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The Alexander Cipher (Paperback)

by Will Adams (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 517 pages
  • Publisher: Harper (5 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007250878
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007250875
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,088 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A cracking adventure!Enthralling' The Observer 'The action crackles along' Daily Mail 'This is a hugely entertaining thriller, very much in the vein of Matthew Reilly: an adroit mixture of action, character, and history. The author does an excellent job of keeping the story moving at a brisk clip while giving us all the historical background we require to understand what all the fuss is about, Surprisingly, considering its high quality, this is Adams' first novel.' Booklist


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Non stop adventure and death defying chases in Will Adam's outstanding debut novel. It's 318 BC in the deserts of Libya, and Alexander the Great is buried as only a God should be, placed in a golden Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers, each packed with diamonds, rubies and gold. This was how he should have remained, but time waits for no-one. 2007 and underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox has been on the trail of Alexander's Gold ever since he can remember. When a tomb is uncovered on the construction site of a new hotel, Daniel believes he has found the clue to what he has been working towards for years. But the discovery has alerted two of the most dangerous men in the world, and Daniel is now a marked man.
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25 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The magic of Alexander the Great - a fast paced thriller, 24 Mar 2008
By Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews
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Alexander the Great and his long lost resting place is the core and background for this fast paced thriller, even tough it needs a bit of time to gain that pace. Several different stories interwine and lead to a dramtic end. Here all the right ingredients are in place to hook the readers quickly and wanting them to learn how the story continues to find the long lost treasure - the tomb of Alexander the Great. It is a great debut novel.
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38 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Debut Novel, 5 Dec 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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Will Adams joined a Washington based firm of business history consultants, where he wrote a number of corporate histories and biographies. After working in London for a while, he resigned and sold his home to give himself the opportunity of fulfilling a lifelong ambition to become a writer. If this first novel is anything to go by he will achieve his ambition, with many more books to follow this one and I for one will look forward to reading them.

There has been a spate of novels about that delve back into history. Usually the plot mimics the now infamous Dan Brown book, the Da Vinci Code. It now seems to be the done thing to slate this particular book at every opportunity but I can't help it, I enjoyed that book and also some of the ones that were published on the back of it's success.

This book however is a little different and concentrates on the greed of treasure hunter's, rather than a race against time to save the world from imminent disaster. The overwhelming greed of a number of people rushing to uncover, what in all probability will be the greatest treasure ever found, surpassing even that of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

The tomb of Alexander the Great, one of the most important men in history, has been sought for centuries, but no one has ever come close to revealing the place of his burial. That is until a group of construction workers unwittingly dig open the entrance of an Alexandrian catacomb and the race is on to find the final resting place of Alexander himself. There are many ruthless men who are prepared to kill to be the first to set eyes on the remains of Alexander and the treasure that was undoubtedly buried with him . . .
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13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Debut, 2 Nov 2007
This is a fantastic debut from an exciting new author. Great pace, and a story that hooks you on the first page and won't let you go until the last. I found it almost impossible to put this book down. Daniel Knox is a great anti-hero, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.

Clive Cussler fans will be in their element.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor poor poor!
I cannot believe I managed to finish this nonsense. I find it harder to believe people have given this 4 and 5 stars! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tw Parker

3.0 out of 5 stars OK but not brilliant
This book was a good first try but could have been better. It took a long time to get going and in my opinion never really gained the speed that it promised. Read more
Published 8 months ago by I. Meddle

3.0 out of 5 stars Average, but reasonably readable debut
This is a distinctively average read, there are far better, and far worse, books of this genre out there. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Matthew Turner

4.0 out of 5 stars Close to Cussler
Taking a note from Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures, The Alexander Cypher starts with a mystery from ages past, before unfolding into an archaelogical thriller with a few... Read more
Published 11 months ago by freedomrulesok

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable thriller
This is the author's first novel, and it's really not bad at all. The plot is fairly predictable but interesting for all that, and unlike one or two reviewers I found the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Peter Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars The Alexander Cipher
The Alexander Cipher: Not quite a thriller: Sorry, a good try, but not good enough. Plot thin and sadly unoriginal, characters non existent. Very predicable. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Gavrik Losey

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh dear! I'm afraid I don't agree with everyone else
Whilst I recognise that this is the authors first book and that it took over a decade to create, I regret that I do not share the euphoric enthusiasm of my fellow reviewers... Read more
Published 13 months ago by R. Gorman

4.0 out of 5 stars Non-stop action adventure about the search for the tomb of Alexander the Great.
"The Alexander Cipher" takes a couple of chapters to get going, but from there the pace doesn't let up. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Julia Flyte

3.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining debut
This is an engrossing and entertaining read, with good insight into it's character's motivations, although there seemed to be a few too many supporting characters who slowed down... Read more
Published 17 months ago by J. Reeve

5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Debut Novel

Will Adams joined a Washington based firm of business history consultants, where he wrote a number of corporate histories and biographies. Read more
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