Excavation
by James Rollins
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Author: James RollinsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07-03
ISBN: 038081093X
Number of pages: 438
Publisher: Harper
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Book Review: Still a fan of his early works
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm re-reading all my early James Rollins books and I have to admit that all the stories and plots are blurring together: a bunch of disparate people thrown together into a desperate adventure, life or death and something more is in the balance.
My previous plagarized remark about a typical early James Rollins book still stands. Not a polished writer but a great storyteller.
I have to give high marks to Rollins for his storytelling and imagination. It's not easy to keep coming up with different themes every time and the fact that he has pretty much abandoned his old formula I think bears evidence to this comment.
When I'm reading one of these old signature James Rollins novel, I'm not reading it for my literature class, I'm reading it to follow the desperate adventures of a bunch of desperate adventurers. If this is not what you are looking for, you're reading the wrong genre! Rollins doesn't give his characters great depth but that seems to be a trade off. When I'm reading these books, I feel more a like person standing behind the protagonists' shoulders and less interested in their personalities.
Some authors give their characters great depth, and I can usually re-read those books again and again with the same interest because the characters are so alive. With high-octane (ugh, how I hate to use this cliche!) adventure stories, you don't get the same mileage out of these books because the excitement is in reading the adventure new the first time. When you know what all the mysteries are, the book just isn't that exciting anymore. Still, I have to give this book full marks for a great story line and keeping me way up into night. Your mileage may vary.
Summary of Excavation
High in the Andes, Dr. Henry Conklin discovers a 500-year-old mummy that should not be there. While deep in the South American jungle, Conklin's nephew, Sam, stumbles upon a remarkable site nestled between two towering peaks, a place hidden from human eyes for thousands of years.
Ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting, and wealth beyond imagining could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown. But where the perilous journey inward ends--in the cold, shrouded heart of a breathtaking necropolis--something else is waiting for Sam Conklin and his exploratory party. A thing created by Man, yet not humanly possible. Something wondrous . . . something terrifying.
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