PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION: What destroyed the ancient city of Atlantis? It’s a secret shrouded in mystery — one that is protected at all costs. But as the very same mysterious catastrophe threatens the fate of the world, marine biologist Sam Reilly must race against time to prevent disaster… A heart-pounding adventure!

A civilization stolen from the history books.

A billionaire’s obsession to unlock its secrets.

A brotherhood determined to hide the truth.

And time is running out.

Only a handful of people know what destroyed the ancient Atlanteans, whose very existence is a secret that they will kill to protect. Unfortunately, the very same catastrophe that destroyed that once proud civilization is drawing near once more.

The question is, can marine biologist Sam Reilly discover the truth in time to prevent it?

A mad dash around the world to save us from collision with an asteroid by ensuring that a power source in Atlantis was set properly. However, Atlantis and the clues to its whereabouts are well hidden and give Sam Reilly and Tom Bower a series of difficult situations to cope with. This they do of course, but hindered by a group known as the Phoenix Brotherhood who have their members everywhere and a billionaire who wants the power that Atlantis could wield for himself. I didn't know that the Atlanteans had spread so far throughout the world, but this gave the author the chance to develop some very interesting puzzles for his heroes to deal with. There is also an attractive lady archaeologist involved in all the proceedings, kidnapped for her abilities by the billionaire mentioned before. This set of books does remind me of those by Matthew Reilly (coincidence in name) whose hero, Jack West, also faces predicaments similar to these. Not a bad comparison - both authors leave no stone untouched in providing challenging situations. ( )

I was hoping this book would be a bit like Dan Brown or one of the thrillers/action-adventures that I've read. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I'm not sure if reading the first two books in the series might have helped or not. ( )

Binned for excessive swearing ( )