From an extraordinary discovery in a remote desert oasis to a desperate race against time in the ocean depths, a team of adventurers is about to find the truth behind the most baffling legend in history. The hunt is on for…Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex–Special Forces commandos, he is heading for what he believes could be the greatest archaeological find of all time—the site of fabled Atlantis—while a ruthless adversary watches his every move and prepares to strike.But neither of them could have imagined what awaits them in the murky depths. Not only a shocking truth about a lost world, but an explosive secret that could have devastating consequences today. Jack is determined to stop the legacy of Atlantis from falling into the wrong hands, whatever the cost. But first he must do battle to prevent a global catastrophe.From Publishers WeeklyMarine archeologist Jack Howard may have found the key to uncovering Atlantis, the legendary sunken city purportedly built by a flourishing culture. A scrap of papyrus discovered in an Egyptian desert, which may contain a secondhand account of the lost city, sends Jack scrambling to assemble a team, including Costas, an MIT- and Stanford-trained expert in "submersible technology" and Katya, a beautiful Russian Atlantis specialist. Once prepped and in position in the Aegean Sea, Jack and company find themselves caught up with Kazakhstan terrorists and a multicountry fight over a missing Soviet nuclear submarine—and that's before they've uncovered the ancient secrets of the lost city. It's thrilling stuff for sure, but the story limps along on complicated, exposition-heavy science that's doled out much too slowly (characters walk each other—often and at length—through their particular areas of expertise as the plot requires). Gibbons, an underwater archeologist and Cambridge University Ph.D., knows his science; still, things don't pick up until the second half of the story, when the dive gives way to a more straightforward kidnapping plot. The historical conspiracy angle gives the book Da Vinci-esque appeal, and the intense visual details of the team's marine discoveries make it naturally cinematic, but if history and science lectures aren't your cup of Dramamine, you might want to give this one a pass. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"The historical conspiracy angle gives the book Da Vinci-esque appeal, and the intense visual details of the team's marine discoveries make it naturally cinematic."—Publishers Weekly Views: 50
THE REGULATOR is Wes Hart - ex-soldier, ex-Texas Ranger, ex-rider with Billy the Kid. He's tough, ruthless and slick with a .45. He's for hire now and he isn't cheap.The train had a very special cargo as far as the Regulator was concerned. His lady and her two young kids were aboard as it burned up the cold steel rail.Then the desperadoes came. He'd fought them before, back in the town of Caldwell. Lead flies like a red-hot hailstorm and one of the victims is one of those kids.Hart has a vengeance run on his hands now. Those killers will pay in blood and he will do the debt collecting. With a little help from a friend called Rose, a lady of the night with her own reasons to get even... Views: 50
Harriet Harvey Wood's original and fascinating book shows that, rather than bringing culture and enlightenment to England, the Normans' aggressive and illegal invasion destroyed a long-established and highly-developed civilization which was far ahead of other European peoples in its political institutions, art and literature. It explores the background and lead-up to the invasion and the motives of the leading players, the state of warfare in England and Normandy in 1066, and the battle itself. By all the laws of probability, King Harold ought to have won the battle of Hastings without difficulty and to have enjoyed a peaceful and enlightened reign. That he did not was largely a matter of sheer bad luck. The result could just as easily have gone the other way. This gripping and highly-readable book shows how he came to be defeated, and what England lost as a result of his defeat and death. Views: 50
Chained to the mast as a captive on a Viking warship, the young virgin Eliza thinks her life is over. But when she reaches the Vikings’ village, their handsome king Kelnar takes an interest in her and she soon comes to realize that he’s more than a warrior king: he’s a gentle, caring man that only needs the right woman by his side. But first Eliza must win the respect of the village. Views: 50
For seventeen-year-old Rose, it keeps happening—the car crash. The car crash that put her sister, Ivy, in a coma with only a respirator keeping her alive. While Rose tries to find support from her reticent mother, distraction from the series of boys she meets at the town's gorge at night, and empathy from her neighbor William T., what she really needs must come from within herself—a release of what's been welling up inside. Heartrending, honest, and ultimately hopeful, this is the tale of a teenager overwhelmed by trauma and loss, yet steadied by loyal friendship and the solace of first love. Views: 50
From Publishers WeeklyBestselling author Atkinson (_Ice Time_) has produced an unhappy blend of hagiography and true-crime reporting as he presents the story of Joe McCain, a classic old school Boston detective, as well as Atkinson's own experiences tagging along as a private eye with the firm McCain founded. Clichés and labored writing frequently distract from the narrative and impart a false urgency to a fairly run-of-the-mill story ("It's 4:00 A.M. and as black as a dirty cop's soul..."; "Our sandwiches arrive, the blunt, aromatic bread sliced into triangles..."). McCain certainly comes across as a dedicated cop, open to bending rules and risking his life and professional reputation in the cause of truth and justice, but the subtitle's hyperbole will probably be viewed as insulting by the many dedicated professionals still serving the public throughout the country's police departments. The pedestrian cases Atkinson describes will add little to most readers' knowledge; those interested in thoughtful ruminations about what being a private investigator involves would be better served by tracking down a copy of Josiah Thompson's Gumshoe. Gratuitous literary references fit awkwardly with gritty descriptions of street brawls and mob hits, and leave the impression that the author—whose knowledge of McCain is all secondhand—found himself with less material, and less material of significance, than he had anticipated. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistAtkinson immerses readers in the world of Boston-area mobsters via the career of the late detective Joe McCain, one of Beantown's most decorated police officers. From 1959 to 1988, when a drug dealer shot and severely injured him, McCain was on the force of the Metropolitan District Commission, a since-dissolved entity whose multijurisdictional purview allows McCain's story to travel the breadth of the metropolis. Its geographical base, however, is the suburb of Somerville, the hometown of McCain and his son, Joe Jr., also a police officer. McCain's forte was handling informants, and the adventures of one named "Black Jimmy" furnish many hair-raising war stories. McCain also crossed the so-called blue line to testify against bad cops, earning him enmity that, according to Atkinson, might underlie the bad blood Joe Jr. has encountered in his career. In a Plimpton-like move, Atkinson also worked as private eye for the investigation firm McCain founded, and the author integrates gritty visual description of his gumshoe experience into his burly biography of a notable Boston cop. Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 50
World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard must track down her disappearing family memebers in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.Miss Mallard is travelling to Scotland's Duckinbill Castle for a family reunion. During the reading of a will, family members vanish one by one. Is the ghost of Count Kisscula behind the disappearances? Views: 49
