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Atlantis (Atlantis #1)

by Bob Mayer (Goodreads Author), Greg Donegan, Robert Doherty

3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 · rating details · 451 ratings · 59 reviews

By NY Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty (author of the bestselling Area 51 series) Over 1,000,000 copies sold! Amazon Hot 100 in print. Amazon Top 10 in Thriller. Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling. Terry Brooks, #1 NY Times Bestselling autho...more

Paperback, 218 pages

Published February 4th 2010 by Createspace (first published June 1st 1999)

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Apr 15, 2012 Sheryl Olszewski rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I picked up the first 2 books in this series because I enjoyed the early books in the "Area 51" series by the same author (Bob Mayer = Robert Doherty = Greg Donegan and at least one more) and I have always found the Atlantis and Bermuda Triangle mysteries compelling. That was enough to draw me in.

The series opens in the Bermuda Triangle and quickly spreads around the globe to other sites marked with similar mysterious disappearances. Bob's style is to introduce 2-4 sets of characters then follo...more

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Jan 22, 2012 Henry rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read the Kindle version, and I hope the print version was not as poorly edited. There were about half a dozen grammar mistakes. Also, there was one page where the main character's name was replaced on two occasions with what I later learned was the name of the main character of Doherty's Area 51 series. Really? Also kind of annoying that the end of the Kindle version is the first chapter of one of Doherty's Area 51 books. It threw me off that the book ended at a 94%.

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Jan 22, 2012 Jessica Snyder rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: speculative-fiction

The concept behind this book is interesting. What if the the Bermuda Triangle contained a real source of disturbing phenomena, was connected to other sites like it, and all were controlled by aliens bent on invading Earth? The plot based on the concept was decent and engagingly paced for the first 2/3 of the book, (until the scientific errors and required suspension of disbelief became too great). That being said, the writing style is rather sophomoric. The dialogue is stilted at times, and many...more The concept behind this book is interesting. What if the the Bermuda Triangle contained a real source of disturbing phenomena, was connected to other sites like it, and all were controlled by aliens bent on invading Earth? The plot based on the concept was decent and engagingly paced for the first 2/3 of the book, (until the scientific errors and required suspension of disbelief became too great). That being said, the writing style is rather sophomoric. The dialogue is stilted at times, and many sentences are just downright awkward. There are also errors of continuity--the "Bermuda Triangle," we are told, is called the "Devil's Triangle" by the Japanese, yet later, the "Devil's Triangle" is treated as a separate geographic location from the "Bermuda Triangle." I read the kindle edition, and also encountered some simple editing errors. I found myself wondering if this was edited professionally at all.

I could overlook a few problems, considering the price, (free when I got it), if the plot were more tightly executed and the characters were more believable and engaging. My nieces have paper dolls with more depth than some of the essential characters here. There is Foreman, who seems to be little more than an obsession with a circulatory system, for one. He is the unifying character throughout the history-spanning plot line, and the driving force behind most of the novel. Then there is Dane, the main action character, who has some ESP ability, (which I could accept at first in the furtherance of a good yarn). He has slightly more depth of character--he loves his rescue dog partner, has a self-sacrificing sense of loyalty, and ... that's pretty much it. Oh, wait, I forgot--he also has a flash of genius during the climax of the story that enables him to serve as a sledghammer-subtle example of Deus ex Machina. Granted, in a thriller, it's hard to make all your characters vast wells of complexity. But, more than puddle depth would be nice.

On to plot. At first, the author jumps through a few episodes in history (some based on actual history, some not), and lets us see that something mysterious and threatening is occurring in the Bermuda Triangle area and in an area in Cambodia. The decent pacing here, and the briefest glimpses of the antagonists, served to create a sense of mystery that got me interested and engaged despite the thin writing style. The protagonists spend most of their time spinning their wheels, knowing nothing but that the antagonists exist, where they are, and that they're up to no good. At first this created an off-kilter sense of mystery, (kind of like the first few episodes of "Lost," but nowhere NEAR as brilliant). But, it quickly got to the point that the conflict was almost too vague to be engaging. In fact, the nature of the antagonists themselves is really up in the air even after the last chapter. They seem to be a motley group consisting of mythical creatures AND self-propelled machines with light-beam-based weapons and hacking abilities. The different natures don't seem to coalesce into a believable or unified front of "bad guys." It's as if the author wanted to explain mythological creatures and UFO's, but he didn't think to have one piloting the other, or the radiation from one causing mutations in the local animals, or some other semi-plausible explanation for such vastly different types of antagonists being present at the same time. The final confrontation is also a bit rushed and jumbled. Plus, it's never sufficiently explained why the aliens supposedly wiped out a civilization centuries ago, but it's taken this long for them to invade. I did finish the book, though, which says something about the concept. It was interesting enough to keep me listening while I knitted (I used the text-to-speech feature on my kindle). I did want to know if/how the author was going to tie all this stuff together.

I also must say I liked the introduction of Chelsea, the rescue dog. The scenes involving her at work were moving, and some of the more engaging of the book. At times, she was the most interesting character in the book, and I thought it was clever of the author to give us a dog's reaction to some people and situations--it almost made them more immediate. Dogs are great solicitors of empathy. I'm not a book-about-dogs person, but I wish the book had involved her more. Or, I wish I'd read a book about a rescue dog and her ESP-using handler, instead of this. (less)

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Apr 27, 2012 Bob Nailor rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thoroughly enjoyed the book and especially liked the bouncing between locales and personalities. Near the end it was a case of not wanting to put it down -- having to need what was going to happen next. I was disappointed to find that there is a 'next' book although the story did end, it didn't finish and now I must read the next book which I have discovered leads to book 3 which then leads to book 4. In their defense, the books are done unlike a series I innocently started years ago and had t...more

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Apr 04, 2013 Danny rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: atlantis

Written under one of Bob Mayer's two pen names: Greg Donegan, this is the first novel in R. Doherty's science fiction series of Atlantis. Donegan's first publication of the Atlantis series instantly became a best seller because it proved to be unique and intriguing as it keeps anxious readers on their edge of their seats. Having read this book before, I came across the need to find the novel that so awed me many countless years ago. I was determined to find this former bestseller and luckily, it...more Written under one of Bob Mayer's two pen names: Greg Donegan, this is the first novel in R. Doherty's science fiction series of Atlantis. Donegan's first publication of the Atlantis series instantly became a best seller because it proved to be unique and intriguing as it keeps anxious readers on their edge of their seats. Having read this book before, I came across the need to find the novel that so awed me many countless years ago. I was determined to find this former bestseller and luckily, it was located in a nearby library. As a promising work of science fiction that connects imminent vanishings at the infamous Devil's Sea and the Bermuda Triangle with the mythical long-lost city of Atlantis, it unravels the horrifying truth to which Earth is merely another resourceful platform in the purely defensive war of the ancient civilization of Atlantis and its threat, the Shadows. Ten millennium has passed since the Shadow's cataclysmic assault on Atlantis and as the Shadows prepare to invade again; Earth's hope of survival lies in the hands of Eric Dane, the only man known to have escape from the treacherous foothold of the Shadows in Cambodia . . .

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What if the Shadow that destroyed Atlantis 10,000 years ago, comes back to threaten our present world?

A war beyond time. An enemy beyond space. A thriller beyond your wildest dreams. Three areas on the Earth’s surface defy explanation: the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia. Inside these realms, planes have disappeared, ships have vanished, and, in Cambodia, an entire civilization has been lost leaving behind Angkor Wat.

In 1945, Training Flight 19 disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, is lost under unusual circumstances, part of a secret government investigation into mysterious gates.
Near the end of of the Vietnam War, Green Beret Eric Dane led a team of operatives deep into Cambodia and encountered a strange fog near the legendary city of Angkor Kol Ker. His entire team disappears, attacked by strange creatures out of the fog. Only Dane survives to return.

Now a plane goes down. In the same area Dane lost his team. He’s called back. To find out who is the darkness behind these gates to our planet. What does this Shadow force want? It is a threat that will take on the world’s greatest military forces and defeat them. A power that will overwhelm our science and technology. A merciless enemy that will lead Dane—and the whole planet—into the final desperate battle for survival.(less)

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Nov 01, 2011 Tommy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was hoping for more pay-off in this novel about the Bermuda Triangle and other mysterious "triangles" across the planet, which turn out to be linked to Atlantis, and possibly another dimension. The focus is on military characters, which also bums me out. Since this is the first book in a series, the author seems to be saving the "good stuff" for future books. I did quite enjoy the giant multi-headed snake monster, and the thing that was like a lion with a crocodile head, or something like that...more

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Jan 01, 2011 M rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After I read Psychic Warrior this book then made sense. The whole issue of an open gate into another dimension, in this case happening in Cambodia, (Angkor Wat) similar to dimensional openings in the Bermuda Triangle is the basis for this novel that divulges intelligence information. Usual story, big corporate industrialist trying to get an edge on an industry, (aircrafts) and hires a mercenary well trained in these types of maneuvers, who had experienced wanting to see a buddy who died on a mis...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Ed Tinkertoy rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have found that the author of this book and it's accompanying 5 others, is the same person who wrote the series of books that I loved called Area 51. And it seems that the author in this series is trying to capture the suspense and intrigue of the Area 51 books. However, What I found was NOT the case. The first book introduces the reader to an enemy called the Valkorite, and another mysterious entity that is supposed to be a helper to those fighting the enemy.

Problems I had with this book:
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Apr 08, 2013 Eric rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This novel is the beginning of a series about the many gates around the world similar to the Bermuda Triangle and how an Alien race is using them to try and take over Earth. Mayers does a wonderful job of character development and plot built up so readers know that they will be learning more about each character throughout the series. Story kept building with suspense until almost the last page which showed that the author wished the reader to know that he is certainly not done this novel and th...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Sanchi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: won-in-giveaway-on-good-reads-o, books-i-own

I have won this in a giveaway on good reads from first reads. This book series was the first win I had and honestly It was taking so long to get through each chapter for me I couldn't take it. I did enjoy the twist in the book, however kinda took a little long to get to the point. Too much descriptive writing about half way in. I have received the entire series from good reads and after the difficulty reading the first book, It may take me a while before I can start the second:(. Don't get me wr...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Richard Tolleson rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is an exciting book. Sometimes the action jumps around a bit, making things feel a bit rushed. There are also several characters that aren't well developed, then killed off quickly. If you want a character's death to matter to me, make me care about the character. This is the first in a series, and I intend to read the next one on the strength of the plot of this one.

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Feb 24, 2012 Peggy Bechko rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: acton-adventure, sci-fi, suspense, paranormal

Just finished Atlantis - Yep, a really great read all the way through. Just a short stretch in beginning that didn't grab me and that was military in the jungle, but that isn't the focus, just some background. It picked up quickly after that and I was captivated through the book I'd recommend it for anyone who loves science fiction, adventure and a really good read.

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Feb 26, 2012 Chris Fernandez rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I enjoyed this scf-fi/para-psychological adventure/thriller! It has great pacing and action sequences plus it does a great job of tieing many world mysteries together in a neat package. Great fun to read with interesting military tech of today and beyond. If you enjoy this type of fanciful science fiction, you'll definitely find this book a worthwhile read!

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Aug 13, 2012 Laurie Ryan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For a gal who doesn't normally read this type of story, I was surprised how quickly I got hooked. I bought into the premise, the characters, everything. The technical data and historical information adds a lot of depth and believability to the story. I can tell I'm going to enjoy this series.

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Aug 02, 2011 Fred rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

Amazing series. I'm on the last book right now and the whole series has only been averaging me about two to three days per book. I've even been putting off writing to keep going on these and my Nook can barely keep up. I've had to charge it more to get through this series than I normally do in a month.

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May 07, 2013 Bob rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It’s an action adventure novel that has government agencies and private companies in competition to discover what is happening within the Bermuda Triangle and a similar one in the unexplored jungle of Cambodia. People and planes have gone into the areas and never come out and when a millionaire business man send a Hi-Tech survey plane with his daughter in command over the Cambodian triangle only to have it disappear as well things really heat up. Myths about the area point to a civilization olde...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Leon Small rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This series relates to an interdimensional battle to save all earths from a transdimensional race bent on stealing resources from other worlds, and destroying them in the process.

As with the "Area 51" series, some historical events (mainly battles) are incorporated.

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Jan 21, 2012 Shannon Donnelly rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I devoured this book in two evenings -- it would have been one, but I was really, really tired the first night. A great plot, terrific characterization, and fascinating historic tidits make this a fabulous read. I'd recommend this to anyone -- it's a real page turner.

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Apr 01, 2012 Shane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book has provided a great start for what looks like an interesting series of books. The action is kept moving at a great pace and I am sure there were no slow moments. I'd have appreciate more details on the "The Others" and "The Shadow" but I guess I'll have to read the next book now ;-)

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Apr 01, 2013 Jakedg rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

buena aunque no fascinante, normalmente me agradan los libros que plantean nuevas posibilidades o nuevos ambientes sobre temas que ya conocemos este autor hace exactamente eso, por lo que es un buen libro para leer y distraerte un rato.

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May 08, 2012 Clyde rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense-thriller

Atlantis is a pretty good SF techno-thriller. It is a bit dated, but move the action about 20 years forward and it would make a great movie.
Incidentally, Greg Donegan and Robert Doherty are pseudonyms previously used by Bob Mayer.

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Feb 04, 2012 Maggie Nash rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book. Bob Mayer, you have an amazing ability to juggle the action in multiple places and have it all connect seamlessly. I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish! I'm off to get book 2 so I can see what happens next!

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Apr 28, 2013 Stephen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book pulled a lot of different legends and myths together to form a pretty intellectual adventure. I was pleasantly surprised and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

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Oct 12, 2012 Rachele rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was okay, wasn't the worst I've read, but wasn't the best either. Didn't really come to any conclusion other than to make itself worse and try to entice readers into wanting to read more.

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Apr 08, 2012 Judy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Techno, syfy, thriller. Combines the lost city of Atlantis with the Bermuda Triangle and the Devil's Sea of Japan. Throw in the Green Berets and people lost in time....

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Aug 04, 2012 Josh Hilden rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Atlantis is the kickoff book of a series and must be read with that in mind. It is a fun read and sets up what is sure to be an enjoyable series of books. The mixing of "history" and "mythology" with adventure is always a good mix for me.

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Mar 15, 2013 Zig Sleipnir rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

An entertaining story based around an interesting premise. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I look forward to reading the sequel at some time.

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Dec 19, 2012 Keni_Arts Keni_Arts rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

I read this because of the great reviews. It was an interesting book, but now (two month later), I can hardly remember what it was about.

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May 27, 2010 Who Dares Wins Publishing rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There are a lot of similiarities to the hit TV show Lost, espeically the first season. Interestingly enough, the book was originally published 5 years before the TV show. To see the similarities check out this website: http://www.bobmayer.org/index.php?id=30

If you liked Lost you will love every book in this series. Robert Doherty
Bob Mayer
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Dec 28, 2012 Marko Sertic rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It started off interesting, but near the end it felt rushed and disorienting. I think more research was needed for this book.

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About Bob Mayer

Bob Mayer is a West Point graduate, former Green Beret and a New York Times Bestselling Author. He has sold over four million books, and is in demand as a team-building, life-changing, and leadership speaker and consultant for his Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way concept, which he translated into Write It Forward: a holistic program teaching writers how to be authors.

He is also the Co-Creator...more Bob Mayer is a West Point graduate, former Green Beret and a New York Times Bestselling Author. He has sold over four million books, and is in demand as a team-building, life-changing, and leadership speaker and consultant for his Who Dares Wins: The Green Beret Way concept, which he translated into Write It Forward: a holistic program teaching writers how to be authors.

He is also the Co-Creator of Cool Gus Publishing with Jen Talty , which does both eBooks and Print On Demand, so he has experience in both traditional and non-traditional publishing.

His books have hit the NY Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and numerous other bestseller lists. His book The Jefferson Allegiance, was released independently and reached #2 overall in sales on Nook.

Bob Mayer grew up in the Bronx. After high school, he entered West Point where he learned about the history of our military and our country. During his four years at the Academy and later in the Infantry, Mayer questioned the idea of “mission over men.” When he volunteered and passed selection for the Special Forces as a Green Beret, he felt more at ease where the men were more important than the mission.

Mayer’s obsession with mythology and his vast knowledge of the military and Special Forces, mixed with his strong desire to learn from history, is the foundation for his science fiction series Atlantis, Area 51 and Psychic Warrior. Mayer is a master at blending elements of truth into all of his thrillers, leaving the reader questioning what is real and what isn’t.

He took this same passion and created thrillers based in fact and riddled with possibilities. His unique background in the Special Forces gives the reader a sense of authenticity and creates a reality that makes the reader wonder where fact ends and fiction begins.
In his historical fiction novels, Mayer blends actual events with fictional characters. He doesn’t change history, but instead changes how history came into being.

Mayer’s military background, coupled with his deep desire to understand the past and how it affects our future, gives his writing a rich flavor not to be missed.

Bob has presented for over a thousand organizations both in the United States and internationally, including keynote presentations, all day workshops, and multi-day seminars. He has taught organizations ranging from Maui Writers, to Whidbey Island Writers, to San Diego State University, to the University of Georgia, to the Romance Writers of America National Convention, to Boston SWAT, the CIA, Fortune-500, the Royal Danish Navy Frogman Corps, Microsoft, Rotary, IT Teams in Silicon Valley and many others. He has also served as a Visiting Writer for NILA MFA program in Creative Writing. He has done interviews for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, PBS, NPR, the Discovery Channel, the SyFy channel and local cable shows. For more information see www.bobmayer.org.(less)

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