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| Author: Will Adams
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 2088
Media: Paperback
Pages: 517
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
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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 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.
 A Terrific Debut Novel May 9, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Will Adams joined a Washington based firm of business history consultants, where he wrote a number of corporate histories and biographies. After working in London for a while, he resigned and sold his home to give himself the opportunity of fulfilling a lifelong ambition to become a writer. If this first novel is anything to go by he will achieve his ambition, with many more books to follow this one and I for one will look forward to reading them.
There has been a spate of novels about that delve back into history. Usually the plot mimics the now infamous Dan Brown book, the Da Vinci Code. It now seems to be the done thing to slate this particular book at every opportunity but I can't help it, I enjoyed that book and also some of the ones that were published on the back of it's success.
This book however is a little different and concentrates on the greed of treasure hunter's, rather than a race against time to save the world from imminent disaster. The overwhelming greed of a number of people rushing to uncover, what in all probability will be the greatest treasure ever found, surpassing even that of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The tomb of Alexander the Great, one of the most important men in history, has been sought for centuries, but no one has ever come close to revealing the place of his burial. That is until a group of construction workers unwittingly dig open the entrance of an Alexandrian catacomb and the race is on to find the final resting place of Alexander himself. There are many ruthless men who are prepared to kill to be the first to set eyes on the remains of Alexander and the treasure that was undoubtedly buried with him . . .
The magic of Alexander the Great - a fast paced thriller March 24, 2008
19 out of 23 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
2 out of 4 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.
Alexander Cipher January 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a fabulous, exciting book. The author has to be praised. As a fond readed of both Clive Cussler and Wilbur Smith books, this is an exciting comparison. Held our interest throghout!
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