Seizure by Kathy Reichs

So, I am a very big fan of Kathy Reichs. I have devoured each Tempe Brennan novel with a kind of desperation that is almost unknown to me. I was never much for the thriller, never fond of a good crime novel and it was Kathy who introduced me to the genre.
Now she is writing a teen series and if you haven't read Virals or Seizure yet you have to! They are just as addictive and incredibly exciting with plot-twists a plenty to keep even the most distracted reader glued to the pages. I love all of the characters, so well formed you feel for Tory Brennan every step of the way, through her exile to the Loggerhead Island and the cruel bullying at school to the constant remembrance of her mother, dead, no longer there for her. She is now stuck with her father (estranged until her mother's death) a character we have met before, Tempe Brennan's nephew, Kit a brilliant scientist in his own right.

Of course Tory is also interested in science, this is a Kathy Reichs novel we are talking about, but she is more drawn towards animals. Anyway, I won't give to much away all at once, but the second novel in the series opens on the Virals (oh and did I mention that Tory and her three friends have been infected with a wolf virus and now have super human powers!?) about to be separated as Loggerhead Island looks set to be sold to the highest bidder. But our Tory is not one of those who would just let herself be separated from her friends, not now, not ever and she is set for an adventure - an adventure that involves buried treasure. Now we get to the pirate bit of the story, read it again I did just say PIRATE! Anne Bonny, one of the most deadly female pirates has hidden her treasure somewhere and Tory is sure that they (the Virals) can find it and save their homes and keep their parents from moving them thousands of miles apart.

So there you have it, there is adventure on the high-seas, gun-fights at dawn and a gorgeous wolf dog called Cooper, what's not to love! This is high-octane stuff, but is still perfect for it's teen and adult audience, with hardly the whiff of romance!

I personally read it in two days, jostling against people on the tube to work, hefting my hardback copy around and if I can do it so can you! So get out there, buy it, buy it from a real bookstore and don't forget your copy of Virals too as you will be hooked from the first page!