Can’t go wrong with a Douglas Preston story. Amazon / Goodreads MY REVIEW “I am.” Imagine an Artificial Intelligence hell bent on wreaking revenge on its creator. Like a child, hurt, lost, feeling abandoned and betrayed, struggling to survive… This mix of science fiction and reality mad...
A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interi...
This was fun and not my normal genre. I had these audiobooks recommended by a friend and they are definitely well worth listening too. Though I have to say, if I didn't listen to it I'm not sure I would have finished reading it. The plot didn't totally grab me. The narration did. The museum is un...
The story of the expedition is told in the front one-third of the book. The remainder is of the disease that struck the author and others. The book ends with a warning of climate change spreading disease. Could have done without the last chapter of fear-mongering.
The Lost City of the Monkey God-A True Story, Douglas Preston, author; Bill Mumy, narrator. This book was billed as an Indiana Jones lookalike, a book filled with adventure and discovery. Sadly, for me, it fell short of that and became a travelogue of sorts, albeit in unexplored areas of Honduras, r...
Douglas Preston has written many articles for 'National Geographic' and others on similiar themes and is a noted writer of thrillers, so I was expecting an entertaining blend of styles in 'The Lost City of the Monkey God'. Unfortunately this book deal was a little premature. The book has value, cert...
When author Douglas Preston moved to Florence to work on a new novel he never thought he’d get caught up in a real murder case. Much less that those murders took place from 1968 to 1985. The first half of this book covers the cases and this serial killer that was never caught. Then we get into the...
First off let me say something I didn’t know prior to reading this, but should have, since I’m a long time Preston & Child fan. Beyond the Ice Limit is a sequel to The Ice Limit published in 2000, which I have somehow missed reading to this point. That being said, Beyond the Ice Limit is an enjoya...
A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCEAfter a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. A SHOCKING RETURN Sick with grief, Pendergast's ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riversi...
The Lost Island is Book 3 in the Gideon Crew series. Gideon has wrapped up his latest mission and he is ready to jump right into the next one. At this point, there’s no question that he will go on working for Eli Glinn at Effective Engineering Solutions. This time he will be utilizing skills fro...
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