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The Alexander Cipher | 
| Author: Will Adams
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 526
Media: Paperback
Pages: 517
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0007250878
EAN: 9780007250875
ASIN: 0007250878
Publication Date: November 5, 2007
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 Non-stop action adventure about the search for the tomb of Alexander the Great. August 3, 2008
"The Alexander Cipher" takes a couple of chapters to get going, but from there the pace doesn't let up. The short chapters with cliffhanger endings pull you in and keep you reading.
When we first meet Egyptologist Daniel Knox, he's working on a dive boat in Egypt. Shortly he'll be a wanted man on the run from some very unpleasant men. Cut to Gaille Bonnard, an attractive French ancient language specialist working on a dig in the Delta. She has never met Knox, but has her own reasons for hating him. Cut to Alexandria, where a group of construction workers have uncovered a long-lost catacomb that contains clues to the location of the tomb of Alexander the Great, a tomb that some powerful Macedonian separatists are desperate to find...
I don't read books like this expecting fleshed-out characters or realistic storylines - as long as the pace and tension continues fast enough that's fine with me. This book didn't disappoint in that regard and Knox actually makes a likeable protagonist, resourceful but believably so: an everyman hero.
The only downside of the rapid pace is that tensions don't last for long. Problems arise but get resolved in the next chapter. Nevertheless another twist comes quickly enough to keep you hooked. This would be the perfect book to read on a boring plane flight.
Will Adams is a first-time novelist but definitely one to watch.
 An entertaining debut May 24, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an engrossing and entertaining read, with good insight into it's character's motivations, although there seemed to be a few too many supporting characters who slowed down the action to my mind.
I understand it took the author some time to get this published, but hopefully it was worth the effort. If he can build on the strengths of this first book then I look forward to reading his next effort.
The magic of Alexander the Great - a fast paced thriller March 24, 2008
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Alexander the Great and his long lost resting place is the core and background for this fast paced thriller, even tough it needs a bit of time to gain that pace. Several different stories interwine and lead to a dramtic end. Here all the right ingredients are in place to hook the readers quickly and wanting them to learn how the story continues to find the long lost treasure - the tomb of Alexander the Great. It is a great debut novel.
 Well-written adventure novel February 16, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
During my 1-week holiday in the sun I read this book and really enjoyed it. An adventure novel set in Egypt, with lots of interesting and well-researched details about the country itself and about the story of Alexander the Great. A good choice of very different characters that interact in a way that makes the story nice to read.
Thoroughly enjoyable, it made my holiday even better than it already was.
Good debut! January 19, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Alexander Cipher is the first novel written by Will Adams. It centers around archaelogist Daniel Knox and a desperate search to find the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. Set in Egypt amidst corruption and political wrangling this is an Indiana Jones style hunt for lost and sacred ancient artefacts.
This book is an enjoyable story and Will Adams clearly knows his stuff and has done plenty of research. It's very easy to read and not at all a hardship. Knox is a superb hero, just about flawed and ruthless enough to make him interesting. However the tale was a little slow starting and the ending does feel a bit rushed as the events come to a head ever so suddenly. Therefore it only gets 4 stars from me.
Well worth reading for anyone interested in thrillers or historical novels and I look forward to the next book Adams produces.
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