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Newton, that is to say that a lot of the theories put forward in this book are the tail end of someone else's work, but that takes nothing away from it, this could be argued for most research. But that is possibly being a bit unfair to Wilson here, although the main thrust of the theory here is based on Ryan and Pitman's work there is a lot also the expands the boundaries they set on their work. I must confess even when Wilson moves the theory into other related areas I found none of what it had to offer that is particularly new. The threads that are explored here are paths that are well travelled and the book seems to have little to offer that isn't found elsewhere.

Although the book is easily followed and generous with its diagrams and maps, I would suggest that the book would only appeal to those new to this area of history. Between those authors I have already mentioned and others such as James Mellaart, and Stephen Oppenheimer, this ground is already covered and Wilson's book serves only to bring together relevant pieces of other peoples work. It is a good exploration of the theory of the Black Sea flood displacement of early cultures but not the best and had the book been released with a lesser-known authors name on the cover, I'm sure it would have gone unnoticed.

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