Review: If You Loved Indiana Jones...You Will Adore Jack Roberts!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2012
I liken TOMB OF ATLANTIS to the Indiana Jones series not only due to its action-adventure status, but also because Chris Petersen has the capacity to enable me to understand and enjoy not only archaeology, but some engineering concepts as well. This is important, because some authors that write action-adventure lose me by over-explaining the technicalities and I become disengaged in the story. I remember feeling completely immersed in the action when first watching Harrison Ford as Indy--he was fun, funny, handsome, resourceful, and smart, and most importantly, he appealed to my female mind. Jack Roberts, the male protagonist in TOMB fills the void in my life I didn't know I had since Indy is gone...Author Petersen creates a suspenseful situation in TOMB. Jack Roberts, an engineer, has discovered an artifact that may be the key to the lost city of Atlantis. In an attempt to find it, he becomes lost at sea. Petersen describes Jack's resourcefulness and efforts to survive in tense detail and I found myself very involved, rooting for Jack. Particularly during a frightening scene with a hungry shark, I caught my breath several times and screamed to the author, "Will you just rescue him already??"Petersen has created a new action hero in Jack Roberts, and I am looking forward to reading more in CURSE OF ATLANTIS!