Review: Two great tales, set 30,000 years apart
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
I always enjoy reading science/medical/technology thrillers. I'm a big fan of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton. I was pleased to be offered a free copy of this book to review. In fact, as soon as I was able, I pulled it out of the "digital" pile and began reading it.We are given just enough back story on all our "contemporary" characters for us to understand their motivations, while not getting bogged down in details that had nothing to do with THIS story. As all the protagonists begin the quite amazing archaeological exploration, the story heats up fast. The plot device used by the writer to tell the story of our ancient characters is brillaint. As the book moves seamlessly back and forth over 30,000 years, the two stories never gets confusing or unwieldy. Good writing.My only complaint might be that, as the current day story rushes to it's climax, the ancient story is finished in an anticlimatic fashion. To be fair, though, we knew how that story ended very early in the book. The conclusion of the book, though, makes up for any deficiencies earlier.Again, I love thrillers of this style, and this is a good one. At $2.99, versus $9.99 to $16.99, it's a steal. Buy it now!