Two ancient cultures, a lost treasure from the distant past: what powerful secrets does it conceal—and how far will some go to possess them? ...
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Sep 22, 2010
Linn
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I haven’t finished it yet, but it seems to be a nice book, just like the other ones. However, the prologue is a bit long, and at times I didn’t really stay put. Once I started the reading, the main chapters that is, it suddenly started to become more interesting. For some years now I’ve been really fascinated in the Eastern Asian history and culture, so this book has been good just cause of that. Sure, loads of it is speculation and just pure imagination, but it’s still very interesting.
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Mar 13, 2010
Richard
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David Gibbins' novel, The Tiger Warrior, reveals the author is an intelligent, educated and worldly man. The novel brims with historical and archaeological facts and theories spanning in time and place from the birth of the unified Chinese empire in 221 BCE to Caesarean Rome to British colonial rule on the Indian subcontinent to present day Afghanistan. Most of these facts and hypotheses are intriguing, and all are patently the result of Gibbins' commendably deep research, study and thought.
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Jan 28, 2010
Patrick
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Why do I do it? This is my third book by David Gibbons—and I like them less and less. I keep thinking: a real archaeologist writing an adventure novel, how perfect. If I were smart enough I would BE an archaeologist. I also want to be Dirk Pitt or Kurt Austin. So what’s the problem? He’s a good writer—what don’t I like? Um . . . how about ‘boring?’ You can’t just throw in a ton of facts and expect them to be interesting. Besides, how will we, the great unwashed, differentiate between what the au
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Jul 27, 2011
This is written by an archeologist who writes books, rather than a novelist, and it shows. It's about a marine archeologist called Jack (aren't all heroes nowadays?) who travels to various exotic locations to uncover a mystery surrounding some roman legionaries and a chinese emperor, and his own ancestor. There's a shady enemy in the background, with fairly impausible motivation, the Tiger Warrior himself, and what looks like a romance in there which doesn't come to anything.
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Sep 25, 2011
Josh
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I can not for the life of me figure out why it takes me so long to read a novel by David Gibbins. They aren't poorly written, overly dull, or off-topic from what I usually read. I just seem to read his books during periods of time when I find myself incredibly busy with outside events. Having said all that, I did like the book which is a departure from the three previous novels in this adventure series. The main character, Jack Howard, is a marine archeologist, and thusly, the novels generally t
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Oct 19, 2011
Iya
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I was realllly surprised reading all the negative and "not so amazing" reviews. I personally loved it. I literally couldn't put it away. It was a real page-turner. Two different story lines are skillfully put together and kept me intrigued till the last page. The book was interesting to read, because you learn a lot of fascinating facts from the history of different cultures(i personally googled a lot of stuff while reading it). Though you have to draw a line between facts and fiction.
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Aug 20, 2011
Nadia
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Grosse deception après avoir lu Le Masque de Troie .... ce livre se laisse lire mais beaucoup de longueur, je n'ai pas accroché .... dommage ...
Bon, on reprend les mêmes ingrédients, cette fois entre la légion perdue de César et la présence anglaise en Inde .... 2 nouvelles pages d'histoire à visiter (ceci fort intéressant) ...
Je ne renie pas cet auteur cependant dont je vais essayer de me procurer Atlantis qui paraît-il est son chef d'oeuvre .....
Bon, on reprend les mêmes ingrédients, cette fois entre la légion perdue de César et la présence anglaise en Inde .... 2 nouvelles pages d'histoire à visiter (ceci fort intéressant) ...
Je ne renie pas cet auteur cependant dont je vais essayer de me procurer Atlantis qui paraît-il est son chef d'oeuvre .....
Aug 09, 2011
Christian
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I'll be honest, I really didn't enjoy this book. To me, it just felt like a cheap copy of a Clive Cussler novel...with all the good parts taken out. I mean, I appreciate the history lesson but don't get me wrong. If I read a novel, I want a little action. When I feel like learning about ancient history, I'll pick up a book for that. Still, all in all, I didn't fall asleep during the reading.
Mar 09, 2011
Kim
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I definitely didn't enjoy this one as much as The Last Gospel but it wasn't a bad book. Far less action than in others and the ending was pretty crap. Felt like nothing was resolved at all. This book was really more about the author wanting to fictionalize one his ancestors and tie his family to some great part of history.
On the positive side it fired my interest in India and has lead me to plan a trip there this year. More...
On the positive side it fired my interest in India and has lead me to plan a trip there this year. More...
Aug 18, 2009
Sean
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Had read an earlier book by this author, and it wasn't a bad read. This book suffers the same fate as the first. It never goes anywhere! The great payoff is avoided. The master criminal is ignored and in the end simply written off. Sorry, this one killed it, won't pick up another.
Aug 03, 2009
Shane
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The cover said it was a combo of Indiana Jones and Clive Cussler or Dan Brown, so I read it. It did have the complex history elements I expected, but very little tension or excitement. Also the characters never really grabbed me. It was just good enough for me to finish.
Jul 09, 2009
Jane
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Mar 08, 2011
Mark
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kept me interested enough to finish it but I was glad when I did. Kept you thinking some action was coming but it never did until the end. Lot better books out there, I wouldn't bother with this one if your in it for the action.
Aug 03, 2011
This could have been a good novel but it was very jumpy. A lot of real good ideas but the author just seemed unpolished and his editing team missed a lot of (to me) basic details that detracted from the story.
Apr 05, 2010
Tommy
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I didn't like this book as much as I did his earlier books. I thought there was too much time spent on irrelevant details and not enough on the story. Also, the ending sort of left the reader hanging - seemed like there was not conclusion.
Jan 22, 2012
Lbd
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I really enjoy the adventures of Jack Howard and Costas. I try not to make more of the adventure than what is on the page. The scenes are dramatic and filled with details that can take your imagination to the places Gibbons is writing about. Tiger Warrior gave some interesting twists to what might have happened to the 15th Legionaires as well as the First Emperor. A lot of what ifs and maybe's, but mostly a high adventure.
Jan 07, 2010
Sarah
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I was a bit apprehensive to read this book. I bought it on sale because it sounded interesting, and then checked out the goodreads reviews before starting. Wow. No one likes this book. And neither do I!
Although the history is interesting, the book just takes forever to get going. Not only that, but I think David Gibbins is completely ADD - he takes these tangents that get you excited at first, but eventually you just get annoyed because they never lead anywhere. Basically, it's a boo More...
Although the history is interesting, the book just takes forever to get going. Not only that, but I think David Gibbins is completely ADD - he takes these tangents that get you excited at first, but eventually you just get annoyed because they never lead anywhere. Basically, it's a boo More...
Jul 29, 2011
Fun, definitely Indy Jones-ish and inserts some fascinating speculative history.
Nov 27, 2010
Lena
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I enjoyed so much reading this book!!!!!!!!!!!!I didn't want it to the end....I will definitely read more Gibbins.
Aug 04, 2009
Heidi
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I really do like this author but sometimes...grrrr! To spend so much time stressing the almost inhuman competence of a sniper who then misses several times before being killed with one bullet by our fearless hero....give me a break! The anvil of disbelief was harder to raise this time. Still enjoyed it but hoping for better next time!
Aug 07, 2009
Marc
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took a while for me to get into this book but it was great once i did...
Sep 23, 2009
Liz_mo
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Jul 23, 2009
Holly
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pretty similar to others he writes, but still a good read. lots of excellent historical facts along with the mystery
May 09, 2011
Kathleen
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not too bad, but nothing really happens!, easy and kind of fun to read, might buy the first one to see what that is like
Feb 28, 2010
Sarah
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So . . . Allen picked this book up on vacation, and then I got involved too. Interesting story, but a few pet peeves in this one that is very irritating. The author is compared to Dan Brown, but I feel the writing quality to not close at all.
I didn't even finish the epilogue . . .
I didn't even finish the epilogue . . .
Oct 30, 2011
Sue
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I didn't like this book quite as much as the earlier ones in the series. I like history, but it seemed as if there was too much history and too little action. Still a good read though. My actual rating is 3.5 of 5 stars.
