Subterranean - Harry Potter 6 Books

Product Description

Beneath the ice at the bottom of the Earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth, a place of breathtaking wonders—and terrors beyond imagining. A team of specialists led by archaeologist Ashley Carter has been hand-picked to explore this secret place and to uncover the riches it holds. But they are not the first to venture here—and those they follow did not return. There are mysteries here older than time, and revelations that could change the world. But there are also things that should not be disturbed—and a devastating truth that could doom Ashley and the expedition: they are not alone.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7287 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-01
• Released on: 1999-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
"A gripping deep Earth adventure." -- -- New York Times bestselling author Charles Pellegrino

"A gripping deep Earth adventure." -- New York Timesbestselling author Charles Pellegrino

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author James Rollins holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine and runs his own practice in Sacramento, California. An amateur spelunker and a certified scuba enthusiast, he'll often be found either underground or underwater.

Customer Reviews

Great Action Book
I read this book not knowing who James Rollin was. This is like a Dirk Pitt, Clive Cussler story.

Beneath Antarctica, a series of caves have been found. But further investigation leads to the discovery of people having lived in these caves. So, architects and everyone else are called into learn as much as they can.

But, things start happening, people go disappearing, and a full out attack on the under ice base hits leading the survivors further into the tunnels then explored before. Soon they are in complete underground worlds with reptile beasts and caveman like people surviving.

This is one great book that just keeps going. A must read if you like Indiana Jones, James Bond, Dirk Pitt, and others along this line.

The shape of things that came ...
Like many here, I have been a huge fan of James Rollins since "Subterranean". While the novels he's written between this first entry into the action/adventure genre and his most recent release have improved steadily through the years, the spark, the drive and the imagination were always there.

"Subterranean" was a great 'first' novel. Rollins had already published fantasy books under the name of Jack Clemens, a pseudonym he still uses today. A bumper crop of thriller authors got their start around that time, several no doubt because of Rollins himself.

The measure of "Subterranean", as well as the author, is not in whether this is the best novel he ever wrote. It's whether it is the only novel he ever wrote. Many authors fail to repeat this initial foray, let alone persist in bettering themselves with a succession of bestsellers.

I consider Rollins a pulp author, after the style of the "Doc Savage" paperbacks. That impression has not been lessened by the "Sigma Team" at the heart of his most recent works. I have waited a long time for someone to pick up that mantle, which Cussler (and son) have tirelessly bolstered almost single-handedly, for so many years.

Suspension of disbelief is acceptance of the implausible or untrue in order to take in the story as a whole. As a navy brat, I overlooked the inconsistencies in military titles and weaponry, but understood by the end of that first Rollins novel what I still maintain, down to this day.

Few authors can equal the sheer roller-coaster pace of a James Rollins novel. The sad part is that several of these authors have foregone the pulp styles of their early careers, in favor of more mainstream fare. Only infrequently do a few return to the fold, as with Alten's "Meg" series.

I have waited a decade for someone to write the next creature novel, a la "Relic" (Child/Preston). I am a bit biased in that respect, in that Rollins jumpstarted my own writing career with the beasts he wrote about in "Subterranean". "The Cryptids Trilogy" is an homage to Rollins, and I'm sure we can all agree that, as a reader or writer, he has fueled our imaginations...

Great Author - My Favorite
James Rollins is by far the best author I have every read a book by. I became a fan of his after reading "Amazonia". I have read every book he has ever written, some of the older books twice. I love his Sigma Force books, but I have to be honest and say that I wish he would write another novel like "Amazonia", "Excavation", etc. Like I said, I love his Sigma Force books too, but it would be great if he would write another adventure book with strange creatures, crazy locations, and the deadly situations that made me a huge fan in the first place. I will continue to buy and read everything he writes, but one more crazy adventure with unexplained animals would be great. To fans of James Rollins first books like "Amazonia", etc.: you should read James A. David's "Footprints of Thunder" and "Thunder of Time"; and to die hard Sigma Force fans, you should try David Lynn Golemon's "Event" and "Legend".