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: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN-13:9780312981266ISBN:0312981260
Description: Very Good. 0312981260 SS--This mass market paperback is in between VERY GOOD and GOOD CONDITION! FIRST EDITION! FULL NUMBER LINE: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! ! Some creasing of the spine. Has store stamp on top border. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a good looking copy. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN-13:9780312981266ISBN:0312981260
Description: Very Good. 0312981260 SS--A GOOD LOOKING mass market paperback book! ! FIRST EDITION! FULL NUMBER LINE--10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! Some creasing of the spine & signs of wear from reading--nothing major. Has store stamp on top border. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312981266ISBN:0312981260
Description: Good. 0312981260 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312981266ISBN:0312981260
Description: Very Good. 0312981260 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312981266ISBN:0312981260
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 2000-12-21
ISBN-13:9780330482486ISBN:0330482483
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. 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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