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AN ANCIENT WARRIOR.
AN INCREDIBLE TREASURE.
A LETHAL ENEMY.
It's the opportunity of a lifetime–the chance to prove that a tomb containing the remains of the legendary hero Hercules actually exists. If American archaeologist Nina Wilde can locate it, it will be the most important historical find ever unearthed. But as Nina and her ex-SAS bodyguard, Eddie Chase, begin their search, it's clear that others want to find the tomb–and the unimaginable riches within–and will do anything to get there first.
Who will find the tomb of Hercules first, and what fantastic treasure does it hold? From New York to Shanghai, from Switzerland to the diamond mines of Botswana, Nina and Eddie must stay one step ahead of their enemies in a race to solve a mystery as ancient as civilization itself. But when a beautiful woman from Eddie's past joins the hunt, all the rules change–and in this life-and-death game, their next move may be the most dangerous one of all.
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Darin vandeventer
reviewed The Tomb of Hercules on June 04, 2012
The Tomb of Hercules
It's like Dirk Pitt without the storytelling meets Matthew Reilly without the creative research. A decent book for reading on the beach and leaving behind for the next guy: an easy read and mindless brain candy; if you're in a hurry you can just read every other page and you won't lose the plot. As an actual book: disappointing. Weaknesses include thin plot, hackneyed writing, painful and resistive clichés (must every villain make the point that they're "not a James Bond villain"?, formulaic storytelling right out of grade 10 creative writing class, and, considering it's a follow up work to book two, character development is so bad they actually devolve rather than develop.
PLOT SPOILER: After being thwarted in her plot to nuke NYC, our villain shows up at the door the next day? With a dart gun? That is conveniently armed with a secret toxin? And she also happens to bring along two doses of antidote? Really??? All that's missing is Superman making the Earth spin backwards to make everything turn out alright. And what is Eddie - Wolverine??? I do a weekend of yard work and can't get out of bed on Monday. Ãœber-Eddie takes multiple gunshot and knife wounds, beatings, high falls and at least two concussions in what, four days? Yet he just keeps bouncing right back up with that cheeky British mouth of his.
Premise: good. Story: bad. The only thing worse is that I bought all four books at once and my overdeveloped sense of order and thoroughness compells me to read them all. . .
Kill me, please.
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