Raising Atlantis (edition 2005)

Pure hokum, filled with stock characters but I found it a fun read, provided I didn't really look any deeper than surface. Dr Conrad Yeats is a disgraced archeologist, he has found things that people prefer to be left alone and now the US special forces are dragging him to Atlantis. There he finds something he never expected to find. Meanwhile Dr Serena Serghetti is being summoned to the Vatican, they want her to look into what's going on.

It's like watching a low budget film made for TV, entertaining at the time but occasionally you look at it and your suspension of disbelief is crashing hard against something that just doesn't quite gel. I've read worse, and I read much better. ( )

This book was a great read which incorporated some fantastic over the top conspiracies. Constant action was the order of the day and imagination was free flowing, I will be looking for more books by this author! ( )

Lot's of exciting action, iffy character consistency and dialogue, too many coincidences even for suspended disbelief. It keeps you reading, though, and the special effects would be terrific. ( )

OK, this was a fun, fast paced read that keeps one entertained from beginning to end, along the lines of a Dan Brown book. However, like those books, it leaves gaping holes in the plot that are inexpertly glossed over. The writing is satisfactory, but the pace is kept up at a run because if you are given a chance to stop, catch your breath and think, you'll call shenanigans. As another reviewer put it, it's kind of like watching Mystery Science Theater 3000, it's so bad it's entertaining. Overall, if you want a quick light entertaining read, it's not bad, if you want a good tight story or excellent writing, move along.

We meet Dr. Yeats topping a plateau that overlooks the Nazca lines in Peru, scouting with his producer for his next location to shoot a 'documentary'. While there a US Helicopter shows up and gives him an offer he can't refuse, an all expense paid trip to Antarctica, and a chance to see Dr. Serena "Mother Earth" Serghetti, an ex, almost girlfriend. The landing into the hidden US base was extraordinary, then we discover that a pyramid was found under the ice, a 2 mile high pyramid. Things just get stranger and more unbelievable as the story continues. ( )