Tsunami Blue by Gayle Ann Williams
Kathryn “Blue” O’Malley is a commodity in a place that makes Waterworld seem like Disney Land. The survivors of the killer tsunamis that destroyed most of the world think she is a witch, or a devil. The different factions of Runners, or modern-day pirates, want her as their own personal weather vane. Her family is gone, the last one killed on the beach she and her dog Max call home. She is the voice of the people, whether they want her or not, transmitting warnings whenever the waves whisper in her ear.
And the sea gives up its dead.
It would not be the first time she found a body on the beach. This one is different, though. He is a dark angel fallen from the sky, and somehow, he survived the fall. Her survival instincts kick in and she does everything in her power to save him, even as the voice of her dead uncle goads her for being a fool. When she sees the tattoo of a dagger cutting through the number 666 on his back, she is woman enough to admit that, even postmortem, sometimes Uncle Seamus knew what he was talking about.
Gabriel, Blue’s fallen angel (figuratively, not literally), may be one of my favorite heroic characters. Yes, he fits my physical profile for The Perfect Man—tall, slightly long hair, golden skin—but it is his personality and the way he treats Blue that makes him exceptional. Pieces of his past are littered through the book, each one exposing another piece of the Gabriel puzzle. He obviously cares for Blue, but why? And do his feelings run deeper than his desire to predict the tsunamis?
Tsunami Blue by Gayle Ann Williams is not paranormal, or science fiction, or even your average romance, for that matter. It is in a genre of its own: part post-apocalyptic, part futuristic, part Mad Max meets Escape from New York, all with a healthy dose of sexual tension and a surprisingly sweet ending.
The appeal of this book lies in the possibilities it holds. Mother Nature is not happy with us, and she proves it in increasingly deadly ways. I do not doubt for a minute that a rash of deadly tidal waves could bring the world to its knees. Blue’s power would, indeed, be an asset worthy of war and bloodshed. To have the power to predict the waves would make it possible to hide your people, loot the cities that fell, and corral your enemies. Gabriel proves powerful in his own right, but I do not understand his power as well. It was described vaguely, and I can only hope we learn more about it in the next book.
Book Stats:
- Mass Market Paperback: 290 pages
- Publisher: Leisure Books; Original edition (March 30, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0505528215
- ISBN-13: 978-0505528216
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my other vote is for Joss Ware’s “Night Betrayed” I love her post apocolyptic series