Map of Bones by James Rollins

[Addy]

I'm gonna try to get to 17 tonight and finish tomorrow.

[Terry]

Sounds like a plan.

[Terry]

Pg560 (view spoiler)[ Man, is Kat a badass with those knives, or what! (hide spoiler)]

[Terry]

Pg564 (view spoiler)[ 'Definately Kat toys' :-) had me laughing! (hide spoiler)]

[Terry]

End of ch16 (view spoiler)[ Well, we knew it would be someone important that was the Imporator. Not too big a surprise, I guess. Not too big a surprise that Cardinal Spera was offed, either. But I was surprised about Seichan being hired by the Cardinal which explained all her help. I'm sure you guys caught on that Seichan's double cross of Gray at the castle was a part of their plan, but I thought she really did as I read it. I enjoyed that! (hide spoiler)]

[Addy]

End of ch16(view spoiler)[so are up saying the Imperator is Rachel's boss? I wasn't sure. And yes, Seichan tricked me as well! Had no idea giving Raoul the gold key was part of her plan. You think Gray knew or just played along? (hide spoiler)]

[Terry]

Addy wrote: "End of ch16[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I do think Rachel's boss (the general) is the Imperator, and I do think that Gray and Seichan played along together for Raoul - at least it seemed like it to me. (hide spoiler)]

[Addy]

Finished! How bout u?

[Terry]

I did finish - thought it was fantastic!

[Addy]

Me too! I thought it ended perfectly but I'm dying to know if gray pursues a relationship with Rachel...lol.

[Terry]

Lol - I guess we'll have to read the next to see! There were several things I liked at the end. (view spoiler)[ I liked that the Gold key that Gray had was a fake (why did I not think of that!). I liked the way the mysteries and riddles all resolved and tied together in multi-layers. I like the way the big treasure was gone mysteriously at the end. I like how Raoul was the most punished by being forgiven for his evil by the light. (hide spoiler)] Great characters and and a very clever story - glad we read it!

[Addy]

I would so read the third one. I've been looking around for it already:)

[Addy]

I couldn't agree more with what u said in ur spoiler. Everything fit together nicely but not without some twists and turns. I'm also glad I gave it a shot and we read it together. Good group we had:)

[Terry]

Yes, good group! I have The Black Order and The Judas Strain already, and the descriptions of both sound pretty good.

[Addy]

No fair!.....:p

[Addy]

I'll prob clean out their James Rollins section next time I hit the bookstore!

[Terry]

:-) I actually bought the fourth book first based on its description, but then decided I needed to read the first three before that.

[Ctgt]

Terry wrote: "Lol - I guess we'll have to read the next to see! There were several things I liked at the end. [spoilers removed] Great characters and and a very clever story - glad we read it!"

Agree with your spoiler, the key part went right over my head.

[Ctgt]

Addy wrote: "Finished! How bout u?"

I enjoyed it, plenty of secret stuff to check on. I could have stopped numerous times to search the internet but didn't want to stop the train from rolling. Probably go back and look up a few items.

[Addy]

Yes, the author's notes explained a lot as well and he gave references too.

[Ctgt]

Hmmmm... I read the kindle version and I don't remember anything at the end(course I could have blown right past that). Definitely have to go back and check on that. Thanks Addy!

[Terry]

Definitely look for those Ctgt. The author's notes were interesting.

[Ctgt]

Okay, that does it. I'm going to check right now!

[Ctgt]

Yep, it's there. Just blew right past it. Thanks.

[Addy]

Np. Some of the books he mentioned seem interesting.

[Terry]

I thought so, too. Especially the one about the gold powder and the ark.

[Addy]

I actually added James Rollins to my Facebook page. He does a lot of traveling for his research on his books. Lucky him!

[Terry]

No kidding! The settings for these books would be incredible places to see.

[Addy]

Im def up for another Rollins book some time and we can continue to use this thread whenever we are ready.

[Terry]

Sounds good to me. Let me know when you track down your copy and we'll do it.

[Addy]

Will do!