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Lädt ... Destiny (Rogue Angel, Book 1) (2006. Auflage)von Alex Archer (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Lots of telling, not enough showing. And the main character is quite a Mary Sue - young, beautiful, knows everything about everything, also a badass karate master, etc etc. Just a bit too over the top, and the writing style bugs me. ( ) I decided to try out this series as I had noticed through my library that they had over 40 books in the series, so I wanted to try something just a little bit different. By looking through the reviews on here, this book is up and down from one stars to five stars, which tells me that it is random for some people and what impressed or didn't impress them. I am in the impressed category as with this first book it grabbed me right away in the first chapter with some action continuing on with mystery, suspense, adventure, and lots more action. Annja Creed is an archaeologist a/k/a treasure hunter a/k/a adventurer. She has been interested in locating the Beast of Gevaudin which is considered a legend in France. Annja decides to go on an adventure to France to see what she can find. On her quest to find the Beast, she stumbles into another mysterious find which leads her into a fight with some villains who are after a certain treasure. Trying to escape the clutches of these bad guys she meets up with a old man named "Roux" who helps her escape. After the meet up with Roux, the book keeps twisting and turning with more mysteries as Annja is lead to what is considered the sword by Joan of Arc. As she pursues all these different treasures she is basically hunted by all kinds of bad guys including some monks from a monastery. The whole book was a mystery and a thrill ride as Annja goes from one extreme to another finding treasures and fleeing bad men. I would consider the character, Annja to be a cross between Indiana Jones and Lara Croft (the video game heroine) as she basically has the skills of both of them to get her through and out of her predicaments. I found the book refreshing and fun as the action just keeps kicking from the first chapter to the last chapter. I will be continuing on with the series, but it is going to take awhile as there are a total of 61 books in this series! I look forward to pursuing all of them in the future. Giving this book four stars!
History, mystery and metaphysics are at the center of an inspired adventure novel, the first in a series by debut author Archer. This present-day tale brings Annja Creed, archeologist and field reporter for cable TV's Chasing History's Monsters, from Brooklyn to the small town of Lozere, France, to hunt down evidence of La Bete, the Beast of Gevaudan, rumored to have killed close to 100 people between 1764 and 1767. Instead of investigating dusty bookshops and hiking in the Cevennes Mountains, however, Annja finds herself fighting to protect an ancient charm she's uncovered from 500-year-old men, a dangerous occultist anxious for profit and a brotherhood of monks desperate to keep safe the charm's secret. Annja is a deft, well-drawn character, a woman in her mid-20s who is intelligent, alluring and able to fend off multiple attackers twice her size while keeping her cool. Archer keeps pace by building up a cohesive, multilayered plot with attention-grabbing action sequences. Though Archer wraps up Annja's hunt for the truth behind La Bete in this volume, readers should be eager for her next adventure—and fortunately for them, it's scheduled for release this September. Gehört zur ReiheRogue Angel (1) Ist enthalten inBearbeitet/umgesetzt in
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HTML: An ancient order tied to the Vatican... Archaeologist and explorer Annja Creed's fascination with the myths and mysteries of the past leads her to a crypt in the caves of France, where the terrifying legend of the Beast of Gevaudan hints at the unimaginable. What she discovers is shattering: an artifact that will seal her destiny; a brotherhood of monks willing to murder to protect their secret; and a powerful black-market occultist desperate to put his own claim to centuries-old blood money. Annja embarks on a high-tension race across Europe and history itself, intent on linking the unholy treachery of the ages with the staggering revelations of the present. But she must survive the shadow figures determined to silence her threat to their existence. .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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