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Sto caricando le informazioni... Stone of Fire (2011)di J.F. Penn
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Very typical thriller, very tropey and with pedestrian prose. Some of the dialogue was almost cliche-like in its predictability. That being said, the history was interesting, and I do enjoy an archaeological relic hunt. The story moved almost too fast, with very little emphasis on the mystery of the stones. The antagonists were barely sketched out. I always wonder why someone wants to destroy the world. And after a while the action felt repetitive, as the characters search for the individual Apostles' stones. Despite all my quibbles, i still kept reading. So there's that. Undecided whether I'll read another in this series. ( ) GOODNESS, BUT I LOVED THIS BOOK! I felt sorry for Morgan who had lost her dad and then her husband had been killed in a never ending war. Now, back to safety after retiring from the military, she was back at Oxford University teaching. When her office is attacked her military training kicked in and it was kill or be killed. I liked Jake but I was leery of him as well both Morgan and Jake had issues to resolve but with her sister and young niece abducted from their home and a bargain to find and trade the Twelve Apostle's Stones for their lives had both Jake and Morgan flying allover with ARKIANE's help to find the missing stones. Book one is filled with twist ad turns that keep the pair hopping, and I AM SO READY TO READ BOOK 2!! During the first Pentecost, each of the disciples were given a stone, which they carried to the ends of the known world imbued with supernatural power of healing and persuasion through the passage of a comet which appeared during Jesus's resurrection. Two groups are interested in gathering the twelve stones together for each group's nefarious purposes before the next Pentecost since the same comet will be above the Earth at that time. Holders of the stones are being killed for the stones they are protecting. Oxford University psychology professor and former Israeli soldier Morgan Sierra and her twin sister each possess one of the stones given to them by their father. When Morgan's sister and niece are taken hostage by one of the two groups, she agrees to collect the stones in exchange for the hostages. Assisting in this effort by Jake Timber, an agent of ARCANE, a British governmental agency specializing in the paranormal and religious experience. As the two travel from Armenia to Spain to Jerusalem, etc., their efforts are being thwarted by others who don't want the two to gather the stones. Morgan is also being warned that ARCANE's purposes may not be noble either. Morgan Sierra is a female cross between Indiana Jones and Dan Brown's Robert Langdon. I found it interesting that the protagonist was the stronger of twins who is seeking the stones to rescue her sister while the antagonist is the stronger of twins who is seeking the stones to heal his schizophrenic brother. Although I thought the narrator of this fun read adequately portrayed the various characters, I thought her rate of speech too fast during time of non-suspenseful narration. I kept expecting suspense when it was actually lulls in the story. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A power kept secret for 2000 years. A woman who stands to lose everything. India. When a nun is burned alive on the sacred ghats of Varanasi, and the stone she carried is stolen, an international hunt is triggered for the relics of the early church. Forged in the fire and blood of martyrs, the Pentecost stones have been handed down through generations of Keepers who kept their power and locations secret. Until now. The Keepers are being murdered, the stones stolen by those who would use them for evil in a world transformed by religious fundamentalism. Oxford University psychologist Morgan Sierra is forced into the search when her sister and niece are held hostage. She is helped by Jake Timber from the mysterious ARKANE, a British government agency specializing in paranormal and religious experience. Morgan must risk her own life to save her family, but will she ultimately be betrayed? From ancient Christian sites in Spain, Italy, and Israel to the far reaches of Iran and Tunisia, Morgan and Jake must track down the stones through the myths of the early church in a race against time before a new Pentecost is summoned, this time powered by the fires of evil. The first in the ARKANE series, Stone of Fire is a fast-paced, action-packed conspiracy thriller with an edge of the supernatural. The ARKANE thrillers in order: Stone of Fire #1 Crypt of Bone #2 Ark of Blood #3 One Day in Budapest #4 Day of the Vikings #5 Gates of Hell #6 One Day in New York #7 Destroyer of Worlds #8 End of Days #9 Valley of Dry Bones #10 Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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