Review: Laura Croft meets Indiana Jones, only with realism, romance, and good values.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
In The Tempering Agent, Laura Croft meets Indiana Jones, only with realism, romance, and good values. Ms. Cain did a great job researching archeology and integrating this knowledge with legend and mysticism. Yet, unlike the aforementioned fictional characters, Cain's make one imagine being with them and living to tell the tale. There is danger and heroic acts (and even supernatural intervention), but the kind that readers can see themselves experiencing without being killed along the way.Also present is Cain's terrific descriptions. Lots of show and little tell, the way rabid fiction fans prefer it. You can hear, smell, and taste the middle eastern surroundings.If you like adventure and romance rolled into one, you will enjoy The Tempering Agent. Good read and worthy of five stars.