false <![CDATA[Seven Deadly Wonders]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172166050m/144791.jpg 144791 17 <b>AN ANCIENT SECRET . . . A TEAM OF HEROES . . . THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME</b> <i>A legend of the ancient world decrees that every 4,500 years, a terrible solar event will wreak worldwide destruction</i> . . . but whoever sets the Golden Capstone atop the Great Pyramid at Giza will avert disaster and gain the ultimate prize: a millennium of world dominance. <i>Now the Sun is turning once again and nation will battle nation to retrieve the missing Capstone</i> . . . but a group of small nations, led by super-soldier Jack West Jr., bands together to prevent any one country from attaining this frightening power. Thus the greatest treasure hunt of all time begins -- an adrenaline fueled race on a global battlefield. From the Colossus of Rhodes to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Great Egyptian Pyramid itself, unlock the thrills of <b>SEVEN DEADLY WONDERS</b> 1271370 2005 Seven Deadly Wonders total:794|5:284|4:275|3:145|2:59|1:31| 794 3104 1055 136 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 13:47:06 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:59:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 03:41:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 03:57:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 07:55:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 05:23:24 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 22:04:42 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 18:20:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 16 02:50:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 02:56:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:29:15 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:32:34 -0800 2009 A great story of the ancient wonders and especially liked the historical content.
Also the analogy that was made to the Catholic Church, Freemasons and Ancient Egyptian sun cult - th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:08:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:21:35 -0700 2009
Again, I'm not about historical fact and accuracy... But six sacred stones was mu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 16 00:21:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 00:05:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 05:44:34 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 01:55:28 -0700 2009
Since anti-American and anti-Israel is popular now, the book makes them the villains and anti-hero...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 21 15:04:24 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 12 16:32:55 -0800 2009
I have absolutely no idea how much of the detail in the book was made up or which parts wer...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jul 29 18:37:58 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 19:16:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 02 09:19:35 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 09:26:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:26:22 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 19:57:53 -0700 2008 James Rollins more. This is an adventure novel about a big solar eclipse which is going to destroy the planet unless someone can collect all the pieces of the top of the Great Pyramid and put them in place. The tea...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 14 09:48:33 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 20 07:32:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 13:07:09 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 09:15:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 21 13:18:11 -0800 2007 Wed May 30 05:07:04 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 10:17:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 14:19:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 09:53:13 -0800 2009
I knew this wouldn't be a good book, but I expected it to at least be entertaining.

I wanted to read something with a preposterous plot, which this has in droves, but the writing was a road block.

The text read closer to back-of-the-napkin mo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jun 20 04:37:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 04:56:03 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 09:40:27 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 05:43:05 -0700 2008
At times, it was like reading a screenplay for a direct-to-video movie that could actually be made today! What...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 21 22:44:46 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 22:49:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=144791