About this title: Professor William Race, one of the youngest members of the staff in the Ancient Languages Department at NYU, receives an intriguing assignment from the U.S. government: he is to translate an ancient manuscript which contains clues to the location of a mythical Incan idol that possesses fearsome powers. Eventually, Race finds himself in the Andes, ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
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Edition: First Edition-Paperback Later PrintRun
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
Description: Very Good + 7" Tall. viii +763 pages. Light wear to spine-ends, edges & covers' corners. Reading creases to spine o/w a very clean, very tidy copy. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pan, London England
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 0330482483 Paperback Paperback. Slight wear to cover. Slight crease to corner back cover. Deep in the jungles of peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol-one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which, in the present age, could be used as the basis for a terrifying new weapon. 763 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pan Books, London England
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 0330482483 Paperback Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol-one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose. Now rival groups are assembling their teams to hunt the idol down, at any cost. The only clue to the idol's final resting place is to be found in a 400-year-old manuscript. Which introduces Professor ... read more
Edition: First Edition Ex-Library Usual Markings
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
Description: Very Good. Fiction. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Minimal wear to this copy. internally clean. 755pp. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin
Date Published: 2002-02-18
ISBN-13:9780312981266ISBN:0312981260
Description: Very Good. Toning on page edge due to age. Light rubbing to edges. Otherwise a very readable book. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. read more
"Un libro cargado de acción que desde el inicio hasta el final te mantendrá entretenido. Si bien la trama puede ser un tanto Hollywoodense, no habrá momentos aburridos. "En una carrera contra el tiempo, William Race intenta descubrir el secreto de un idolo inca, antes de que su mismo gobierno y otras fuerzas oscuras lo hagan"."
"Story moves well. Some section make you lose interest. Very unbelievable. Questionable complications in the plot, but some nice plotting devices used. Not up to James Rollins.. :-)"
"So silly. So stupid. So slam-bang, so summer-blockbuster, so style-over-substance.
So good.
No, not really. Not that terribly good at all. The meat of the book is a hastily slapped-together hodgepodge of action movie cliches, good and evil character archetypes, over-the-top fight sequences that just beg to be filmed in bullet time, laughingly unlikely escapes, and paper-thin character development. The story, not that it matters, involves competing military teams, both government and militia, (including some hilarious modern-day techno-Nazis) racing after a Incan idol carved from a meteor that can power a doomsday device.
It's also a very phonetically-written book; lots of "blams," "pows," and "thwats." Kind of like the old Batman TV series, only with guns and a lot of blood and exploding body parts.
If there is one complaint, other than the absurd execution, Jerry Bruckheimer-grade dialogue, and borderline fetishism with modern machine guns, it's that there aren't a whole lot of scenes that take place in the temple of the title.
"Fast paced and filled with action - two things I love about this book. Add in a past love, some backs stabbing a couple of over grown kitty cats and a book filled with latin writings and you've got one great story!"
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