Helpful Score: 3
This book was a real page turner. Very exciting and interesting reading if you like mysteries and archaeology.
Helpful Score: 1
Another exciting and enjoyable action adventure from Preston (writing without Lincoln Child). This is a sequel of sorts to The Codex which I recently read and really enjoyed. This one was just as good - following up on an adventure featuring the protagonist of Codex - Tom Broadbent (who is now driving a classic '57 Chevy pickup). Broadbent happens on to a murdered dinosaur hunter in the canyons of New Mexico who evidently has made a great discovery. Part of the mystery is just what the prospector has discovered. It piques the interests of a museum curator, a dark government agency, as well as local law enforcement. A super page-turner with a tribute to Michael Crichton and Jurassic Park!
Helpful Score: 1
Fun read
This is a good book, but not great. I was expecting a little more excitement and suspense but it just didn't deliver. I've never read a book by Preston before so I can't say if it is better or worse than any others. Overall, it was enjoyable though.
A fun, fast read!
Douglas Preston usually writes with Lincoln Child but proves he can write on his own! Thriller with a special science twist.
Preston doesn't disappoint, even when writing without his normal pen partner, Lincoln Child. The book mixes the right ratio of science, intrigue and action to make it a real page turner. Short chapters will keep you saying, "I'll just read one more"!
This is the kind of book that takes you deep into the night and will not let you go.
Excellent
Awesome book! Revolves around multiple people all searching for information leading to the location of an amazing T REx fossil. Fast paced, always something gripping going on...never a dull moment! I love love love the science stuff, the secrets, the suspense. Anything natural history interests me, so this book was great for me. Good characters, nice twists in the story. Will look for other books by Preston, he has entertained me fully with this writing. Recommend.
Douglas Preston has written a very entertaining dinosaur story that rivals Jurassic Park in every aspect. The characters: A wealthy rancher and his wife, a lady Phd. in paleontology who is a wizard in the lab, a scientist with dangerous levels of ambition, a monk who is a former CIA operative, and a deadly operative (evil) from a shadowy, super-secret governmental agency. Oh, and I almost forgot: probably the best fossil thief in the world who is killed to start the story off.
The central object in the story is a complete T-Rex fossil (skin, feathers, and bones) that is found by the formerly alive fossil thief. This fossil contains a surprise element that I will leave for the discovery of the reader.
Every good story has at least one element that stretches credibility a little bit and this one has several.
A good, fast paced, and entertaining read. Well done.
The central object in the story is a complete T-Rex fossil (skin, feathers, and bones) that is found by the formerly alive fossil thief. This fossil contains a surprise element that I will leave for the discovery of the reader.
Every good story has at least one element that stretches credibility a little bit and this one has several.
A good, fast paced, and entertaining read. Well done.
This was a riveting book. I liked the flashbacks to the "actual" dinosaur and its life interspersed with the main story line of the fossil. There were several threads to the story, but it was not hard to follow. Overall I would rate this book as five stars.
This is the first of a series introducing Wyman Ford. He is an X-CIA agent who has become a monk. In this story a Vet is roaming the hills, hears a gunshot and finds a man almost dead who gives him a notebook and asks him to deliver it to his daughter. The Vet takes the notebook to the monastery to Wyman as he was a code breaker. The notebook gives the location of a mummified dinosaur. There are many wanting this find because it is worth many millions and also because it contains a possible microscopic life form that is responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs. This was a good read. I liked the characters. I plan to read the next book and see where this goes. Wyman intimates that the meteor that carried the life forms may have been purposely aimed at earth
It was entertining but after a few chapters you knew how it would end.
This is not a book club version.
