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The Nostradamus Prophecies [Kindle Edition]

Mario Reading (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
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Nostradamus wrote a thousand prophecies. Only 942 have survived. What happened to the missing quatrains? And what secrets did they contain to make it necessary for them to remain hidden? And why did Nostradamus leave his daughter a sealed container in his will? This mystery drives two men with very different desires. Adam Sabir is a writer desperate to revive his flagging career; Achor Bale is a member of an ancient secret society that has dedicated itself to the protection and support of the 'Three Antichrists' foretold in Nostradamus's verses - Napoleon, Adolf Hitler, and the 'one still to come'... The pair embark on a terrifying chase through the ancient Romany encampments of France in a quest to locate the missing verses.

About the Author

Mario Reading is a multi-talented writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His varied life has included selling rare books, teaching riding in Africa, studying dressage in Vienna, running a polo stable in Gloucestershire and maintaining a coffee plantation in Mexico. An acknowledged expert on the prophecies of Nostradamus, Reading is the author of five non-fiction titles published in the UK and around the world.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 789 KB
  • Print Length: 352 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0312643799
  • Publisher: Corvus; 1 edition (1 Dec 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00317INS0
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #56,177 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air in the genre 3 Feb 2011
By A. P. Walton
Format:Paperback
Definitely a cut above the usual Dan Brownish genre novel. The Nostradamus stuff is important to the plot, but not overly-so. It's a reason for the plot to exist but not the be-all and end-all (the protagonists could have been chasing anything, really, be it a cache of diamonds or a phial of life-saving bacteria from the planet Zarg).

This is a thoroughly involving thriller, with characters who could actually be real, rather than stereotypes, with the exception of the Bad Guy, who's not in my opinion quite complex enough (he's a bit of a run of the mill psychopath, even with his Ancien Régime background). The gypsy stuff appears well-researched but not intrusively so; some authors insist on slinging in foreign words just to establish that they've really, REALLY researched their subject but Reading keeps a light hand, so the inclusions of Gypsy lore, language and customs don't appear to be bolted on.

The first part of the prologue, featuring a hanging, drawing and quartering, has little if any relevance to what follows, except to establish that our run of the mill psychopath had a psychopathic ancestor 450 years ago.

As another reviewer has commented, though, the Epilogue does appear to be a contrived way of justifying the book's title.

If you enjoy a good chase thriller in the Ludlum mould you'll enjoy this.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Formula thriller 23 Dec 2009
By Waffle Merchant
Format:Paperback
This is a typical Dan Brown formula book:

Ingredients checklist:
- A sprinkling of ancient prophey/conspiracy on which to hang the whole book on - Nostradamus prophecies
- One secret society - Corpus Maledictus
- One invincible baddie with some unusual physical disfigurement - (clotted eyes!?!)
- One silly chase around a country's historical monuments - France
- And a bit of info about gypsies to pad the whole thing out

Hey presto you have the Nostradamus Prophecies! And it isn't even cooked very well.

The characters have the depth of an ant's swimming pool and what I find particularly silly is the way they suddenly change character to suit the zany plot - for instance wimpy writer suddenly becomes hunting expert who can recognise hunting rifles from their sound.

And slightly strange is the author's obsession with people having their sexual organs forceably removed! If you buy the book you will see what I mean...
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad 7 Nov 2010
By Paul Royle
Format:Paperback
This is the first book i have read from Mario Reading, and i must say that it was not bad..... but not great. I too bought this book for the title expecting a new insight or mystery surrounding the prophecies, but instead was delivered a chase story. I felt that on the whole it kept me interested, but not spellbound and at times, particularly two thirds the way through that i was becoming irritated at the end of each chapter just wanting the pursuit to be over, and when the end came it was a bit of a let down. i will try more of his work as i can see he has a good story telling way about him, i just hope that the next is a little better.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating blend of fact and fiction 10 Oct 2010
By Avid reader
Format:Paperback
This thriller cracks along at a great pace. It's set amongst the secretive Gypsy community in France, and features two protagonists, American writer Adam Sabir and French detective Joris Calque, who are definitely outside the norm of usual genre thrillers. Plus you get an insight into the Gypsy way of life through Yola Samana and Alexi Dufontaine, who go on the run with Sabir when all three of them get on the wrong side of the Corpus Maleficus, in the shape of Achor Bale, a.k.a. 'the eye-man'. I thought I'd just be getting the usual conspiracy thriller holiday run-around when I bought this book, but it's far better than that - it's a real reader's book. Think Robert Crais, James Lee Burke and Dennis Lehane - not Dan Brown. I'm looking forward to The Mayan Codex now, which is the follow-up, I gather.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars The worst book I've ever read 30 Dec 2009
By The Weasel
Format:Paperback
I bought this book at the airport before going on holiday simply because of the attractive front cover, something which you should definitely not judge it by. The writing is terrible and although it has a great basic plot line, the author has failed to develop it into something that could have been a bestseller. Similar to many of the works of Dan Brown but much worse, the reader has to accept far too many coincidences based around the super-human knowledge of the main character and in the end it reads like a 7 year old's english project. The novel is a page-turner in the sense that you want to find out what happens at the end, but with every lick of the thumb comes another painfully written paragraph and a poke from your conscience urging you to burn this and every other copy so that it cannot be inflicted upon another human being who still has hope for English literature.
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16 of 21 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Appalling 11 Oct 2009
By D. Brown
Format:Paperback
I picked up this book because I am intrigued by Nostradamus. If that's also the case for you, then I strongly recommend that you do not bother wasting your time here. The author cynically uses the famous French seer as a hook upon which to hang a dreadful 'thriller'. What we have is 400 pages of sub-Dan Brown nonsense featuring flat characters, uttering dialogue that would make George Lucas blush, and trotting through some of the most tired chase capers imaginable. Ooooh scary, mysterious assassin is after our amiable hero, who just happens to team up with a feisty girl who inhabits a different social world. Sound familiar? Constructed in utterly ridiculous page long chapters, and with a potent lack of tension, this is an exercise in going through the boring motions.

I am ashamed that I bothered to finish it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars great read
Really enjoyed this book. Not just about Nostradamus but also a bit of a thriller and a little romance thrown in. Interesting gypsy culture stuff too.
Published 24 days ago by Mrs Jacqueline Conn
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
I've read lots of literature based on this topic, mainly because we were "all gonna die" last December! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Palefire73
2.0 out of 5 stars Translation Problems
This book was a struggle to finish. I nearly gave up on a few occasions, but couldn't quite quit. The translations weren't complete in part, and so I wasn't quite sure exactly what... Read more
Published 5 months ago by ZiggyRex
3.0 out of 5 stars More about gypsies than Nostradamus
This was an odd book. I expected something along the lines of the Da Vinci Code and though there were elements of this it felt very different. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Daniel
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced drama!
A gripping story, well written. Similar to the Dan Brown books (Da Vinci code) when they were good! The 'goodies' were much more developed and rounded whereas the 'baddy' more... Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Wilkinson
1.0 out of 5 stars Unpleasant
The title attracted me and I bought it as a Kindle 99p version. The prologue and the first chapter are good. Read more
Published 8 months ago by irisae
5.0 out of 5 stars Nostradamus
Excellent story which kept me going all through. The characters were so real, not 2-dimensional like some stories I've read.
Published 8 months ago by Alan Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars If you like Dan Brown . . . .
I stuck with it as I was interested in Nostradamus` prophecies. An engaging beginning and some nice twists and turns, even a mention of the Black Madonna in the monastery near... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Paul W. P. Phillips
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book I've read for a long time
If I could figure out how to give zero stars that's what I would give this derivative mess of a book. Just awful.
Published 9 months ago by CMickell
3.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read.
While "The Nostradamus Prophecies" is not great literature, it's an enjoyable, easy read. A bit predictable in some respects - the good guys win in the end - but not completely... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Bev
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