Helpful Score: 5
Great idea. Fast paced, but I felt like I was watching an episode of 24. Was paying attention but was way too over my head.
Helpful Score: 5
This is a pretty decent thriller with some sci-fi aspects, and the plot throws some curve-balls. The suspense kept me turning pages, but some of the plot twists were a little far-fetched!
Helpful Score: 4
I usually love any kind of story related to Atlantis and/or Antartica. This had all the promise of a really good adventure. But, and its a big "but", if the characters are unlikable and unbearable, how can one enjoy the rest of the story? Who do you root for? I'm going to assume the author wanted to make the characters with real human failures but it was slightly exaggerated to the point where I honestly didn't care who lived or died. Not a keeper for me.
Helpful Score: 3
I enjoyed this book. However, the underlying plot could have been developed more. I look forward to future books in this series.
Helpful Score: 2
Complete and utter crap.
Helpful Score: 1
Another "end of the world" thriller! Great read!
Helpful Score: 1
this book was enjoyed by my husband, son and myself, very suspenseful and exciting. A little scary when you start thinking about it.
Helpful Score: 1
What an exciting book! Who doesn't love an Atlantis adventure? This one was certainly thrilling, with truly nonstop action. In fact, it would hav been nice to have actually had a little less action and more explanation. I would be more upset about this if I didn't have the next two books waiting on my shelf to be read. I really did enjoy this and I am looking forward to reading the sequels. Still, I think the best Atlantis book that I have read is Stel Pavlou's _Decipher_.
Helpful Score: 1
Not a bad first novel. I learned it was an E-Book first. Characters are a little one dimensional, but the story is still exciting.
Helpful Score: 1
a little long, but that could have been because I was getting sleepy since I started it at bed time and the book kept me riveted until I finished it.
If you are not willing to suspend what you know about science and history for the sake of the story, then pass on this book. If you are willing to enter the character's world (as I was) and look at science from their point of view, then the suspense works and builds.
If you are not willing to suspend what you know about science and history for the sake of the story, then pass on this book. If you are willing to enter the character's world (as I was) and look at science from their point of view, then the suspense works and builds.
Helpful Score: 1
great book
Helpful Score: 1
Not too bad for a first novel.
Good but not the best I have read this summer
Antarctica is always a good place to head under the ice and find great mysteries of the universe!!
"RAISING ATLANTIS is a wonderfully honed cliff-hanger--an outrageous adventure with a wild dose of the supernatural. A thrill ride from start to finish."
Clive Cussler, bestselling author of Sahara and Lost City
Clive Cussler, bestselling author of Sahara and Lost City
THE CHARACTERS WERE NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED, BUT THE STORY LINE IS SO SHORT THAT THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TIME. ALL IN ALL AN OKAY QUICK READ FOR A WEEKEND
Greatly enjoyed this book. Such an interesting story.
In Antarctica; a glacial earthquake swallows up a team of scientists...and exposes a mysterious monument older than the earth itself.
In Peru; archaeologist Dr. Conrad Yeats is apprehended by US Special Forces...to unlock the final key to the origins of the human race.
In Rome; the pope summons environmental activist Sr. Serena Serghetti to the Vatican...and reveals a terrifying vision of apocalyptic disaster.
In space; a weather satelite reveals four massive storms forming around the South Pole...and three US Spy satellites disappear from orbit.
These are the end of times, when the legends of a lost civilization and the prophecies of the world's great religions lead a man and a woman to a shattering discovery that will change the fate of humankind. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man - and as inevitable as doomsday. This is Raising Atlantis...
In Peru; archaeologist Dr. Conrad Yeats is apprehended by US Special Forces...to unlock the final key to the origins of the human race.
In Rome; the pope summons environmental activist Sr. Serena Serghetti to the Vatican...and reveals a terrifying vision of apocalyptic disaster.
In space; a weather satelite reveals four massive storms forming around the South Pole...and three US Spy satellites disappear from orbit.
These are the end of times, when the legends of a lost civilization and the prophecies of the world's great religions lead a man and a woman to a shattering discovery that will change the fate of humankind. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man - and as inevitable as doomsday. This is Raising Atlantis...
A great read. Will keep you reading from page one.
Interesting book. Reads like it was written to be a movie. Easy to read and can be finished fairly rapidly if you read a lot.
This was a page-turner. This was as suspenseful as a movie. This is a story filled to overflowing with secrets.
Great read full of suspense
excellant read!!! on edge and suspenseful
The premise is intriguing and there is a lot of action. However, the writing is a bit shaky and the characters seem to say and do things strictly to move the action along, regardless of whether they stay "in character"
Several scientifically improbable events, but other than that, it was a fun read with lots of excitement.
Fantastic thriller!!!! This book had my attention every single page. Between the twists an the references to today's events. This is a book that will last forever.
In Antarctica, a glacial earthquake swallows up a team of scientists and exposes a mysterious monument older than the Earth itself.
In Peru, archaeologist Dr. Conrad Yeats is apprehended by US Special Forces...to unlock the final key to the origins of the human race.
In space, a weather satellite reveals four massive storms forming around the South Pole...and three US spy satellites disappear from orbit.
These are the end times, when the legends of a lost civilization and the prophecies of the world's great religions lead a man and a woman to a shattering discovery that will change the fate of humankind. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man--and as inevitable as doomsday. This is Raising Atlantis....
Excellent read.....waiting for the next one coming out in July 2006!!
In Peru, archaeologist Dr. Conrad Yeats is apprehended by US Special Forces...to unlock the final key to the origins of the human race.
In space, a weather satellite reveals four massive storms forming around the South Pole...and three US spy satellites disappear from orbit.
These are the end times, when the legends of a lost civilization and the prophecies of the world's great religions lead a man and a woman to a shattering discovery that will change the fate of humankind. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man--and as inevitable as doomsday. This is Raising Atlantis....
Excellent read.....waiting for the next one coming out in July 2006!!
Good read!
OK but not great.
The story is ridiculous and scientifically implausible, especially with respect to the Antarctica setting and what might have happened 12,000 years ago. However, there is something in the book that kept me reading anyway to find out what happened.
Thrilling, action-packed, and intriguing!
These are the end times, when the leginds of a lost civilization and the prophecies of the world's great religions lead a mand and a woman to a shattering discovery that will change the fate of humankind. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man-and as inevitable as doomsday. This is Raising Atlantis.
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