An ancient legend...A thrill seeking archeologists...An intoxicating woman...Some things are better left undiscovered.
From international bestselling author, Kameron Scott comes Forgotten Love, the first book in the adventure romance series, the Forgotten Chronicles.
When a weather phenomenon causes the Greenland ice sheet to melt revealing areas that have not been seen for centuries, Professor Theo Cutro is determined to join the race of archeologists, professional and amateur alike to find uncovered history and treasure. He's got the knowledge. He's got the money. He's got the equipment and even a really cool private plane, now about those permits...
When Theo asks his friend Saul Eversteen, director for the Chicago Museum of Antiquities, to back his expedition, he says yes, with one condition...researcher Gillian Langtree is coming with him.
Plunged together into an icy world of death and darkness, Theo and Gillian make a discovery that will rock the archeological community. But will they make it out alive to share their discovery?
It's rather short, but there's action on every single page. There's a fight for life suspended over a dark void, in a frigid underground river, against carnivorous vines, gigant snake...
My complaint is that the attaction was too abrupt: it is not believable. Or better, his attraction is believable, but hers is not. This could be due to the shortness... I don't know, but it still wasn't very weel done.
Anyhow, I'll be reading the next one hoping that it will be longer! *wink*
Book One of the Forgotten Chronicles Thriller, Romance, Phenomena
Professor Theo Cutro, Professor of History at New York University, and an archeologist, convinced Saul Eversteen, Director for the Chicago Museum of Antiquities, to help finance an expedition to Greenland because part of the ice sheet that had covered Greenland for as long as anyone knew, was gone due to the Earth’s global warming. Theo wanted to search for anything that might have been uncovered and which prior to now, was an unknown. Saul would not agree unless he could send his girlfriend Lillian Langtree, an amateur archeologist with him to keep an eye on things. Theo preferred to work alone, but had no choice if he wanted the Museum’s influence to help open doors for him. She had been on two digs before but under very easy conditions.
Theo was attracted to her, but truly didn’t want to be hampered by a companion, and especially a woman, but had no choice. Due to the fact that Theo was independently wealthy, he had his private plane and pilot to fly him to Greenland, where his gear had already been sent. His plan was to explore a few moulins. . .long tubular tunnels that run down inside the ice sheet letting melting water flow off down to the bedrock beneath. No one understands how the tubes were formed or where they go. It would be like caving and Lillian wasn’t too impressed as she didn’t like going into caves. Theo had a man, Minik Pederson, who had grown up on Greenland to fill him in on the Norse legends and help him locate the more interesting, isolated areas to explore. Minik flew them in an old helicopter to the site selected. Theo and Lillian loaded themselves with pitons to set in the moulin’s wall as they climbed or slid downwards since the walls were so slippery. Lillian was most afraid, but followed Theo over the side of the tunnel and later when they were almost at the end of their ropes, the bottom of the tunnel gave way and they fell.
The rest of the story consisted of their trials in attempting to safely lower themselves within the ropes’ reach and find their way out. The writer has done an excellent job of describing the scenes and keeping the action alive, even throwing in a little phenomena. However, it is a short story. I read it in two hours and some readers may be disappointed, feeling that they want more.
The author gave me a free copy in return for an honest review.