Temple - Matthew Reilly

Temple

By Matthew Reilly

  • Release Date: 2007-04-01
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 63 Ratings

Description

A blockbuster thriller from bestselling author Matthew Reilly.

Four centuries ago, a precious idol was hidden in the jungles of Peru. To the Incan people, it is still the ultimate symbol of their spirit. To William race, an American linguist enlisted by the U.S. Army to decipher the clues to its location, it's the ultimate symbol of the apocalypse...

Carved from a rare stone not found on Earth, the idol possesses elements more destructive than any nuclear bomb--a virtual planet killer. In the wrong hands it could mean the end of mankind. And whoever possesses the idol, possesses the unfathomable--and cataclysmic--power of the gods...

Now, in the foothills of the Andes, Race's team has arrived--but they're not alone. And soon they'll discover that to penetrate the temple of the idol is to break the first rule of survival.

Because some treasures are meant to stay buried..and forces are ready to kill to keep it that way...

Reviews

  • Disappointing

    2
    By PrincessSheba
    This is a good action story, but is riddled with typographical errors. It appears to have been scanned from a print book without being proofread. There's no excuse for this!
  • Temple

    4
    By Gigglingpiggy
    Good book and lots of action. I was a bit disappointed there were so many type-o's. It is probably a scan conversion issue, but it would have been nice to get an edited version.
  • Great book...but has a flaw

    4
    By NHreader
    Fantastic book but the amount of spelling and grammatical errors that are in the text amaze me. One would think these things would be proof read... But another great novel by Matthew Reilly.
  • Ace7wild

    3
    By DandelionSue
    Temple was a great disappoint. The plot was okay but there were several times I thought things didn't make sense. I liked the historical aspects but the monk's manuscript was too modern. I thought Ice Station was a much better book.
  • Not as quite as good as the Scarecrow books, but it's still five stars!

    5
    By iBlueX
    While the first three books with Scarecrow are my favorite Reilly books, this one is still excellent. Fast paced. Creative. Interesting. Contest is another excellent Scarecrow-less Reilly book. Sci-fi.

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