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Summary: Captures the mind, and rattles your senses!
Review: Preston and Child team up for another spellbinding tale of intrigue and facination set in the beautiful desert wilds of Utah. A mythical city of gold, the redemption of a lost father, and the play of characters thrown together in a quest for discovery make for a great thriller! Even with the tantilizing menace of the supernatural throughout the book, this is one book I couldn't put down. Fans of Preston & Child will be delighted to see a recurring character from their past books appear.
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Summary: Great read, kept me up until 2am.
Review: Another in a line of great books by two of my favorite writers. I found myself drawn into this book from page one, and I could not put it down until the last page. I enjoyed the details that brought the landscape alive, and the twists were great. Another great book!
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Summary: So frightening I slept with one eye open!
Review: I couldn't put this one down! Fast - scary - turbulent! Just what I was looking for! However, I found myself reading all day instead of enjoying the beautiful weather outside...I am telling you - you won't want to put it down!
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Summary: Another winner from this duo...
Review: It doesn't get much better than this! What more could you want? A hidden indian city, rumoured to be filled with gold; a dangerous expedition into the desert; greed and ambition. This is the perfect summer read. Please please please Mr Preston and Mr. Child keep them coming!
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Summary: One outstanding, bang up, can't put down read...
Review: I've read all of the works by Lincoln & Child (the Ernest & Julio of the literary world!), and found without exception each to be very well done. I enjoyed everyone of them, but must admit that I found Thunderhead to be the best. The backdrop of ancient Anasazi culture was simply fascinating. All of us have come to expect sequels or new offerings to be not quite what first got us interested in a particular author (or authors). Not so with Lincoln & Child. Their first effort was outstanding, and each subsequent writing a notch better. I look forward to their next offering. Thunderhead is definitely a strong recommended.
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Summary: I LOVED IT!!! PERFECT FOR THAT BORING PLANE TRIP!!!
Review: wow!!!! everyone took the words right outa my mouth!!!! you've got it all in this fifth incredible book from these two verrrry talented writers.....there is so much suspense in this book that you just gotta read one more chapter and then another and then......well, you get the picture....i also loved meeting up with smithback once again.....that was a special treat...hopefullly, we will see more of these reallly fascinating characters in another book....just one thing....can you guys just please start writing faster???? please!!!!!
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Summary: Preston-Child did it again!
Review: I have been a fan of this incredible duo since their first book came out. Their writing is unusually superb, a thriller ride from the first page to the last. I can highly recommend their work to anyone who is looking for a scientific suspense, surrounded by myths and superstition. I simply can not wait for their next book to come out.
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Summary: Not to Be Missed
Review: With their fifth novel, Thunderhead, Preston and Child may haveproduced their best adventure story yet. And an adventure it is!Thunderhead combines all of the excitement and awe of H. Rider Haggard's lost civilization stories with the mystery and appeal of Tony Hillerman's stories set in the American Southwest. Latching onto the enignma of the Ancient Ones, the Anasazi-- those prehistoric Indian dwellers-- Preston and Child have created a novel of almost unbearable suspense, archeological lore, and excitement.Throughout much of the first two-thirds of Thunderhead readers almost have to remind themselves that the book is actually fiction, it seems so real. Thunderhead is extremely well researched. Throughout the novel readers will be treated to a wealth of knowledge about the ancient Anasazi culture: everything we do know about them, don't know about them, and the latest scientific controversy-- did the Anasazi engage in cannibalism? The history and geology of the area plays an important role in the story as does other American Native beliefs and religion. A lot of attention is given to Indian beliefs as they pertain to witchcraft: skinwalkers and plants that produce hallucinogenic drugs. Indeed, in an afterward, the authors site the fact that Douglas Preston traveled and lived among the southwestern Indian people and has written about them. There are repeated references to Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's tomb, Schliemann's discovery of Troy, and the Wetherill brothers' discovery of the ancient cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colorado. The last portion of Thunderhead becomes more of a traditionally plot-driven adventure thriller with catastrophe, death, murder, and evil running amuck. Thunderhead is one of the best adventure novels to see the light of day for quite sometime. Readers who have any knowledge of or have ever ventured to the Southwest and have fallen under the allure and mystic beauty of the area, especially of the ancient cliff dwellings, will have their imaginations rekindled anew. The nearly 500 pages of Thunderhead will flow through the reader's fingers as swiftly as the current in the waters of a flashflood headed for the Colorado River. And like those flood waters, it is a roller coaster ride filled with thrills and surprises until the very satisfying conclusion. This is a tale not to be missed. END
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Summary: Another Preston-Child success.
Review: This was a book that I just couldn't put down. Although it wasn't their best book, I would still rank it as one of my favorite books because anything these guys write is great. I liked Reliquary and Mount Dragon better, but it was still great. This book had the thrill of all their books, but had more supernatural stuff than I would've put in. I also loved that they were searching for Quivira, an Anasazi ruin, since I live in Southwest Colorado and have an interest in the Anasazi, since I live right next to Mesa Verde. The characters were great and touched on every aspect of human nature(greed, hate, love, honor, fright, and deceit). Nora Kelly and Sloane Goddard were perfect characters for this plot. The return of Bill Smithback from Relic and Reliquary was interesting and added a lot to his character. This book was great and a thriller that I couldn't put down. I finished it in just two days and unlike other books it started out a thriller and ended even more of a thriller.
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Summary: Thank you Preston and Child!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I like to settle down and read a book that you can't wait to turn the next page, but at the same time hate to cause you know you'll soon finish the book. I always wait for the weekend to start a new Preston & Child because it's so hard to go to work after staying up to 3 am to finish the book. These two guys do that for me EVERY time. Like most everyone else my favorite was the Relic, loved the book, hated the movie!!! I can't wait for their next effort. Keep up the excellent work guys!!!!!
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