Weak 3 stars. His adult series and stand-alones are much better. ( )

I didn't realize it was a YA novel until a little ways in - I had thought it was odd the main character was a teenage boy, and figured the time would fast-forward to current day (it starts in the late 80s) after the first chapter or two, but... nope... it is fully YA.

The plot? A 14 year old becomes a super-hero-magical-being.
The story? He is tested, tortured, escapes, heals, gets injured, heals, kills monsters, gets injured, heals, then joins the ranks of the super-magical-power-beings.

I occasionally like YA books, but... they really do need to have more story than boy become super, kills dinosaurs/monsters, becomes more super, then story just ends and you have to buy book 2. ( )

The Last Hunter - Descent by Jeremy Robinson is the first of a series of three young adult books in the Antarktos Saga. I wanted to read The Last Hunter because I enjoyed Antarktos Rising so much. This is a pre-story to Antarktos Rising. In The Last Hunter - Descent thirteen year old Solomon Ull Vincent has always felt different but never knew if it was based on his intelligence and perfect memory, or if it was due to his birth place - Antarctica. He was born on Antarctica in 1974 when his parents were there on an expedition. Now he is returning to Antarctica. Once there, Solomon is kidnapped and forced into a very different, brutal new way of life.

After the opening, The Last Hunter - Descent is written in the first person, through the perspective of Solomon Ull. Although this is an intense book, it is a quick read. As usual Robinson doesn't include a lot of swearing so the only question would be if the young adult reading it can handle some brutal descriptions and violence.

While I enjoyed this first book quite a bit, it felt short - probably due to being the first part of a series. It certainly was an engrossing fast read while traveling. At this point, while I enjoyed it a lot, I'm unsure if I'll purchase the next two in the series or not since I'm not convinced they are going to enhance the Antarktos Rising universe for me.

Highly Recommended, but know that it is an YA book and book one in a series of three. I'd probably give it a very highly recommended if all three parts were included in one volume as it just felt short, as is explained by its equivalent to 282 pages in print. ( )

A great read - Thriller with historical mythological twist. Set in Antarctica, when Solomon was born, the spirit of the continent was infused in him. Returning 13 years later, he is kidnapped into the bowels of the continent to become the last hunter and to embody the greatest of the Nephilim. Broken in spirit and rebuilt in their image through various tests and torture, Solomon is ready to become what they need as long as he continues to forget who he was and what he was, but can he?
Other authors such as Matthew Reilly, Steve Alten and James Rollins have influenced Jeremy Robinson. He does a wonderful job of fitting into that genre in his own way. ( )