Subterranean
by:
James Rollins (author)
Beneath the ice at the bottom of the Earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth, a place of breathtaking wonders—and terrors beyond imagining. A team of specialists led by archaeologist Ashley Carter has been hand-picked to explore this secret place and to uncover the riches it holds. But they...
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Beneath the ice at the bottom of the Earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth, a place of breathtaking wonders—and terrors beyond imagining. A team of specialists led by archaeologist Ashley Carter has been hand-picked to explore this secret place and to uncover the riches it holds. But they are not the first to venture here—and those they follow did not return. There are mysteries here older than time, and revelations that could change the world. But there are also things that should not be disturbed—and a devastating truth that could doom Ashley and the expedition: they are not alone.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061965807 (0061965804)
Publish date: April 27th 2010
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
I'm giving it 4 start, but it was my least favorite Rollin's book. So far there wasn't even one I wasn't crazy about, but the heroine in Subterranean - Ashley drove me crazy almost till the end of the book. I'm used to the military giving the orders, making plans and etc. Here she was leading with...
My first foray into James Rollins' writing, and I found it entertaining enough to give him another go in the future. If you are looking for a thrilling adventure, this is not quite it, but it's not badly written or laughable.
Giant white sharks, velociraptor like monotremes (big word I know, look it up in wikipedia), caves coated with diamonds, sentient naked hairy primate like creatures (also monotremes!) that can communicate through dream like trances, all this in an entire ecosytem thousands of feet under ground. Real...
I really hate to abandon this book, because I usually enjoy a good [a:James Rollins|38809|James Rollins|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1328147798p2/38809.jpg] story. The stories are often over-the-top, but they are nothing if not fun adventures, and I think Subterranean would have bee...
This was Rollins earlier books, and thus a different ride for me. The story definitely starts out slow. There's now doubt about that. The concept was interesting, and the storyline was kind of like Indiana Jones. The theory of people actually living in the core of the earth was bizarre, but not unli...
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