The Bottom Line: A smart, fearless thriller with a shocking twist. Thirteen books into the series, Seaborne is still firing on all cylinders.
DIVISIBLE MAN – THIRTEEN MOONS begins as armed intruders enter Will Stewart’s hotel room. Startled while taking a shower, he survives thanks to his ability to vanish on command. Now hidden but helpless, he watches, floating in the nude as they decide to take everything he has (including his clothes and the keys to his plane). As they leave, Will overhears one of them deliver a chilling order: “Find this guy and finish him.”
Meanwhile, teenager Baxter Gaffney, daughter of wealthy attorney Caroline Gaffney, has vanished after leaving a high-end behavioral camp for troubled teens. Will’s partner Andy, who is on maternity leave while expecting her and Will’s first child, decides to investigate the matter as a favor. In the book’s emotional highpoint, the case soon puts Andy, and the unborn child, in mortal danger.
As for the crime at hand, has Baxter been kidnapped for ransom? Or has she been identified as a high-functioning, neurologically divergent asset, taken to be analyzed or tested by a shadowy government agency? Thankfully, no – Seaborne’s story doesn’t go anywhere near well-worn thriller tropes. As always, Will’s superpowers come in handy during the investigation, but you’ll never see Seaborne’s shockingly great reveal coming.
Elsewhere, a certain private security firm turns out to be one of Seaborne’s most intriguing inventions yet. FBI special agent Leslie Carson-Pelham discovers that the organization, named after one of Caesar’s Roman legions, has a curious connection to the Gaffney family. It’s an organization that will go to any length – including murder, blackmail and planting false evidence of digital crimes – to get what they want.
Series fans will cheer the return of Cassidy Evelyn Page (a.k.a. “Pidge”), Will’s former student. She’s now chief pilot for Essex County Air Service. Judging by how much she relishes busting the regs in some of the busiest airspace in the world, and the sheer joy she takes in destroying a Porsche with a handgun, she can safely be called a loose cannon. Fortunately for the Stewarts, she’s utterly loyal, all of which makes for several unforgettable action scenes.
As with all the books in the series, THIRTEEN MOONS can be easily enjoyed as a stand alone.
