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Loading... The Midas Code (edition 2011)by Boyd Morrison
Work InformationThe Vault by Boyd Morrison
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Suspense Let's be clear. Three stars means I liked The Vault. It had an intriguing but ridiculous premise, a tight plot with non-stop action, realistic situations and settings, and solid writing. It was very enjoyable and not easy to put down. That should have gotten it four stars, but I had to knock off a few points. First, a half point off because I never connected with the characters, especially Tyler Locke, the hero. Perhaps because he's immediately thrown into this race against time, I never felt like I got to know him, other than he's a good friend and a good son and handy to have around when you're in a pinch. Another half point off for all the viewpoint jumping. This was my biggest issue and probably contributed to my disconnect with the protagonist. Whenever it was more convenient for the story to be told from the viewpoint of a different character, it was. But that means we not only see things from the perspective of a few primary characters, we also get inside the head of a host of secondary and tertiary folks, including (however briefly) a soon-to-be-deceased henchman. I found this jarring and distracting. It just chopped things up too much, giving the story the feel of a badly edited movie-of-the-week. Otherwise, this was a pretty decent summer read and I will be reading more books by Boyd Morrison. Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for review. Tyler Locke and TV personality Stacy Benedict are thrown together as bad guy Jordan Orr kidnaps Tyler's father and Stacy's sister. Together, they have to use Tyler's engineering expertise and Stacy's classics/language skills to decipher some tools of Archimedes to find the burial tomb of King Midas. Gold galore. Jordan is racing against a childhood friend, now a Neapolitan crime boss to find the gold. Orr has a second agenda, to take vengeance for his father's termination by a Wall Street firm, by detonating a dirty bomb, further increasing the value of his gold. A bit far fetched, but never a dull moment. If you like Dan Brown stories involving ancient puzzles, legends, myths, etc., then Boyd Morrison's "The Vault" is right up your ally. Mind, it's not as good as "The Da Vinci Code," but its certainly got its fair share of true history woven into the fictional aspects of the novel. As a child, Jordan Orr once saw King Midas' gold-covered tomb and swore to return some day to steal its contents. Now, as an adult, he uses kidnapping to persuade Tyler Locke and Stacy Benedict to help him find the Midas vault with the help of ancient documents and mechanisms developed by Archimedes. Meanwhile, to make his theft even more valuable, he's planning on taking out the financial district in New York with a dirty bomb. Locke, Benedict, and Locke's buddy Grant Westfield must help Orr but also ultimately try to foil his plans. "The Vault" is a fairly fast-paced thriller with a bit better-than-average characters and a well thought out plot. I'm definitely interested in continuing to read Morrison's work. no reviews | add a review
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Surviving a bomb threat that was set up as a test by a terrorist cell that has abducted his father, industrial engineer Tyler Locke is blackmailed into tracking down a legendary treasure that will finance terrorist activities for decades. No library descriptions found. |
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