After an unplanned event the main characters in the book are trapped in a cave and have to find their way to daylight again, encountering everything from booby traps, spiders, bats and aggressive, carnivorous mutants. It was a fun read and the action never let up. "Excavation" starts out on an archeological dig in the Peruvian Andes. and then the author goes on to kill off the token black character in the story.
In horror movies, that’s when the killer starts knocking off the college co-eds.” I’ve just seen too many cheap horror movies.” I thought this part was particularly apt: Death and destruction ensues while the characters engage in dialog consisting of mostly stupid and snippy comments. There we find the Texan walking around with his rifle poised to shoot anything that moves. By and by we find a civilization that has remained lost in the Andes for more than 500 years. There’s also some weird space-time continuum going on as the characters managed to get from Washington DC to Peru in a blink of an eye, but it took a full day to get the 45 miles from Cuzco to Machu Picchu by plane and helicopter. You’re left wondering how they were never eaten by wolves growing up let alone having the intelligence and resourcefulness to ever become respected members of their professional fields. except 99% of the time they were the incompetent nitwits. The entire book all the good guys and gals modulate between acting like Keystone Cops or. well, at least they finally figure it out after having known each other for years and years life and death situations will apparently do that for you. “Wonderfully” man hero meets woman femme fatale. well, at least they finally figure it out after working side by side for months and months life and death situations will apparently do that for you. “Thankfully” boy hero meets girl femme fatale.
It took me forever to finish because it was just dumb, not engaging at all.Īll the men and women, boys and girls were one-dimensional caricatures of stereotypes Indy! Indy Senior! Marion! Shorty! Bad Guys! Mummy! And the story unfolds in Indiana Jones meets Da Vinci Code fashion. Let’s just say that I found it generally dumb. I don’t know that I could come up with enough super superlatives to quite do it justice. with maybe a little Wonkaville thrown in. It was like Indiana Jones crossed with Da Vinci Code crossed with Jurassic Park crossed with Zombie Apocalypse crossed with At Play in the Fields of the Lord. Long story short, I didn’t think it was very entertaining or creative.
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