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The Atlantis Code will take you to a new level of mystery, wonder, adventure and excitement (Deepak Chopra )
Short, gripping chapters move the action from Egypt to Russia to Africa to London. Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code. Look out, Dan Brown, Brokaw can play this game a lot better than most of your imitators (Booklist Review )
In the 19th century, the equivalent of a blockbuster movie was a tense, thrilling novel, often told in serial form. We tend to forget that the modern novel need not be anything more significant than excellent entertainment, which is the perfect description of Charles Brokaw's The Atlantis Code . . . A rollicking adventure, with nonstop action and suspense. Readers can only hope that Brokaw is prepared to send Professor Lourds on further quests (Publishers Weekly )
A winning combination of all the ingredients an adventure addict could want: great action, intrepid archeologists, dark conspiracies, cliffhangers, and a real sense of wonder (Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times Bestselling Co-Author Of Paul Of Dune And Author Of The Edge Of The World )
Brokaw's hero is Indiana Jones without the whip. Who knew archeology could be so exciting? Wonderful entertainment. (Stephen Coonts, New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Traitor )
Storytelling doesn't get much better than this. I've set this one aside to read again! (David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Expediter )
Short, gripping chapters move the action from Egypt to Russia to Africa to London. Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code. Look out, Dan Brown, Brokaw can play this game a lot better than most of your imitators (Booklist Review )
In the 19th century, the equivalent of a blockbuster movie was a tense, thrilling novel, often told in serial form. We tend to forget that the modern novel need not be anything more significant than excellent entertainment, which is the perfect description of Charles Brokaw's The Atlantis Code . . . A rollicking adventure, with nonstop action and suspense. Readers can only hope that Brokaw is prepared to send Professor Lourds on further quests (Publishers Weekly )
A winning combination of all the ingredients an adventure addict could want: great action, intrepid archeologists, dark conspiracies, cliffhangers, and a real sense of wonder (Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times Bestselling Co-Author Of Paul Of Dune And Author Of The Edge Of The World )
Brokaw's hero is Indiana Jones without the whip. Who knew archeology could be so exciting? Wonderful entertainment. (Stephen Coonts, New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Traitor )
Storytelling doesn't get much better than this. I've set this one aside to read again! (David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Expediter )
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An ancient artefact is discovered in a dusty antiquities shop in Alexandria, Egypt - the long forgotten trinket soon becomes the centre of the most deadly archaeological hunt in history.
The 20,000 year-old relic is inscribed with what appears to be the long lost language of Atlantis. Only one man would seem to be able to decode its meaning - the world's foremost linguist, Dr Thomas Lourdes - but only if he can stay alive long enough...
Meanwhile, an earthquake in Cadiz, Spain, uncovers a most unexpected site - one which the Vatican rush to be the first to explore... Perhaps the lost city of Atlantis is finally ready to be found?
But is the world ready for her secrets?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Other Readers seem to have slated this book heavily, however after reading it i really have no idea why. ok, the book may not be some amazing piece of literature which is going to go down in history, but it was definately worth the read.
i like reading books like The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, The Gaudi Key, i like the chase and the puzzle that the character is trying to solve. This book has been described below as an imitation of some of Dan Brown's work, they called this a bad thing, however its exactly what made me buy it, i like Dan Browns books but i wanted more books to read like his, life would be pretty boring if i only had Dan Browns books to read, and thats what i felt this was, another book in the Dan Brown/puzzle/treasure hunt kind of genre. i found it thrilling, exciting and i struggled to put it down. let me stress i never felt like i was rereading a dan brown novel it just ahd a similar style.
other reviewers have also stated that you could tell exactly what was going to happen, ifind alot of books, movies, tv programs all follow a similar path of here is a character - here is a problem the character faces - here is the solution - the end. this makes elements of most plots predictable, its very rare the main character dies, it rare that some sort of solution is found, but i find its how you get to the solution that is exciting and i felt that this book did this very well. what i like about this book and others in this genre is they the characters hit many problems you never know if there going to hit a dead with one clue and have to go another way etc
other reviewers in my opinion were to harsh on this book, i really enjoyed its fast paced, exciting, thrilling hunt for atlantis.
(sorry i didnt go into much detail in the plot but i felt that would spoil the read for someone else)
i like reading books like The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, The Gaudi Key, i like the chase and the puzzle that the character is trying to solve. This book has been described below as an imitation of some of Dan Brown's work, they called this a bad thing, however its exactly what made me buy it, i like Dan Browns books but i wanted more books to read like his, life would be pretty boring if i only had Dan Browns books to read, and thats what i felt this was, another book in the Dan Brown/puzzle/treasure hunt kind of genre. i found it thrilling, exciting and i struggled to put it down. let me stress i never felt like i was rereading a dan brown novel it just ahd a similar style.
other reviewers have also stated that you could tell exactly what was going to happen, ifind alot of books, movies, tv programs all follow a similar path of here is a character - here is a problem the character faces - here is the solution - the end. this makes elements of most plots predictable, its very rare the main character dies, it rare that some sort of solution is found, but i find its how you get to the solution that is exciting and i felt that this book did this very well. what i like about this book and others in this genre is they the characters hit many problems you never know if there going to hit a dead with one clue and have to go another way etc
other reviewers in my opinion were to harsh on this book, i really enjoyed its fast paced, exciting, thrilling hunt for atlantis.
(sorry i didnt go into much detail in the plot but i felt that would spoil the read for someone else)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It compares with Dan Brown in that it's pretty much an imitation.
It starts as a classic quest-with-menaces, to find the five lost instruments of Atlantis. Then it degenerates into a BCS* shoot-em-up with glowering sexual overtones, and culminates in a flood-in-a-cave rescue-the-artifacts fest.
There *is* no real denouement - you need some serious imagination and insight to be able to produce an ending that's worth all the fuss. Eco does it by turning it into a shaggy-dog there-is-no-secret-after-all exercise in bathos. Dan Brown does it by digging out some Masonic speculations which are overdue for hitting the mainstream. Brokaw does it by making his protagonists Not Read The Book.
A plus point: he makes a damn good effort at English idiom, for an American, and even uses English versions of expletives, which delighted me - so few bother to learn the language.
A minus point: his sexual politics are tedious and stilted and so tiresomely puritanically distracting. Makes you want to shout: "Grow up!" to the protagonists.
But never mind. It moves swiftly enough, and the scenery's attractive. I wasn't expecting something deep, and it kept me from getting bored on the bus.
*BCS: Baddies Can't Shoot.
It starts as a classic quest-with-menaces, to find the five lost instruments of Atlantis. Then it degenerates into a BCS* shoot-em-up with glowering sexual overtones, and culminates in a flood-in-a-cave rescue-the-artifacts fest.
There *is* no real denouement - you need some serious imagination and insight to be able to produce an ending that's worth all the fuss. Eco does it by turning it into a shaggy-dog there-is-no-secret-after-all exercise in bathos. Dan Brown does it by digging out some Masonic speculations which are overdue for hitting the mainstream. Brokaw does it by making his protagonists Not Read The Book.
A plus point: he makes a damn good effort at English idiom, for an American, and even uses English versions of expletives, which delighted me - so few bother to learn the language.
A minus point: his sexual politics are tedious and stilted and so tiresomely puritanically distracting. Makes you want to shout: "Grow up!" to the protagonists.
But never mind. It moves swiftly enough, and the scenery's attractive. I wasn't expecting something deep, and it kept me from getting bored on the bus.
*BCS: Baddies Can't Shoot.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hi
I am a fan of this type of book, lost Ark, Jesus tomb, Spear lost.
But after a good start it got lost in trying to be a James Bond rush around exotic locations, Russia, East Africa, Rome the ending in Spain, far to many gunfights to be taken as real without police involvment along the way.
Far to many villans and hitmen, plus of course the Catholic Church and secret orders operating in the Vatican, the end seemed rushed but of course we knew what was going to happen.
Sorry but this was a poor book, many others are offering a more solid story if not belivable...
I am a fan of this type of book, lost Ark, Jesus tomb, Spear lost.
But after a good start it got lost in trying to be a James Bond rush around exotic locations, Russia, East Africa, Rome the ending in Spain, far to many gunfights to be taken as real without police involvment along the way.
Far to many villans and hitmen, plus of course the Catholic Church and secret orders operating in the Vatican, the end seemed rushed but of course we knew what was going to happen.
Sorry but this was a poor book, many others are offering a more solid story if not belivable...
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Published 17 months ago by Jim M
The Atlantis Code..... um, well.....
I'd just attempted to read Dan Brown's 'Angels and Demons' when I happened upon this.
The strong point of Charles Brokaw over Dan Brown is that he can at least write a decent... Read more
The strong point of Charles Brokaw over Dan Brown is that he can at least write a decent... Read more
Published 19 months ago by AnOldGoat
Save yourself the pain
This is the most frustrating idiocracy in the history of the written word!!! In this story Atlantis is discovered. Read more
Published 21 months ago by R. Hay
Not the suggested new level of mystery, wonder, adventure and...
The back cover states that "The Atlantis Code will take you to a new level of mystery, wonder, adventure and excitement". Well it didn't. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mark Mcclelland
Good read for plane trip
This bnook was not as good as I anticipated it would be given the paper reviews. The plot is great, the characters good but it loses itself along the way and the ending is a let... Read more
Published 22 months ago by rhosymynydd
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I have always been intrigued by the legend of the lost city of atlantis, and this book has not disappointed, it's a fast moving and captivating thriller, never a dull page, I would... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Annie Moore
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