A Great Story Full of Emotion
Hell Divers 2: Ghosts is set 10 years after the original Hell Divers. X was left for and presumed dead on the surface of the Earth. Since then a whole new group of Hell Divers has risen up from the ashes. A new captain is in charge of the ship and they don’t dive into Red Zones anymore. But all of that is about to change. This story jumps right back into the footsteps of the last book. Smith has a way of writing that sucks you in and keeps you on the edge of seat throughout. Fans of the first book will definitely enjoy this one. The cast of characters is a little different with a few familiar faces. I particularly enjoyed reading out X’s adopted son “Tin” and his new adventures as a Hell Diver and an adult. Smith wrote a lot about struggles in this book. The struggle to stay alive (on numerous accounts), the struggle to keep the ship up, the struggle against mutiny, and the struggle for self-preservation. I like that this book had an overarching feeling of a struggle because humans struggle, especially ones that weren’t meant to be airborne for 200 years on end. The great R.C. Bray narrated Hell Divers 2: Ghosts, and did a heck of a job. His voice has the perfect range of the types of characters that Smith writes about and at times he really becomes these people. Overall, Ghosts was a great read that I finished in a couple sittings. I couldn’t put it down and now I’m anxiously awaiting the third book to be released (and recorded by Bray, I hope!)