Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 7/31/2015 + 1223 more book reviews

Another good adventure/techno-thriller from Preston/Child. This is one of their earlier stand-alone novels involving the hunt for a giant meteorite on an island off of Cape Horn in the far-south reaches of the earth. Overall, a real page-turner with lots of action and great characters. These include Sam McFarlane, a geophysicist/meteor hunter; Palmer Lloyd, a billionaire who funds the expedition; Eli Glinn, the engineer who lays out the plan to move the heaviest object (400,000 tons) ever; Captain Britton, a disgraced alcoholic skipper hired to pilot a modified oil tanker to retrieve the meteorite; and Commandante Vallenar, a rogue Chilean naval officer exiled to his nation's southern wastes, who will stop at nothing to defend Chile's honor and property. All of these characters, and others, are really fleshed out and add to the action of the novel. But when they find the meteorite, they discover that it is composed of an unknown substance that is denser than any known element and is a deep red color. Is it really a meteorite or something else entirely? Preston/Child keep you turning the pages to arrive at an answer. Another high recommendation for this one.

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