Atlantis
By David Gibbins
The Story
Marine archeologist Jack Howard may have found the key to uncovering Atlantis, the legendary sunken city purportedly built by a flourishing culture. A scrap of papyrus discovered in an Egyptian desert, which may contain a secondhand account of the lost city, sends Jack scrambling to assemble a team, including Costas, an MIT- and Stanford-trained expert in "submersible technology" and Katya, a beautiful Russian Atlantis specialist. Once prepped and in position in the Aegean Sea, Jack and company find themselves caught up with Kazakhstan terrorists and a multicountry fight over a missing Soviet nuclear submarine—and that's before they've uncovered the ancient secrets of the lost city. -- From Publishers Weekly
The Deal
This story reminds me very much of a Clive Cussler story. Any of his Dirk Pitt adventures will do. The book is riddled with underwater exploration and archeological finds that would make Indiana Jones quiver. However, just because you may love Clive Cussler novels (I do), does not mean that you will necessarily even like this story. The book gets bogged down in the technical dialogue and gets very confusing on the geography. I needed to consult a world map to understand the points of reference. The characters jump all over the Mediterranean and the Black Sea so much, I feel Greek.
The Bottom Line
It is a big read, 480 pages. With so much great fiction out there, I would PASS. The story ended with a “that’s it?” feeling. I felt ripped off for my time investment.
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