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Great fun, an adrenalin-rush extraordinaire with barely a moment to draw breath, just as you think it's time to relax the next wild ride begins. I felt my heart race increase reading that mad scene in the boats. Set in Peru in both the 19th & 16th centuries, the stories entwine & effect each other from the distance of time: the hero of the present is William Race, a linguistics professor, & the past is Alberto Santiago, a Spanish monk. Ridiculous & improbable as his stories are, I enjoy them for
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This may have to be the most ridiculous action book I have read. The actual plot and dual storyline was great, but the over written action sequences just had me laughing at some points.
I intend to go back and count the number of exclamation marks there were. Outrageous!!!
Race is not the same kind of hero that Reilly has created in West Jr and Scarecrow. Not as believable, if I can say that in regards to these books.
Reilly's other books are good, but for me this was overdone. ...more
I intend to go back and count the number of exclamation marks there were. Outrageous!!!
Race is not the same kind of hero that Reilly has created in West Jr and Scarecrow. Not as believable, if I can say that in regards to these books.
Reilly's other books are good, but for me this was overdone. ...more
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