Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
Imagine waking up in a strange but luxurious room on a tropical island with a beautiful ocean view, but not knowing how or why you are there. Twenty people varying in age, social class, race, and gender, share no memory of how they arrived on the island, where they are, or when they will leave. No one seems to know anyone else. Each one has a contract for them that is signed stating they agree to play the "game" or forfeit.
After a heated debate, one of the group members walks away insisting he is not a player and will find an escape from this trap. The next time the other participants see this person he is dead with the nineteen others all having a solid alibi. Everyone agrees that those individuals who mysteriously transported each of them here killed the dissident. As one after another of them die, the mood of the survivors turn from fear to ugliness as mob rule takes control of them.
THE OMEGA GAME is an exciting action adventure drama that takes the Douglas movie, The Game and places it inside the plot of Lord of the Flies. Readers will finish this novel in one sitting because they need to know what is the game, who is behind it, and why is it happening. Though no Red Badge of Courage, this novel is a fun reading experience that will send fans of Bolan seeking out other works by author Steven Krane.