The Atlantis Prophecy | 
| Author: Thomas Greanias Publisher: Pocket Star Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 16 reviews Sales Rank: 9402
Media: Mass Market Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 384 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0743491920 Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780743491921 ASIN: 0743491920
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Product Description An ancient organization more powerful than the federal government has targeted Washington. They'll stop at nothing to destroy the republic and raise an empire.The adventure begins with a mysterious military burial at Arlington National Cemetery and a shocking legacy that has explosive implications for America's existence. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in his father's tombstone the key to a centuries-old warning built into the very design of Washington, D.C. Major monuments along the National Mall are astronomically aligned and are about to "lock" with the stars at a date foreseen by the Founding Fathers. Along with Serena Serghetti, a beautiful Vatican linguist with secrets of her own, Yeats explores the hidden world beneath the capital in a deadly race to save it. America has a date with destiny, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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URG! I waited for this?? July 15, 2008 This book is the continuation of Atlantis Rising - and is so much like National Treasure (the movie), that I was having a hard time getting through it. Yes your favorite character is back ... but he is in a hunt through Washington D.C that is so reminiscent of National Treasure - I couldn't enjoy the story line. Why did you do this to us?
A Decent Thriller July 13, 2008 The writing is much improved over the previous novel (Raising Atlantis), but the Serena character remains an insufferable beeyotch. I cheered when the bad guy taped her mouth shut!
Anyways, while the plot seems a cross between The Da Vinci Code and National Treasure, it's still fairly entertaining. I'll certainly read the next novel in the series!
Entertaining. July 8, 2008 Although I found the book quite entertaining, it was a tad far fetched. There didn't seem to be any conclusion to the adventure.
Better Than The First One July 8, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was such a pleasure to read after slogging through The Ruins, I'm almost biased a little toward a better review than if I'd read this one after a different book. Still, it had me glued to my chair.
In the first one, I liked his Antarctica story and though the hero, Yates, was a little whiny, it wasn't enough to sway me from reading this sequel.
Though there are a few plot holes and some gaps in logic and sequence, I don't care. I had such fun reading it that that stuff didn't matter. Besides, it is well written, follows the current rules of writing, and the editing is almost top notch (found at least one typo but can't remember where).
Some are complaining because it's a mix of DaVinci Code and National Treasure. So what? Is it any different from all the murder mysteries out there? Geez! How many ways can you kill someone? It's the story itself and the characters that make or break it.
Is this book realistic? Heck no! Could it happen? Doubt it. Does it matter to me? No. It was a fun ride and left me wanting more.
Just one note. I'll be pissed if he doesn't finally get the girl in the third book!
If you want a good fast paced read, I highly recommend this one.
Don't bother July 7, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you have read or seen The De Vinci Code or seen National Treasure don't waste your time with Atlantis Prophecy. Sadly there is not an original idea, plot twist, or dialogue in this book. Everything that has been done in the recent past, from stealing government artifacts, invisible ink, secret codes, monuments aligning across cities to point directions, is reused and only slightly altered to hide the plot's unoriginality. It's as though the author and his agent sat down with a list of what has been in recent best sellers, and they poured all those elements into a mixer and poured out a weak, uninspiring, unoriginal, and ultimately an uninteresting read. The only good thing about having it along as a breach read was I was happy to sacrifice it as kindling for the camp fire.
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