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Exciting and riveting!

Containment Breach is a villain sci-fi novel incorporating adventure. It is action-packed and takes us through scientific discoveries that pose danger to humanity, which need other bioengineering discoveries to be halted. The author is Wm. A. Yandell.

Demetrius Zayack, a great bioengineering scientist is alleged to have killed himself in station One, one morning in space. The creatures he created seem to be more capable and resistant than originally expected. They learn so fast and develop defensive mechanisms on their own. This is dangerous because it is impossible to tame them. Trouble shoots in when the creatures attack the crew members after landing at the base. The only person who could have helped in containing them is dead, and so is the group of scientists designated on this mission. Walter Smithton, a bioengineering scientist and a great follower of Zayack is the next hope. He is the only one who can help finish up these deadly creatures. This is a tough job since success is not guaranteed and there are so many questions surrounding Zayack’s disappearance.

The scenes are vivid to the point where the violent episodes are so scary. The attacks are so real and you can literally hear the victims shouts and cries of pain in your ears. This shows that the author is skilled in giving details. The characters are well developed and are introduced according to demand. The leaders have their commanding voices and the scientists have their respected say. In short, there are no forced traits. The writing is well done with well researched information backing it up. The science section is well represented, the military service too and the political fraternity as well.

The themes of greed, adventure and violence are present. The greedy officials only fend for themselves and don’t care of the awaiting danger. Their downfall is anticipated.

The only trouble I got is that, this being a book to be completed in more than one sitting, it needed to be put into chapters. Breaking it down would make it more convenient as it would be easier to trace any information or make a reference.

This book deserves a perfect rating and I, therefore, give it a 5 out of 5 stars. The editing is well done and the characters are interesting. Tension is well built up and this novel keeps you guessing till the very end. I recommend it to sci-fi readers who enjoy reading about mysterious creatures.

Containment Breach by WM. A. Yandell is a thrilling science fiction novel about the existence of dangerous man-made extraterrestrial creatures. Those working on the project are no longer able to control the creatures, and the world’s armed forces along with a group of scientists must do everything in their power to destroy them before the public finds out about them. Meanwhile, the scientist who created them has gone missing and his biggest follower takes over. Fearing he may soon disappear as well, the new scientist in charge writes down as much information as possible about his discoveries so that the project will not remain unknown forever.

The book is very well edited and I found little to no errors in it. Clearly the author took ample time to carefully write this book and make sure it was professionally edited before releasing it to the public. That’s quite admirable, so kudos to WM. A. Yandell and his team. It’s easy to tell the difference between rushed works and those that are professionally edited.

This subject of this book was interesting to me and I can’t possibly think of anything I disliked about the book. It’s very well written and Yandell does a fantastic job of keeping reader interest until the last word of the book.

Honestly, I believe this exciting novel would be a hit as a movie. I’d watch it for sure, and I know plenty of people who would as well. When reading the book, I could imagine what the creatures would look like, and it would be amazing to see those images come to life on the big screen. I can’t express enough how much I enjoyed reading this book.

I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars! It’s entertaining, it’s almost entirely without spelling and grammatical errors. A great read that I would certainly recommend to any of my friends who are interested in SCP or just creepypasta in general. Containment Breach is a great edition to the creepypasta community, and it’s perfect for a late night read. It may not be it for those who do not enjoy science fiction novels, but those who do would absolutely love this one!

Containment Breach by WM. A. Yandell is a science-fiction novel starring Walt Smithton, a scientist who specializes in the creation of new life forms. His work follows that of Demetrius Zayack, another such scientist whose creations (known simply as “the Creatures”) have evolved into homicidal threats to public safety. The government has been able to contain the Creatures so far (as well as prevent news of their existence from reaching the ears of the general population and causing mass hysteria). But every minute, the Creatures become closer to escaping. Once that happens, they will wipe out the entire human race.

Smithton and his team are basically kidnapped by the government, taken into space, and ordered to figure out a way to destroy the Creatures. Smithton knows that once the government takes control of someone’s life this way, it is inevitable that the abducted person and his or her family will “disappear” in order to prevent society’s discovery of classified information. After all, that’s what happened to Zayack. And while Smithton is worried about the Creatures and the strong possibility that he and his friends will never return to their lives and loved ones, his greatest fear seems to be that the government will discover his secret project, his own revolutionary creation…

And to complicate matters further, one of the government agents on their ship has his own secret—a sick and deadly hidden agenda.

Will Smithton and his team be successful? And if they are, will they ever be allowed to return to their families and their lives? Will Smithton be able to protect his beloved secret creation from the hands of the government—hands that seem to ruin everything they touch?

I really liked this story. Yandell created a compelling narrative and an engaging protagonist. There’s great chemistry between Smithton and his team, and their banter is often legitimately funny. Yandell shows great skill in the art of building suspense and intrigue. He designs the mystery like a pro, slowly revealing bits of information and surprises, little by little.

I rate this book. 4 out of 5 stars I must say, I truly looked forward to the part of each day that I devoted to reading this book. I look forward to his next book.

As a boy in the early 60’s, I took great delight when my parents would permit me to eat dinner in the living room so that I could watch the 4:30 afternoon move. Not just any movie, but a sci-fi flick where the army and scientists clash in determining the best way to kill the giant ants or grasshoppers or aliens, either by trial and error or by force. Wm. A. Yandell’s Containment Breach seamlessly falls into this same sci-fi category although with smaller, deadlier foes.

Containment Breach is notable less for its plot than for the unraveling of a mystery, the scientific method by which to solve it, and the rich interplay of characters seeking to arrive at the most effective solution, always at odds with one another. The plot is fairly basic. A swarm of man made, possibly sentient insect-like creatures, have escaped their containment on an orbital space station. Dr. Walter Smithton and his team of bio life-formers are reluctantly recruited to stop the renegade creatures as they bore through the station and attack human life. However, unknown to Smithton and his team, some of the creatures had previously stowed away on a space shuttle and have similarly infected a landing facility on Earth with apparent intention to escape.

The battle against time pits the Smithton team, grudgingly supported by General Tallen and his military underlings, against a special-forces team of “Troopers” headed by Bush, a mysterious pseudo-sadist who secretly prefers turning the creatures into a bio weapon. Attempts by one faction to upend the other keep the story moving while driving the bio team to investigate shifting strategies to subdue the infestation. The dystopian military rule of this future society sabotages the work of the life-formers by thwarting honest communication so that the bio team spends most of its time working in ignorance. “Why do we need soldiers who are reverted to a lower form of species mentally?” laments Smithton as he tires of being jostled at the end of a gun, and kept in the dark from the true nature of the mission.

The obvious comparison of mindless soldiers to the hive mentality of the creatures permeates the entire book. Smithton, who has secretly created his own new life form, never loses site of his role as scientist in trying to determine the best possible solution, including potentially communicating with the advancing swarm as he similarly tries to arrive at common ground with his military captors. It’s his tenacity in challenging authority, particularly when separated from his team that is awarded with the missing pieces to drive the mystery to its solution.

Although the tale unfolds slowly after a sharp introduction to the breach, it gathers momentum once Smithton and his team are whisked away to the space station. We follow the exploits of General Tallen, Bush and their respective minions and we are more cognizant of what’s happening than the research team. Eventually all of the information finds itself revealed as the danger increases, but it takes time to unravel. And this is the joy of the book, revelations not so much by action, but by rich, realistic dialogue that solidifies the character development and highlights the trial and error aspect of reaching the endgame.

There are a number of devices in the book that seem out of place. For example, Smithson’s narrative is apparently being disclosed as part of a Cyber log that he has created early on. It doesn’t work. Another is the disappearance of characters at the beginning of the story that appears not to have any relevance to the plot. And the author tends to use old technology references including one to television broadcasting that seems dated for a futuristic tale. Yet there are some excellent plot and character twists that give a nice jolt when they pop up.