The Covenant Of Genesis (Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase, #4)

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The Covenant Of Genesis (Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase #4)

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An incredible discovery

Archaeologist Nina Wilde has unearthed an amazing find: a dive site containing evidence of a settlement that existed over a hundred thousand years before any previously known culture. Could a completely undiscovered civilisation have once ruled the earth?

A merciless foe

Before Nina can consider the evidence further, her research boat is attached and h...more

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May 19, 2013 Jeninne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, amazing-supporting-characters, strong-female-lead, strong-male-lead, this-book-wll-teach-you-things

It’s true, I love me some fantasy/sci-fi, but some times, once in a while, I have to put on my adventure boots and have a wicked good time being a nerdy history buff, blowing things up, and globe trotting in search of lost treasures. Well, fictitiously at least. Because that’s what this series does to me. It makes me feel like I’m right there in the action, getting to do and see things that you can really only dream about. And yeah, there’s plenty of gratuitous violence in the series, but more t...more It’s true, I love me some fantasy/sci-fi, but some times, once in a while, I have to put on my adventure boots and have a wicked good time being a nerdy history buff, blowing things up, and globe trotting in search of lost treasures. Well, fictitiously at least. Because that’s what this series does to me. It makes me feel like I’m right there in the action, getting to do and see things that you can really only dream about. And yeah, there’s plenty of gratuitous violence in the series, but more than that there’s some real intelligence, and that’s why all of these books, including this one, fall into the buy now category.

What I really liked about this book is that Nina and Eddie are starting to do things on their own, things outside their comfort zone. For the first few books we really had them working as a team all the time, as if they couldn’t function apart. And when they were apart, they were only doing what they knew how to do, which made for a bit of boring reading at times. But now, starting with this book, we have Nina starting to kick some major ass. She doesn’t need Eddie there 24/7 to pull her ass out of the fire. She’s a strong, capable woman and I love that. Likewise, Eddie is usually the stereotypical brute force, and kind of the butt of the joke when it comes to archeological sense. But this time around we got him doing some real puzzle solving on his own, proving he’s not some dumb jock. He’s got a brain and he has been taking notes.

I also actually really liked the inclusion of Sophia, which is odd, because I really hated her the first time around. But now it seems more like because Eddie and Nina are more established and solid as both characters and in the romantic sense, Sophia is the good kind of friction. She’s witty and sassy and kind of fun, in that diabolical, double crossing, terrorist kind of way. She and Nina had great chemistry. She and Eddie had great chemistry.

And as always, the plot of this book was amazing. The author NEVER disappoints on this front. The plot was well thought through, with good pacing, a good deal of fun environments, and cleverness that I really liked. I was worried we’d get super political, or even thriller-ish with the plot, considering the president was involved, and that’s not what I want from these books, but it only ever touched on that, and never went wholly there.

I was pretty amazed how fast I blew through this book, all in one settling, without getting bored or distracted. I think that only goes to show that this is probably our author’s strongest showing yet, and he’s taken the main arc to new and interesting places I can’t wait to get to. I already have the next book in the series and I’m ready to get reading it. (less)

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Apr 15, 2011 Yvann S rated it 1 of 5 stars

Ah, another thriller involving 14 locations (including the south-west Pacific, New York, Antarctica, Western Australia, Cuba…). Nina and her fiancé Eddie are researching something or other when they get attacked by pirates… and really to disclose any more would ruin the plot. But there’s an ex-wife at Guantanamo Bay, dons at Cambridge, people digging up Western Australia and Antarctica in pursuit of something we’re not quite sure about for quite a long time…

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Oct 28, 2010 Chibineko rated it 4 of 5 stars

This volume finds Nina in some hot water. Not only was she attacked at the scene of another huge discovery, but all of the evidence from the scene was seemingly destroyed. She was also hoping to become the director of her group but has discovered that one of her biggest rivals has been given the position instead. Now she's been suspended without pay as she faces an inquiry into her past actions. Meanwhile Eddie has to go to Guantanamo Bay (where his ex-Sophia was jailed shortly after the events...more This volume finds Nina in some hot water. Not only was she attacked at the scene of another huge discovery, but all of the evidence from the scene was seemingly destroyed. She was also hoping to become the director of her group but has discovered that one of her biggest rivals has been given the position instead. Now she's been suspended without pay as she faces an inquiry into her past actions. Meanwhile Eddie has to go to Guantanamo Bay (where his ex-Sophia was jailed shortly after the events in `The Tomb of Hercules') & collect his now deceased wife's belongings. After the discovery of a memory card containing the only remaining clues to another undiscovered treasure, Nina & Eddie figure that they've got nothing to lose.

All things considered, a lot goes on in this book. Not only do you have the reemergence of a threat, but you also have President Dalton beginning his attempts to get the revenge that he'd promised previously in the series. On top of all of that, the historical treasure du jour promises to be something of biblical proportions. All in all, it should make for a spectacular read. I just didn't get into this one as much as I did the previous ones for some reason. I'm starting to think that it might be partially because this is pretty much the same formula as the previous novels.

Luckily a bit of the dynamic is changing. I liked that Nina is actually starting to be called out on some of her actions in the previous books via her rival & throughout the book. Yes, Nina is the good guy, but she also causes quite a bit of collateral damage in the form of coworker deaths. At some point over four books it kind of needs to be addressed in some form since it is such a change from her initial state. This book had a very transitional feel to it- I have a feeling that I'll find some things being different in the next book because of the events in this one- and those changes will make for an interesting new direction!

Bottom line- I really liked this book. It's not the strongest of McDermott's books so far, but it's still highly enjoyable. If you've liked his previous books, you'll like this one. I just recommend that any new readers start from the beginning as this book finds many previous plot lines coming to fruition. (less)

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Aug 02, 2011 Mattias rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It seems like Mr McDermott have a problem with his even numbered books. This his fourth is the weakest one so far. The story is just not as interesting as in his previous work.

The story about the Veteres are very similiar too many more story and Mc Dermott seems seems unfocused. Its not until the last 250 pages that the story picks up real pace and gets interesting. But up until that point its a very long and tedious journey where not that much is happening and you start thinking about reading...more

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Apr 11, 2013 Gemma Feltham rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Covenant of Genesis’ first hint at its content is its wonderfully colourful cover. 4th in the series following Dr Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase in their archaeological endeavours across the world, pulling you deeper than you thought possible, into both archaeological theory and fact along the way. You don’t necessarily have to have read the first three novels in the series, as The Covenant of Genesis is a brilliant read in its own right. But in order to fully appreciate the complexity and depth...more The Covenant of Genesis’ first hint at its content is its wonderfully colourful cover. 4th in the series following Dr Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase in their archaeological endeavours across the world, pulling you deeper than you thought possible, into both archaeological theory and fact along the way. You don’t necessarily have to have read the first three novels in the series, as The Covenant of Genesis is a brilliant read in its own right. But in order to fully appreciate the complexity and depth of the character development, I strongly recommend you read the series in chronological order.

Overall it is a consistent, well written piece of work. It is also extremely well paced throughout. The action sets your heart rate up to thump through the adrenalin fuelled chapters, but McDermott also allows the reader to rest, digest and keep up with the turn of events at regular enough intervals; so that the gunfire may have ceased but you’ve got more than enough motivation to keep reading as the plot thickens, evolving at every turn of a page. The novel is action packed to the brim, but appears to be consistently well researched. In particular it is littered with punchy witticisms, adding both to the events in the plot as well as the reader’s understanding of the characters. Despite the pace, there was the odd occasion when I wished I could skip forward to the answer. The little details in between enhance the bigger picture, but the downfall of good writing is sometimes you just can’t wait.

McDermott offers his readers some truly brilliant scenes, but he also creates fantastic plot twists that are both incredulous but entirely believable at the same time- always keeping the reader fully immersed and engaged in the story.

For the severely squeamish reader beware of descriptive paragraphs throughout those chapters, which detail blood and the deaths of various Covenant members amongst others. I found myself physically flinching at the breaking of bones. But this level of detail is a testament and credit to McDermott, as he shows that gore and death can accentuate a novel. In the chapters of The Covenant of Genesis, the reader is confronted with multiple deaths throughout, and the imaginative mishaps are not used sparingly. That being said it does read as excessive, death orientated or overly aggressive, and therefore it does not detract from the character’s mission or the overall plot.

The initial concept for this novel is in fact very simple, and is one that I’m sure many other author’s has used, adopted and adapted. But this level of adaptation from this concept is sincerely new to me as a reader. The clearly researched but also imaginative descriptions of each location from Antarctica to Sudan are eloquent, consistent and believable- you can see the landscape in your mind as the events unfold.

The ending may be far from what a sympathetic reader might want. But none the less it left me wondering what would come next for Nina and Eddie, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next installment in The Cult of Osiris.(less)

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Oct 21, 2011 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

I hated this book, however I couldn't put it down either. Why I hated it: the dialogue was just so-so. The author tried for witty banter, or so I assume, but I have read much better. What really got me was the amazing, incredible things that happened in the space of one novel to the main character, the unbelievable timing of happenings and that this character not only makes this archaelogical find of the millenia, but references other novels in which each of those she made other finds of the mil...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Jeff Lyons rated it 4 of 5 stars

This one was a tad slower than some of Andy McDermott's earlier books but it was still worth every penny I paid for it. This time, Eddie and Nina are zipping all around the world looking for the Garden of Eden. And Eddie's terrorist ex-wife Sophia is back fresh off her escape from Guantanamo Bay. Nina isn't too thrilled and neither is Eddie but they reluctantly bring her along on the adventure. For awhile, she almost seems likeable. McDermott's books are somewhat formulaic because there's always...more

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Jan 29, 2011 Trunatrschild rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, thriller

I don't know if I can stand this book... I'm 30 pages in and it's screamingly obvious that the author does no research before writing... I'm embarrassed for him. Some examples... they're scuba diving down past normal scuba depths... 200ft plus.... and having to push around the plants... sorry, plants don't grow in the dark!
Archaeology... this person doesn't have a clue... omg... according to the author, there are no rises and falls of ocean depths, it just keeps growing... they can go back in t...more

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Feb 23, 2012 Helen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: action

Boring, crude, interlaced with f... word, sexist, petty.
Added author to my "No More" list.

Positive side: I would say masterfully crafted - it has a proper amount of action and proper timing, complicated enough, with good language using skills - is not the unfortunate choice of what to portrait.

Mysteries of the Ancient World kind of the books on the same topic, like Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals: 100,000 Years of Lost History by Wilson, Colin, prehistory related to 3 great floods...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Tony rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure

There's a feeling Andy McDermott was waiting two books to tell this story, and in a way The Covenant of Genesis feels like the first true sequel to The Hunt For Atlantis - the two books in the middle side-stories without the scope of that first novel, but Covenant gets right back to the same level of epic canvas and character development. I wouldn't say its quite as good a tale as Atlantis, but it's very close - a genuinely interesting McGuffin at its heart which the plot builds excellently towa...more There's a feeling Andy McDermott was waiting two books to tell this story, and in a way The Covenant of Genesis feels like the first true sequel to The Hunt For Atlantis - the two books in the middle side-stories without the scope of that first novel, but Covenant gets right back to the same level of epic canvas and character development. I wouldn't say its quite as good a tale as Atlantis, but it's very close - a genuinely interesting McGuffin at its heart which the plot builds excellently towards. It's not without its faults, but on the whole it's a rollicking read.

Thankfully McDermott now has the childish squabbling of Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase out the way, allowing him to focus less on their burgeoning relationship and far more on the narrative around them - and here with Nina's role in the IHA under threat and Chase having to face both losing and finding against his ex-wife Sophia, both are logical roadblocks externally to throw at these characters. As a result it feels personal in a way Atlantis did, the search for the Garden of Eden driven by several catalysts, and it's a stroke of genius to throw Sophia into the mix as a 'good guy', allowing for plenty of snide remarks and internal tension along the way. McDermott gets back much more into Tomb Raider territory here - ancient dives in Indonesia, ancient cities under Antarctica and, of course, the mythical Garden mean less time is spent in James Bond territory, and that's not necessarily a bad thing here. It adds more wonder to the piece, and while your jaw may not drop at the Genesis revelations (Assassins Creed has covered much the same myth), they're entertaining when wrapped up in the conspiracy element of the Covenant and the corrupt US forces, allowing McDermott to really channel Reichenbach Falls for part of his climax.

Shame parts are wonky then. Far too many characters fill this, antagonists mainly, meaning only really Sophia comes across as anything resembling an interesting 'bad guy'. All the stuff with President Dalton is utterly daft too and hard to swallow even with the fantastic writing of these books. Yet overall, it just gets a four-star for being very entertaining fluff and nonsense, with two leads who remain incredibly fun and likeable. Switch off your brain and thoroughly enjoy.(less)

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Jul 21, 2011 Ashley rated it 1 of 5 stars

I really didn't enjoy this book. I just didn't like the characters. They just seemed course and annoying. The book is based on the idea of a 'people' living on the earth before humans. These people had civilizations and were sophisticated and veiwed humans like pets. Really smart pets who eventually killed them. I didn't like how the Biblical account of the book of Genesis was treated like a fairy tale- something created to explain the history of the prehumans. The religious people were the craz...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Lucy added it

Not my usual fare but a great holiday read which is where I devoured this book.. in just 4 days! it was like being in a Spielberg film or a Dan Brown esq book - I guess that is the name given to this type of read. Completely far fetched but great fun.

We meet Nina well actually we meet a few people prior to meeting Nina but they don't last for quite as many pages as she does :-) She is an archeologist with a difference and has already found some of the amazing things that we can but dream of fin...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Jackie Bebbington rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: september-tbr, 2012, favorites

Finally Andy Mcdermott gets back to what makes his books so amazing!

I must admit that the second and third books in the series left me feeling disappointed and discouraged due to the change in direction that this series had taken, but The Covenant of Genesis was able to get them back and track and what a reward for not giving up on this series. This addition to the Wilde/Chase series once again returns to the history and archaeology being at the fore front of the novels instead of the personal...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Ricky rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

Yhis contains a sort-of spoiler.

I liked the series up until this point. I think the root of my unrest with this book is the way that it took soooooo long just for everything to turn out crappy. It took me 3 whole weeks to read something that normally would use up a couple of days. I've had another book from the series for a few months, but every time I look at it I have to wonder do I really have it in me to get all the way through it. I just don't know.

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May 21, 2012 Kate rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: started-didn-t-like

I started this book with hopes that it would be along the lines of Dan Brown's books, or somewhat similar. I read until page 200, then moved on to something that would be more of a page-turner for me. The book begins with a lot of action, too much so. I felt like saying, "okay, I got it now let's move on." The mystery part started getting better as I read. If you can make it through the first 125 pages without becoming bored with the fist, cuff, & shoot outs, then you might like this book....more

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Jul 17, 2012 Lenka rated it 3 of 5 stars

I was looking forward to reading this book because of its good reviews and similarities with Dan Brown "Robert Langdon series". I was a bit disappointed though, there were many fight scenes which would be ok, but they were being described over 10 pages, one of them over 20 pages if I'm not mistaken. That just wasn't fun for me, I was interested in the adventure, not the fights...
I'll try other books by McDermott though!

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Aug 24, 2010 Beatrice rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this book, but I was a little bit disappointed with the religious slant to it. I feel like the Biblical mysteries have been done and overdone to the point that it just makes me groan. Regardless, this one was about the Garden of Eden, which is a part of Biblical mythos that I haven't read before. It was somewhat predictable, but I like McDermott's writing well enough to read it nonetheless.

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May 02, 2012 Nuning Indani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: action

In this book Nina become more selfish than before. but I understand how she feels cos I think I'm gonna do the same way in terms of archeological finding if I were an archeologist.
Still similar with previous books, this book full of action in which sometimes I've got tired in reading this book. Anyhow,I really love the series of Nina and Eddy.Definitely will read the next book :)

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Jul 06, 2012 L. Silvey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like the action, adventure, the big historical archaeological finds, but the McDermott cannot write a female character. For someone who had been the head of the IHA for three years she still comes off as a early-to-mid-twenties girl who acts anything but professional. Her dialogue is fairly stunted compared to that of Eddie Chase.

The action and adventure are what keep me reading these books.

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Feb 02, 2011 Splash Of Our Worlds *Yiota* rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Jan 07, 2012 Timothy Vogel rated it 5 of 5 stars

VERY intersting plotline in this one! Good use of religion & secret cabals added to the treasure hunt plot.

My reviews for McDermott's Chase/Wilde books are going to pretty much the same: Alluded secret, hunt, people who want to use secret for something bad, fight, capture, hooray secret!

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Oct 13, 2011 Philip Cook rated it 4 of 5 stars

All of the series has been good, even without me reading the books in order. However, this is the first time I was disapointed I didn't read the book in order, there were 2 well written cliffhangers, but having read the next book I knew the end result so a little anti-climatic.

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Jun 05, 2010 Trine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure-thriller, andy-mcdermott, archaeology, history, religious-thriller, science, suspense, nina-wilde-eddie-chase

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Aug 12, 2009 Rob rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Lovers of Fiction / Adventure / Action

Shelves: crime-mystery-thriller

As usual this was crammed full of action and history, and tied up many loose ends from all the previous books with a fantastic action-pakced ending, making it one of the best of the series so far, despite a long, repetative and unrealistic plot. However, Id even go as far as to say that it was so satisfactory that McDermott could (or should?) of happily ended the series with this book.

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Mar 10, 2012 Roger rated it 3 of 5 stars

Better than the first three books in this series as the author finally spent more time with the archeology discovery and less on hard to read troubled romantic angst. The action remains fast paced and somewhat unbelievable but keeps you reading until the end.

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Apr 04, 2011 Laurie rated it 3 of 5 stars

so much action it is unreal. I don't think anyone could survive the dangers/violence/shootings/cliffs/caves ect! entertaining, I keep reading just to find out what the big secret is. and I'll probably read McDermott's next one and be annoyed by all the action!

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Dec 05, 2012 Amaryllis rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nina-wilde-eddie-chase

I really like this series!
Sure, the history in this book is actually fake... but I don't mind! I still enjoy the plot!
I loved the storyline, and the characters were great in this book and I also liked the idea of the Garden of Eden and the link with the 'earth energy' to the previous book.
I'm still in for the ride! Keep on going McDermott!

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Apr 26, 2011 Don rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, thriller

Yet another great adventure book in the series. Plenty of plot twist and turns.

I would had given this a higher rating if it wasn't for the consistent sexist remarks one of the main characters, Eddie Chase, keeps making for which after a while gets really old and somewhat offending.

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Aug 16, 2012 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crazypants, thriller, flaming-winnebagos

I want to make a new rating category for thrillers based on one of the scenes in this book. I'll give a book between one and five flaming Winnebagos for its action content and general lack of nutritional value. I'd give this one, like Andy McDermott's other books, a solid five Winnebagos. Well, maybe 4 and a half, because I think I may have inadvertantly learned something about harmonics and the ability of clay to 'record' sounds while it's being shaped on a potter's wheel. But aside from that,...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Tommy rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was another typical Andy McDermott book. Lots of extended chase/rescue scenes while trying to find another historical real/unreal location/artifact. I think his books could be cut by about 100 pages if the action scenes were not quite so involved and not lose any of the story line. One difference in this book was the use of quite a few gruesome descriptions of dismemberment and/or killings.

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