Thunderhead
Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written sixteen years ago, yet mysteriously mailed only recently. In it her father, long believed dead, hints at a fantastic discovery that will make him famous and rich---the lost city of an ancient civilization that suddenly...
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Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written sixteen years ago, yet mysteriously mailed only recently. In it her father, long believed dead, hints at a fantastic discovery that will make him famous and rich---the lost city of an ancient civilization that suddenly vanished a thousand years ago. Now Nora is leading an expedition into a harsh, remote corner of Utah's canyon country. Searching for her father and his glory, Nora begins t unravel the greatest riddle of American archeology. but what she unearths will be the newest of horrors...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446608374 (0446608378)
ASIN: 446608378
Publish date: June 1st 2000
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 533
Edition language: English
Los libros de este tipo me encantan, búsquedas de lugares perdidos o remotos, leyendas, misterios... En esta ocasión los personajes buscan una ciudad sagrada llamada Quivira y, como no , su expedición estará rodeada de peligros.A pesar de ser tan gordo el libro se lee en un suspiro, los acontecimien...
3.5 stars. Anasazi ruins, Aztec gold, skinwalkers, corpse powder, Valley Fever, majestic, untouched southwestern setting, archaeological finds of the calibur of Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and Schliemann's discovery of Troy, beautiful women, dashing men--really, what's not to like? Th...
Thunderhead, another good book by the dynamic duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Nora Kelly and Bill Smithback head out to search for the lost city of gold, Quivira, armed with a long-lost letter written by Kelly's father and a qualified crew of archaeologists and support staff. They delve into ...
This is the first book from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child that I absolutely hated. It is so boring and just plods along like it has no place to go. UGH!Even the characters are boring and uninteresting: Nora Kelly, Peter Holyrood, Bill Smithback, Aaron Black, Roscoe Swire, Sloane Goddard and Lu...
Nora Kelly is a young archaeologist and an associate professor at a prestigious museum in Santa Fe. She lives a pretty boring life, split between work, checking in on her out of work brother Skip, and looking after the ranch left to her and skip after he died. At least they think he's dead; he dis...
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