Alive by Scott Sigler

Alive is a story that begins very much like a nightmare: a girl wakes up on what she believes to be her twelfth birthday--locked in a coffin with bars around her, a needle jabbing into her, and absolutely no memories about her past. And that's page one.

It's hard to go into details about Sigler's masterpiece without spoiling it or giving anything away because Alive is almost more of a book-length riddle than a novel, with details revealed at a tantalizing pace while the heroes fight for survival--and the answers to their questions. Who are they? Where are they? Why were they locked up?

I enjoyed this book from the first page. It was both a gripping story and a puzzle I could actively play with as I read further and came to my own conclusions (about half of which were right, and the other half were even better!). Five stars for a fascinating early summer read!

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