Michelle Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Dolman is set to a background of concern over climate changes, with a Government who believe that we are rapidly heading for disaster. With this in mind, they are secretly running two projects.. the first is to design underwater cities to live in, and the second is to design a genetically modified human, capable of living underwater. There is a theory that humans and dolphins share a genetic past, and so this becomes the animal of choice for the resultant hybrids. Sebastian James, a genius geneticist, is the chosen scientist for this particular project. He is completely obsessed with his work, and is disliked by most people who come across him. The book, however, starts away from these projects, and is set in Scotland. The first four chapters introduce us to some great characters, and their relationships, and I felt immediately pulled into their lives. We catch glimpses of the projects, as they do, but the emphasis is on the characters. Chapter five takes us back to 1990, where we start to learn more about the projects - it has a different feel to the first chapters, but once again pulled me straight in. Victoria has a descriptive style, which pulls the reader into the day to day happenings, and she also writes some very believable and likable characters. This is definitely the part where the story falls into the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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