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This is a story about an expedition sent to the vast empty lands of Antartica after a huge diamond is found in the depths of a huge cavern. As always, the team sent to explore this cavern doesn't know the whole truth. The government office dwellers are holding something back - they are NOT the first team sent there! Another team was sent to explore the cavern a few months before - they never came out! This is a "fun" read! It's a Thriller, so resolve to leave your sense of reality at the door. Accept the book for the story - not its imporability. If we all demanded reality in our books, there would be far fewer books! I would hate that! Rollins uses a lot of new plot lines to make this book interesting, such as; "dinosaur" like creatures that prey on the expedition team, and the bases they are stationed at, a tribe of new humanoid creatures that are responsible for the dwellings in the first cavern. As you read on, you discover that each expedition member is hiding his/her own secrets.............I think you'll like this book! Read it like a "Thriller" and not as a biography - it's a fun form of escapism - and we all need that once in a while! Don't we???? Rollins has a couple of other fun book: AMAZONIA and EXCAVATION.Thanks for looking!

I really enjoyed this book. It was not as polished as his book (Ice Hunt) and it did get a little more unbelievable as it went on, but it also kept my attention and was an enjoyable read with believable characters and excellent scenes and storyline.

i like this book. Sci-fi thriller that kept me entertained and constantly wondering what was going to happen next. Maybe a little too quick of a conclusion to the story, but I definitely recommend it to anybody who likes the genre.

another great book by james rollins

This adventure novel by Rollins is a little more fantastic in content than some of his others like MAP OF BONES and SANDSTORM. Still a lot of fun but it seems a bit like an updated Jules Verne JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. You'll be intrigued by the various striking characters, though.
From back cover: Beneath the ice at the bottom of the Earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth, a place of breathtaking wonders--and terrors beyond imagining. A team of specialists led by archeologist Ashley Carter has been hand-picked to explore this secret place and to uncover the riches it holds. But they are not the first to venture here--and those they follow did not return.
There are mysteries here older than time, and revelations that could change the world. But there are also things that should not be disturbed--and a devastating truth that could doom Ashley and the expedition: they are NOT alone . . .

** spoiler alert ** Loved it!!! The end kind of bothered me a bit, Don't get me wrong I love my happy endings, but being an archaeologist all I could see were the repercussions their findings would have on the world and the people they discovered. Usually I am not so cynical but all I can see is exploitation of both the people and the land. But oh well, it was still an awesome book. I was hooked from the beginning and loved that the archaeological terminology used was correct!