Tag Archives: Action/Adventure
Review: The Emperor’s Tomb by Steve Berry
Book 6 of Steve Berry’s “Cotton Malone” series takes our favorite ex-Magellan Billet agent to China where he must rescue his friend and sometime-lover, Cassiopeia Vitt. Vitt’s gotten herself wrapped up in a web of conspiracy involving the Chinese premier and … Continue reading
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Review: The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
I’m sad to say it, folks, Mr. Berry has let me down. Something about The Paris Vendetta, the fifth book in the Cotton Malone series, did not catch me as his previous books have. I wasn’t hooked, I wasn’t excited … Continue reading
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DNF Review: The Lucifer Code
Y’all know I hate giving up on books, but I’ve done it again. It’s a shame too, because I really enjoyed the plot of The Lucifer Code, it was thrilling and promised to be unique, but I know the second … Continue reading
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Review: The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry
A loneliness crept into his bones as he absorbed the deep silence of the tomb. Proverbs came to mind. A simple truth from long ago. He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. The Charlemagne Pursuit – Steve … Continue reading
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Review: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
In Dan Brown’s latest Robert Langdon thriller, Langdon is rushed to Washington D.C. as a last-minute guest speaker at the request of his mentor, Peter Solomon. When he arrives however, the truth is revealed: Solomon, a prominent member of the secret Mason … Continue reading
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Review: Black Rain by Graham Brown
Every good action-adventure novel that’s going to take a story and morph it into an edge-of-your-seat thriller needs to be based on a bit of truth. Or rather, legend that could be truth. Graham Brown’s debut novel Black Rain exemplifies … Continue reading
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Review: The Doomsday Key by James Rollins
I’m not sure why I waited so long to read this book. Normally when a new Rollins is released I’m at the store the same day. Perhaps it was because I was afraid the goodness couldn’t last forever, or because … Continue reading
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Review: The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw
Setting aside preconceptions from The DaVinci Code, The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw is about a Harvard linguistics professor, Thomas Lourds, who stumbles across an ancient artifact wanted by a secret group of Cardinals from the Vatican. Together with television journalist Leslie, and … Continue reading
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