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List Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: Harper
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060580674
ISBN: 0060580674
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: 2005-04-26
Studio: Harper
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An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum, setting off alarms in clandestine organizations around the world. And now the search for answers is leading Lady Kara Kensington; her friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery's brilliant and beautiful curator; and their guide, the international adventurer Omaha Dunn, into a world they never dreamed existed: a lost city buried beneath the Arabian desert. But others are being drawn there as well, some with dark and sinister purposes. And the many perils of a death-defying trek deep into the savage heart of the Arabian Peninsula pale before the nightmare waiting to be unearthed at journey's end: an ageless and awesome power that could create a utopia . . . or destroy everything humankind has built over countless millennia.
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Summary: Fast passed, typical Rollins
Comment: I enjoyed the book, it was fast passed and held my attention. James Rollins is a good author. This is the third book I've read by him, and they all have the same plot, similar characters, but a different environment. I say it's typical Rollins because just like the others I've read he has a personal interest group, because their dad died, a government group, and a secret agency involved. Good read, but I feel like if you've read one, you've read them all.
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Summary: No men needed to make a baby
Comment: This is the 1st of Rollins' book I read. It started off pretty good for me until we got to the ancient sect of women who gave up having to need a man to create a baby. I love adventure, but keep it real--PLEASE! After that part seeps into the book, it lost its luster for me.
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Summary: A lot of excitement
Comment: I only recently got turned on to James Rollins, and I wonder what took so long! Sandstorm is the second of his books that I've read, and it's quite a ride. The characters are real and compelling. The events, while completely out there as far as reality goes, SEEM real and plausible. I do like how the author notes at the end of the book that certain aspects are factual and certain theories have actually been bandied about. It lends a little more credibility. You can tell he puts a lot of effort into his research.
I bought this book because one of the main characters is a world adventurer named "Omaha Dunn". Another main character (and there seem to be a lot of them) repeatedly calls him "Indiana". (And of course, Mr. Rollins wrote the adaptation of Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which I own but haven't read yet.) I couldn't resist that name, and I'm glad I bought it.
I'm also reading Shadowfall by James Clemens, who is the same person. I'm not sure where this author finds the time to be two people and a vet. If he's as good a vet as he is an author, he must be phenomenal. I look forward to reading more of his books.
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Summary: Not recommended reading
Comment: After reading Map of Bones and Deep Fathom by James Rollins some time ago, I decided to try another book by this author and chose Sandstorm. That was my first mistake. Sandstorm is in stark contrast to Map of Bones and Deep Fathom which I really enjoyed. Mr Rollins seems to have gone downhill on this one. Not only was the plot so slow that I could have skipped half the book and known what was going on, the characters were laughable at best. I kept waiting for something exciting to happen and some reason to finish the book, but it never came. After taking months to work my way through this, I made my second mistake and finally decided that it was time to just be done with it. So I dropped everything else I have been reading and worked my way through a convoluted mess of plot, character, and outlandish science fiction and finished the book. There are very few books that I'm just glad when they are over, but this one is definitely at the top of my list.
Check out the reviews by Ava Stelteri and Yakfish. Both sum up my thoughts best and had me laughing when I read it because it is so true of this book. While I would recommend other books by James Rollins, this is definitely not one of them.
Overall rating: D
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Summary: Romantic Dribble & Poorly Written
Comment: I just finished this audiobook. I love action books and don't mind a little romantic interlude with the story line. This is the first James Rollins books I've listened too.It's gong to definatly be my last.
First the plot is so transparent a five year old knows exactly where the author is going throughout. Second the continous ramantic 2nd class dribble is beyond endurence for the listener. Old five cent love novels have better dialog. The over the top lines and the constant need to present contrived romance is stupid. If you have half a brain buy a comic book, it'll be better written. Also the abridged audio is only 6hrs long. The unabridged version is 15hrs. BUYER BE WARE. This is not worth your time or money.
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