Spartan Gold
The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of "pure entertainment" (People).Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800,...
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The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of "pure entertainment" (People).Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear...Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's "lost cellar." Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk-a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780399156427 (0399156429)
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Pages no: 375
Edition language: English
If Nathan Drake and Lara Croft got married and went on a Dan Brown-ian adventure across Europe with an Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull villain on their heels and a Penelope of Criminal Minds as a research assistant to aid them, the result would be Spartan Gold. Not an award-winnin...
Pretty much typical lost treasure standard fare, nothing much to write about. Characters were bland, repeatedly getting into trouble and making last minute escapes which seemed far fetched even for a Clive Cussler book. I don't think i have liked any Clive Cussler book since he started co-authoring ...
Uh, is an action/adventure book supposed to make the reader want to take a nap? I couldn't even make it out of chapter 3! I'm not sure if I was bored with the story, the writing, or Scott Brick's narration. The man could have put some excitement into his voice, couldn't he? But to be fair to Bri...
Not my usual read, but I thought I'd break it up with something different. This is an adventure story about a treasure hunting married couple on their quest to find 12 lost wine bottles from Napoleon's "lost cellar." But believing that these bottles hold the key to finding the secret treasure of Xer...
Książka jest mega przewidywalna, nudna i pozbawiona mocniejszej akcji. Ot taka bzdura, bez ładu i składu. Grant Blackwood nędznie podrabia Cusslera, a ten się jeszcze pod tym podpisuje.