

"With THRESHOLD, Jeremy Robinson goes pedal to the metal into very dark territory. Fast-paced, action packed and wonderfully creepy! Highly recommended!"
--Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of ROT & RUIN

" [SecondWorld] is gripping, propelled by expertly controlled pacing and lively characters. Robinson's punchy prose style will appeal to fans of Matthew Reilly's fast-paced, bigger-than-life thrillers, but this is in no way a knockoff. It's a fresh and satisfying thriller that should bring its author plenty of new fans."
-- Booklist

"A brisk thriller with neatly timed action sequences, snappy dialogue and the ultimate sympathetic figure in a badly burned little girl with a fighting spirit... The Nazis are determined to have the last gruesome laugh in this efficient doomsday thriller." 
-- Kirkus Reviews

" Relentless pacing and numerous plot twists drive this compelling stand-alone from Robinson... Thriller fans and apocalyptic fiction aficionados alike will find this audaciously plotted novel enormously satisfying."
--Publisher's Weekly

Project Nemesis A Kaiju Thriller Jeremy Robinson Matt Frank 9780988672512 Books

Project Nemesis is a SciFi / monster story reminiscent of the old Godzilla movies....only much better. The book has a solid, satisfying conclusion, while at the same time leaving the door open to sequels. And Robinson should consider writing those sequels because he has a winner here - both in the story line and with the loveable characters.
Nemesis also proves once again that Robinson is better without any co-authors. Any of his fans realize that all of the Chess Team novellas were co-written, along with Ragnarok, with other authors. Nemesis is Jeremy Robinson by himself and at the top of his game again. A very enjoyable read.

Product details Paperback 310 pages Publisher Breakneck Media (December 6, 2012) Language English ISBN-10 0988672510

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Project Nemesis A Kaiju Thriller Jeremy Robinson Matt Frank 9780988672512 Books Reviews

I officially became a fan of Robinson’s writing after reading his excellent novel Island 731. It was a book that encapsulated just about everything that I love about horror with enough intense thrills to keep the excitement at an all-time high, while wrapping it all up with some very compelling original fiction that created questions worth seeking answers for. Project Nemesis marks my second foray into Robinson’s work. It’s his attempt at replicating the intense destruction found in kaiju films via prose form, yet on the same massive scale as you’d expect on the big screen. The overall result is unfortunately a bit mixed in my opinion. Robinson is able to perfectly illustrate the colossal spectacle one would expect from iconic kaiju films such as Godzilla, Gamera, or Pacific Rim; however, the book unfortunately also has a lot of problems.

The pacing of this book is definitely a double-edged sword. On one hand, Project Nemesis conveys a sense of speed and urgency that demands your attention from start to finish. The threat of a massive monster who could seemingly appear just about anywhere at any given moment creates a nonstop feeling of dread and anticipation for Nemesis’s inevitable arrival. However, the downside to Robinson’s breakneck speed comes in the form of extremely poor characterization. The characters of Project Nemesis, specifically Jon Hudson and Ashley Collins, are introduced instantaneously and then immediately thrown into the fire. You’re barely given a basic understanding of who these characters are, or why you should care for them aside from their status as the book’s protagonists. Make no mistake, if you enjoy a fast-paced narrative with plenty of action, then there is something for you to like with Project Nemesis. However, as much as I enjoy a greater sense of urgency; when I’m investing my time into reading a book, as opposed to a film or television, I expect a greater degree of naunce in regards to characterization because the author is given the means to do so as opposed to the other aforementioned mediums. Perhaps this book channels the spirit of kaiju films a little too well. The general case in said films has the protagonist portrayed as a cookie-cutter two-dimensional Everyman for which the audience can use as a surrogate to project themselves into the film’s larger than life scenario. In other words, the emphasis isn’t on the protagonist, but rather on the spectacle of the event itself. Yet with a book, the author has the opportunity to add this missing layer of characterization, and in this regard I feel Robinson doesn't succeed here. At best, Jon Hudson is a surrogate for the reader to project themselves onto. At worst, he’s a generic, albeit passable protagonist with little to no defining characteristics to call his own.

It begs to question why the FS-P, (the branch of the DHS the protagonist works for) even exists in the first place. It’s quickly established that the FS-P, or “Fusion Center-Paranormal” is a small subsidiary of the DHS that is tasked with the primary goal of hunting down leads on paranormal events in the off-chance that they ever become a threat to national security. I have an issue with this premise; prior to the book’s events, there have been zero documented paranormal incidents within the story's universe, so why does this organization even exist? Usually government agencies are founded in response to a specific event, or a significant demand in society; so the idea that an entire organization exists, (not to mention is also funded by the U.S. government's tax dollars) for the sole purpose of tracking down some unknown malefactor that the US government has no logical reason to believe even exists is baffling to me. It would make far more sense if the FS-P was created in response to this book’s events rather than it existing beforehand.

My final critique is the romance that instantaneously sparks between Hudson and Collins. It’s so by-the-numbers and artificially forced that it made me stop and ask “why?” It honestly felt more like Robinson was checking off a list of tired fiction clichés rather than it being an integral part of the book. Just because the story happens to feature a man and a woman as the lead protagonists doesn’t mean that they must become a couple, or at least in such a rushed and unbelievable manner. Whether it be novels, television, or movies, I am so tired of writers feeling they need to force a romance into a story in order to meet some unspoken rule.

Despite my list of critiques, this book has done a lot to warrant a read. For starters, I love the extra mile Robinson went by having the artist Matt Frank, actually illustrate the monster’s various evolutionary forms in exquisite detail. One of my favorite elements of a kaiju film, (or monster films in general), is the monster’s physical appearance. For once, I didn’t want to leave it up to my own mental interpretation, and am very grateful to be shown Robinson’s exact vision on the kaiju being illustrated stage-by-stage in such a beautifully vivid manner. The artwork is fantastic and I constantly found myself returning to the pages with the pictures in order to refresh my memory.

There is also a large amount of humor instilled in Project Nemesis, a stark contrast when juxtaposed with Island 731's darker and gloomier tone. Too much humor is something I’m usually skeptical towards since it runs the gambit of undermining the tension established by the narrative. However, in this case, it also doesn’t hurt to poke fun once in a while at the utter absurdity of the situation presented to the characters. After all, you can’t watch a kaiju film without smirking at least a little at how outlandish the entire idea is to begin with. Fortunately, Robinson doesn’t go overboard and manages to balance the humor in the book just well enough so that it doesn’t erode the sense of immediacy and danger of the narrative.

As with Island 731, Robinson has a true knack for interweaving incredibly fascinating mythology into his books. I loved uncovering the dark and terrifying mystery of Island 731’s horrific past, and now I can say the same for Nemesis’s creation. It’s an interesting take on the kaiju genre and I’m now interested to see how he expands this compelling lore into the two sequels.

Project Nemesis is a solid book for what I feel is a very underrepresented genre; however, it is not without significant faults and is unfortunately a pretty substantial step down from Island 731. I really enjoyed Robinson’s take on the Kaiju genre, and I’m definitely interested in the sequels where the threat is going to only get bigger. However, the book does have quite a few cons that were very hard to look past, even when I was enjoying the brief, yet lighting fast narrative. The characters are generic stand-ins at best, most of which belong to an organization whose existence isn't justified no matter how far you stretch your suspension of disbelief. The romance in particular felt incredibly forced and unnecessary, at least at this early point in the trilogy; Robinson could have at least given the two characters more time to grow over the course of the books before establishing them as a couple. Yet where the book succeeds is with its exciting narrative that always emits a greater sense of urgency and danger, as well as the love and care that went into crafting the compelling, and original, kaiju Nemesis, via both prose and through visual artwork.
“The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, that hand! The window! The window!” ― H.P. Lovecraft, Dagon

Dr. Ichiro Serizawa The arrogance of men is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around. Let them fight.
Godzilla, 2014

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus This thing is much too big to be some lost dinosaur.
Godzilla, 1998

“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” Lovecraft would have loved this. Nemesis is Godzilla, Cthulhu, and “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman” all rolled into one - Destroyer God and sad victim not only of fate but of a rich, obsessive, vicious man. “Nemesis” is a monster, true. A monster created by science, at the behest of a human even more monstrous than Nemesis herself.

Of course, back when King Kong and Godzilla came to life, “The Bomb” was our greatest fear. Immense power, horrific death from the skies – the perfect structure for tales of horror. Now, Nemesis waltzes onto the stage, filled with fear, pain, and a deep need for answers. Even monsters need answers, and Nemesis more than most. For all she is a monster, possibly a God, she is lost, searching. But her search can kill millions. Of course, the military is shooting off all its toys, twelve AMRAAM and four Tomahawks have only succeeded in killing civilians so far – and Boston is her next stop. Which is worse? A terrified military blasting away, or a giant beast storming across the land? “Hulk SMASH!”
I got a huge kick out of this story. Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer, the story is a high octane tribute to all the 50’s monster movies we know and love. But it is also a denunciation of military incompetence, political ineptitude (yes, those are basically the same words – but military command and the political machine are basically the same thing, so . . .) and the horrific things humans will do given enough money and political and military power.

Jeremy Robinson has written a story for everyone from preteens to adults, delving into the human psyche, exploring our fears and bringing the past into the present. Nemesis is, when it comes down to it, an avenging angel, a Goddess of Vengeance, and I liked her – a lot. Jon Hudson, the hero of the piece, is the lead investigator for a special DHS department – Paranormal Investigations. Following up reports of Sasquatch is embarrassing – but trying to keep the rest of DHS under control, especially the smart-arse Boston lead investigator, is enough to make Jon bang his head against a wall. There is a lot of blood and gore, a lot of military action and military and political stupidity – and his ‘sidekick’ Sheriff Collins, is one kick arse broad, so I was happy with that! There is fun and snarky humour as well, which is always a huge positive for me.

Grab it – it’s fun!
Okay if this book doesn't get the Godzilla/ Pacific Rim Summer Blockbuster Michael Bay explosion/ destruction fest in my life time then I'm going to explode.

This book is excellent, and the fact that to my knowledge no one's bought the rights to make a movie adaptation is is baffling, this would be so refreshing. if I see another Twilight/Hunger Games/Divergent/ Maze Runner Y.A P.O.S I might torch a Barnes and Nobles or two (I AM KIDDING ON THAT PLEASE DON'T CALL THE POLICE! )

This book is paced beautifully, the main character is hysterical at times and there were parts where he actually got me laughing. The character's are interesting and our monster the NEMESIS is a treat and I like how she's actually causing property damage for a large portion of the book instead of just coming at the end and then making me fork over cash for part two (I've already read part two and it's even better), I actually couldn't put this book down at times, and that's pretty rare for me honestly because even good books I will eventually put down and come back to in a week. Must buy especially if you love Godzilla or Pacific Rim.
Project Nemesis is a SciFi / monster story reminiscent of the old Godzilla movies....only much better. The book has a solid, satisfying conclusion, while at the same time leaving the door open to sequels. And Robinson should consider writing those sequels because he has a winner here - both in the story line and with the loveable characters.
Nemesis also proves once again that Robinson is better without any co-authors. Any of his fans realize that all of the Chess Team novellas were co-written, along with Ragnarok, with other authors. Nemesis is Jeremy Robinson by himself and at the top of his game again. A very enjoyable read.