The Hunt for Atlantis: A Novel
by Andy McDermott
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Author: Andy McDermottEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-29
ISBN: 0553592858
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of The Hunt for Atlantis: A Novel
Book Review: You'll love it or hate it, not much middle ground for this one.
Summary: 5 Stars
Now I loved this one! I've always been interested in anything to do with Atlantis. I also like a good action story and this has both. It has the trusted family friend that turns traitor. It has two forces opposed to each other, the typical good guy vs bad guy. One is trying to find Atlantis while the other is trying to destroy it and prevent it from being found at any cost. They chaise each other from the mountains of Tibet to the Amazon Rain Forest and places in between. Its a non stop race of murder and mayhem from beginning to end.
There are a lot of things that I like about this book. The author doesn't use a lot of unusual words that you just don't hear in day to day life. I cant stand those writers that write like they have swallowed a thesaurus and try to see how many unusual words they can use. He doesn't over do the descriptions of the scenery and other parts of the story like some writers do, like taking up a whole page, or 2, to describe what the trees on a hillside looks like, trying to build up the word count. I hate it when writers do that. Koontz is often bad about doing it. The names of the character's are simple and easy to remember who's who and its not over flowing with details about character's that only play a small part in the story. This helps it to keep flowing and the action going. I always have a problem with stories where the characters have weird names that look a lot alike and odd spellings a mile long that I cant pronounce. I hate it when they do that cause it makes it hard to remember who's what and who's who.
While a lot of the story is very unlikely at least its still in the realm of possible, most of the time. It doesn't have a lot of parts that are flat out impossible like another Atlantis book I tried to read. That one started out with a guy doing a free dive in the Mediterranean going down over 300 feet deep on a tether and air hose. Gets in a fight with some other divers and his airline gets cut. Then without any air he blacks out for while, wakes up, swims around a little, gets caught in an explosion and rides it to the serface, from 300 feet deep and with no air. He's just fine but there's a dozen or so Dolphins that got cooked in the same explosion floating all around him. That's just a few of the high lights of the opening of that other story. So compared to that kind of story this one is very realistic and very possible. Maybe not very probable but at least possible.
So like I said at the start. Depending on your taste and what you like to read. If you like the action thriller stories with a little mystery thrown in you should like this one. If your more into reading things about the meaning of life and that stirs deep thoughts in the middle of the night, then this isn't for you.
Warning! Some might consider the next part to be a spoiler! (I don't, but some people might)
Overall its a very quick read with lots of action that keeps the pages turning. The girl gets to find Atlantis, the guy gets the girl, together they save the world and the bad guy gets killed. You cant ask for more than that can you?
Summary of The Hunt for Atlantis: A Novel
A LOST CIVILIZATION.A DANGEROUS QUEST.
A DEADLY SECRET.
It?s one of history?s most enduring and controversial legends?the lost city of Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is certain she?s solved the riddle of its whereabouts?and with the help of reclusive billionaire Kristian Frost, his beautiful daughter, Kari, and ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, she?s about to make the most important discovery in centuries. But not everyone wants them to succeed: a powerful and mysterious organization will stop at nothing to ensure that a secret submerged for 11,000 years never resurfaces.
More than one would-be discoverer has already died in pursuit of Atlantis?s secrets?including Nina?s own parents. Failure isn?t an option. From the streets of Manhattan to the Brazilian jungle, from a Tibetan mountaintop to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Nina and Eddie will race against time?and follow a trail of danger and death to a revelation so explosive, it could destroy civilization forever?.
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