The Covenant of Genesis

This review is written with a GPL 3.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at Bookstooge.booklikes.blogspot. wordpress.leafmarks.com & Bookstooge's Reviews on the Road Facebook Group by Bookstooge's Exalted Permission. Title: The Covenant of Genesis Series: Wilde and Chase Author: Andy McDermott Rating: 2 of 5 Stars Genre: Action/Adventure Pages: 594 Format: Kindle Synopsis: Nina is kicked out the UN agency at the instigation of the President of the US because of her actions retarding his progress in the previous book. At the same time she uncovers ancient artifacts that could show more drastically change what people think about the beginning of humanity. And she runs afoul of a Super Secret, Super Powerful, organization called the Covenant of Genesis. Without backing, without funding, Nina and Eddie must save the Garden of Eden. My Thoughts: This book is where I part ways with McDermott. He pretty much pummels monotheistic religions and then once they're down, stomps on their hands and ribs. With a few kicks in the balls for good measure. I get enough of that in real life without having it be part of my entertainment. I must also mention the violence. I have a very high tolerance for violence in books. But this got the ultra-violence tag and really should have had an "ultra ultra ultra violence" tag. Pirates attack Nina and Eddie and it is brutal. Heads cut off, spearings, guts, etc, etc. Then Eddie hunts the pirates down and offs them all, once again graphically. I noticed this before the religious ball stomping began by the way. " show less

I have actually been wanting to read this installment in the Nina Wilde/Eddie Chase series since my first taste of the series back when The Cult of Osiris, or Pyramid of Doom as the copy was called in the US, came out in stores. Since Nina is basically considered a quack in her line of work at the beginning of the fifth book, it intrigued me as to what may have caused her fall from grace. So I was very happy to finally, since starting from the beginning of the series, get to read this fourth book.

I love McDermott's work. Yeah I may complain about too much action sometimes and not enough puzzles to solve regarding each individual treasure of history that the characters are attempting to find, but all in all I am very happy with what this show more particular author has brought to the action/adventure/treasure-hunting/thriller genre. This book however, bypassed all of the ones in this series that I have read so far, and even ranks higher on my list than The Pyramid of Doom, which I mainly picked up back in 2010 or 2011 I believe because it had to do with Egypt and the Pyramids. This book brings to light so many different questions about religion and it also brings up some very good points to think on, e.g. How religion plays such a huge part in a lot of people's lives and how they would be affected if told their God or Gods were based on a civilization which predated humanity.

While I do not condone bad guys destroying things, I could actually see the point of keeping the information and possible evidence found by Nina and Eddie hidden from the world. The implications that it would cause if put out in the open suddenly could be astronomical and bring quite a bit of destruction in its wake.

If I wasn't hooked before on this series, this amazing fourth book has officially made me so. I am so excited to continue Nina and Eddie's adventures in the novels already out and any possible future novels that this author decides to write. show less

The Covenant Of Genesis, by Andy McDermott, was originally published in April of 2010. Genesis is book 4 in Mr. McDermott's Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase series. I read several of the first books in the series years ago. I've decided to work my through the book list in order by publication date. Genesis is the first book in the list that I couldn't remember so here is where I start.

I was hooked on this series from book 1. A woman archaeologist as the lead character is wonderful. Nina is so driven & intent on exploring every darn clue that she neglects her own safety, or even being polite. I like her but sometimes want to shake her back into the present. Eddie, as her bodyguard and boyfriend, was an unlikely pairing but it works. So far show more they've balanced each other out, mostly. Eddie is ex-military so he's a handy guy to have around. I liked the plot of Genesis but figured out what they were looking for early in the book. The mystery was kind of ruined by that. The adventure was gung ho. Lots of it, shooting, bombs, dramatic escapes. It kept me reading till the very last line. Now on to the next book, no telling which one yet. If a description doesn't jog my memory them I'm diving in.

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So, round four for our intrepid heroes Eddie Chase and Nina Wilde and it's so far so formulaic. I so, so enjoyed the first two of these but I had a feeling after finishing the last one that I might be beginning to find the format somewhat repetitive and predictable. So predicatable in fact that I had this one figured out within the first 150 pages. I'm also starting to find Nina Wilde rather irritating and spent much of this book hoping Eddie would run off with his ex-wife in spite of her being a psychotic mass-murderer who tried to nuke New York! Here's to hoping McDermott can put an original spin on their next outing, otherwise I may have to retire Chase and Wilde early.

Ah, another thriller involving 14 locations (including the south-west Pacific, New York, Antarctica, Western Australia, Cuba…). Nina and her fiancé Eddie are researching something or other when they get attacked by pirates… and really to disclose any more would ruin the plot. But there’s an ex-wife at Guantanamo Bay, dons at Cambridge, people digging up Western Australia and Antarctica in pursuit of something we’re not quite sure about for quite a long time…

Perhaps the book is best summed up through a conversation I had with my husband:

Me: What I found really implausible about that book was the ending. How can he … *omitted so as not to spoil plot*.

Him: *hearty Scottish chuckle* So you had no problem with the *****, the show more ancient religions coming up with a *****, this crazy archaeologist surviving *****, ***** and *****, never mind the discovery of *****, the fact that the American President then *****, that they escaped from the ****** and then that ***** turns out to be ******, just the bit with the waterfall is unrealistic?

Me: Hmmm. True. show less

Another typical McDermott multiple chase/rescue scenes while trying to find an historically real/fictious location/artifact book. I think his books could be about 100 pages shorter without hurting the storyline if he reduced the amount of description in the chase/rescue scenes. There was one significant difference in this book. There were quite a few gruesome descriptions of dismemberment/killings throuhout the story.

I thought this was another great book in the series, however I found some of the story to be to contrived and other parts too easy to guess.