Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 9/23/2009 + 1276 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

The book was full of non-stop action, but it was short on character development and long on outlandish plot devices. The narrative of the action sequences was like reading a video game - going from one booby-trapped room/passage to the next. Very Indiana Jones inspired. The whole premise of the book was very preposterous. I know this is a fictional action adventure; however, everything about the plot was totally unbelievable. The idea of having to gather pieces of the capstone of the Great Pyramid in order to avoid a world-wide catastrophe and to a enable a country to have world domination for a thousand years is straight out of the pulp fiction from the 30s or a comic book. Then there were the childish nicknames given to the team by the young girl, Lily - such as "Pooh Bear", "Big Ears", etc. On top of this, there was the excessive use of exclamation points and italics. All of this detracted from the story to me. I will admit that I did get more into the story towards the second half of the novel. But overall, I much prefer Cussler and Rollins - at least their storylines are somewhat plausible!

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