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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780007250875 ISBN: 0007250878 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Pages: 517 Publication Date: November 05, 2007 Publisher: Harper Studio: Harper Related Items: Average Rating:
 Rating: - Close to CusslerTaking a note from Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures, The Alexander Cypher starts with a mystery from ages past, before unfolding into an archaelogical thriller with a few twists and turns to boot. Reminded me also of Paul Sussman (The Lost Army of Cambyses) with Egypt and artefacts being the central theme. Altogether, an easy read and enjoyable. Rating: - Enjoyable thrillerThis is the author's first novel, and it's really not bad at all. The plot is fairly predictable but interesting for all that, and unlike one or two reviewers I found the characters believable and the dialogue good. Let's face it, there are some very poor efforts out there in this genre, but this book, happily, isn't one of them. Rating:  - The Alexander CipherThe Alexander Cipher: Not quite a thriller: Sorry, a good try, but not good enough. Plot thin and sadly unoriginal, characters non existent. Very predicable. Only worth the reader time if you have not got something better. GL Somerset Rating: - Oh dear! I'm afraid I don't agree with everyone elseWhilst I recognise that this is the authors first book and that it took over a decade to create, I regret that I do not share the euphoric enthusiasm of my fellow reviewers. The plot is too reminiscent of other, dare I say, far better stories. The whole story lacks the essence which creates a thoroughly enthralling tale. You know the sort of story I mean. The book you pick up and can't put down. This, regrettably, is not such a story. I found it heavy going and, in particular, I found the historical and archelogical details long winded and often to the detriment of the story. If you want to buy a historical novel, that's fine because you know precisely what you are going to get. I do not expect to get a historical novel when I've bought a book whose cover and write up imply it's an adventure story. Personally, I look for a story that twists and turns. Where the characters emerge with a strong and lasting personality yet not stealing the focus of the story. I want the story to capture my imagination and make me want to read on, without stopping. This book fails to do that. Would I buy the authors new book "The Exodus Quest" ? No. (The author needs to decide if he is writing about history and archelogy, or writing enthalling adventure stories) Would I recommend the book to a friend ? No. Rating: - Non-stop action adventure about the search for the tomb of Alexander the Great."The Alexander Cipher" takes a couple of chapters to get going, but from there the pace doesn't let up. The short chapters with cliffhanger endings pull you in and keep you reading. When we first meet Egyptologist Daniel Knox, he's working on a dive boat in Egypt. Shortly he'll be a wanted man on the run from some very unpleasant men. Cut to Gaille Bonnard, an attractive French ancient language specialist working on a dig in the Delta. She has never met Knox, but has her own reasons for hating him. Cut to Alexandria, where a group of construction workers have uncovered a long-lost catacomb that contains clues to the location of the tomb of Alexander the Great, a tomb that some powerful Macedonian separatists are desperate to find... I don't read books like this expecting fleshed-out characters or realistic storylines - as long as the pace and tension continues fast enough that's fine with me. This book didn't disappoint in that regard and Knox actually makes a likeable protagonist, resourceful but believably so: an everyman hero. The only downside of the rapid pace is that tensions don't last for long. Problems arise but get resolved in the next chapter. Nevertheless another twist comes quickly enough to keep you hooked. This would be the perfect book to read on a boring plane flight. Will Adams is a first-time novelist but definitely one to watch.  Try searching the Internet for "The Alexander Cipher" or Ebay for "The Alexander Cipher". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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