The Charlemagne Pursuit
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780594043409 (0594043409)
Publish date: December 2nd 2008
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Action,
Suspense
Series: Cotton Malone (#4)
Among the best of the Berry books I've read so far. Cotton Malone to me is getting to be a more and more interesting character in his books, and this strength really meshes well with Berry's well-researched, well-planned plots. I hope Malone continues to grow as a character in future Berry novels.
Of all of Steve Berry's books, and especially all of them with protagonist Cotton Malone, I liked this one the least (2½ star rating). For me there was too much drama which dragged on for too long, and not as much action and deciphering of cryptograms as compared to his other books. There is however...
Edge of your seat plot with twists and turns throughout.
I usually like Berry's books and conspiracy theories, but found that by the end of this book I didn't care what happened anymore. It almost tries to hard to include too much, so even good old Cotton Malone couldn't save it for me. As hard as it tried, I had to try harder to get to the last page.
Steve Berry has a very fertile imagination. He always creates an exciting and thought-provoking mix of historical fact and wild conjecture. This one has Cotton Malone seeking the truth about how his father really died 38 years ago. There's a U.S. government cover-up of a long-ago Antarctic expedi...