Clive Cussler on steroids!

Archeological treasures, deep historical research, and technological wizardry as well as military machinations make Atlantis a juicy read.

Jack Howard is one determined man, looking for answers to ancient secrets. Traveling across the world, and through time, he slowly connects the dots changing ages-old myths into verifiable facts.

My only complaint is that I thought the author was a bit too detailed. More action and less explanation would have made for a better flow. Still, an excellent choice. ( )

I am a fan of James Rollins books and this book reminded me of his works. The only thing that I found a bit off-putting was the excessive fact dropping about most things. Gave the feeling of reading a technical manual about the equipment being described. But the rest of the story was interesting enough that I will check out other books by this author. ( )

Although this is a work of fiction (ala Dan Brown / Steve Berry), the plot is centered around facts that are historically sound. There were some archaeological and anthropological information about ancient civilization around the Mediterranean which I found intriguing and painted a more 'complete' picture of ancient history. (These parts of the book, I liked.)

However, a significant part of the book read too much like a textbook, with overly detailed methods of (among others): deciphering ancient languages, the technology of sea-going ROVs, the anatomy and weapons array of a nuclear submarine, etc. I plodded though gamely, but a lot of it was just over my head (ie: eyes-glazed-over information). Otherwise, it's a pretty good read. ( )

Pale, watered-down version of a Dirk Pitt adventure. It's slow and draggy for 2/3 of the book. The last 1/3 there's suddenly a ton of action and then the book ends. I don't plan on reading the rest of the series, but I do have a LibraryThing Early Reviewers copy of his newest title coming...so, I'll have to read that one. Hopefully, it's better than this one. ( )

One of the lamest reads, I had high hopes it would plunge me into an adventure worthy of its title and back blurb. It wasn’t. This book’s target audience is men who read Men’s Adventure novels, but I doubt that many men would sit through the windy archaeological dissertations delivered by “our hero” or by his sidekick, a breast-clad she-man love liaison. The agenda-filled undertows in this novel range from anti-pirating on the high seas to anti-female-circumcision and the enslavement of women by conservative Islam, and they are but very thinly clad.

Rating? Don’t bother reading it, even from the library. You’ll find it less than engaging. No matter how much of a fan you are of action-adventure novels, this one will leave you rolling your eyes…if you manage to get beyond the first few chapters. ( )