Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 8/2/2008 + 1568 more book reviews

Be sure you are well-rested and have plenty of free time before you start this book--since you won't want to put it down until you've reached the very last page!
On a desolate island off the southern coast of Chile, an incredible discovery is made: a gigantic meteorite, the largest ever found, entombed in the earth for millions of years. Half a world away, billionaire entrepreneur Palmer Lloyd decides he must have it as the centerpiece of his grandiose new museum. He is willing to pay any price-in dollars and in lives. Shipping it back to New York on the tanker, Rolvaag, poses a particular challenge: It will be the heaviest object ever moved by human ingenuity.
But a disgraced Chilean navy officer is out to stop the expedition, a brutal Pacific storm is raging toward them, and a frightening truth is beginning to unfold. The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them . . .

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