Jessica: Abduction by Robin Cook

I felt this was a departure for Robin Cook. He is known for his medical mysteries which I love, but this certainly isn't one. With a name like abduction my first thought was that it had something to do with abduction by extra terrestrials. That would have been good. This book I didn't really enjoy.

It starts off with a deep sea drilling expedition. Unable to drill in their current location with drill bits repeatedly breaking, a team of divers and an submersible head to the bottom of the ocean floor to repair the bit. One of the groups decides to do a little exploring (how often do you have the chance to explore a sea mount of the bottom of the ocean) and get sucked into another world... the world of Atlantis. Actually it's not Atlantis, but it's the next city over from Atlantis. So here the crew finds themselves learning about humans who existed millions of years before themselves and their "perfect" world where no one dies. (Their essence gets uploaded to a computer and then downloaded into a new born body later.)

All is great in this Utopian city, but these people want to go home. Do they make it? Read to find out.

I had to finish reading the book to find out what happens to the crew, but overall I was disappointed with this book. If you like medical mysteries, Robin Cook is a great author to read but this isn't quite in line with his usual.