The Hunt for Atlantis

I’ve never been a big Atlantis conspiracy theorist. But after reading Andy McDermott’s debut novel, THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, I might jump on the bus. It’s a fast-paced and exciting read. I couldn’t put this book down, and when I did, my wife snatched it away. (Thankfully, I was finished.)

The two main characters, archeologist Nina Wilde and ex-SAS operative Eddie Chase, make a great team — the best such pairing since Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK or Jack Colton and Joan Wilder in ROMANCING THE STONE.

Wilde follows in her parents’ footsteps, looking for evidence that Atlantis exists. When she appears to have located the lost city, she receives financial backing from a billionaire and his daughter, who believe descendants of Atlantis are still alive. Chase’s sole responsibility is Wilde’s safety, and he’s needed on the quest because there’s a secret brotherhood that will stop at nothing — including murder – to ensure that the secret that’s been submerged for 11,000 years never resurfaces.

McDermott has written a story that easily competes with the works of Dan Brown and James Rollins. He’s created a winning adventure-thriller franchise that’s been sold in more than 30 countries and 20 languages. THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS is the first of his four hit novels published in the United Kingdom to be released in the United States.

And fans won’t be kept waiting with his three sequels, all slated for release in the U.S. within the next several months: THE TOMB OF HERCULES (October 2009), THE SECRET OF EXCALIBUR (March 2010) and THE COVENANT OF GENESIS (April 2010). —Sean Taylor Simpson

Buy it at Amazon.

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