Excavation - Harry Potter 6 Books

Product Description

The South American Jungle Guards Many Secrets...and a remarkable site nestled between two towering Andean peaks, hidden from human eyes for thousands years.Dig Deeper...

through layers of rock and mystery, through centuries of dark, forgotten legends.

where ingenious traps have been laid to ensnare the careless and unsuspecting; where earth-shattering discoveries -- and wealth beyond imagining -- could be the reward for those with the courage to face the terrible unknown.

here where the perilous journey ends, in the cold, shrouded heart of a breathtaking necropolis; something created by Man, yet not humanly possible. Something wondrous. Something terrifying.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11674 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07-01
• Released on: 2000-07-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 438 pages

Review
From the opening scene high in the Andes to the stunning finish, Excavation is a real page turner. -- Douglas Preston, co-author with Lincoln Child of THE ICE LIMIT

About the Author
James Rollins is the author of three previous national bestselling adventure novels, Subterranean, Excavation, and Deep Fathom. An amateur spelunker and scuba enthusiast, he holds a doctorate in veterinary medicine and has his own practice in Sacramento, California.

Customer Reviews

book review
This is the 4th Rollins' book I've read. I finished Excavation in three days; it was very good. True to his form, Rollins combines the exotic scenery with treachery, history, and mind-boggling suspense. Enjoy!!!!

Really good action packed adventure
The idea of this story is a mystery mummy if found along with a strange liquid gold material. While this is back in the United States, an excavation is taking place to find the entrance to a pyramid in the jungle.

While exploring the pyramid, looters decide to close the entrance with dynamite for later plundering, trapping several people inside. After the explosion, the pyramid is collapsing and the people have to go further into it's heart. There they find riches and a nasty trap. After escaping that, there are killer albino tarantulas, freezing cold rivers, bats, and strange mutated corpses.

And if that wasn't enough, the church is trying to collect all of the mysterious liquid gold for their own goals, crazy as they sound.

I really liked reading this book and would recommend it to anyone that likes the Indiana Jones/Dirk Pitt type stories. Between this and Subterranean I had to buy all of Rollins' books.

Some Faults, But Brilliant Nonetheless
Excavation is definitely more refined than Rollins' previous novel, Subterranean, and managed to entice me as early as the first or second chapter. However, once more the efforts of providing some form of romance falls a bit shy of the goal line. The two romantic relationships seemed rather strewn together, as if the characters were being forced to exhibit these emotional inclinations throughout the novel. Much of the physical contact and body language between the two romances was quite unbelievable--even given the circumstances. Towards the end, where you expect these characters to finally establish a true relationship, I raise an eyebrow in curiosity at how unrealistic the events appear. Such developments take place in the limited timeframe of the cinema, but surely not in the many pages of a novel.

The end of the novel seemed to glaze over some of the more finer details, rushing to complete the story and move the characters into a 'safe zone'. I felt a bit turned off by some of these events, as I truly wanted to read more. For instance, the climax of Joan's story arc is almost in absentia. The prologue even felt a bit anti-climactic, as if Rollins was attempting to resuscitate this rushed ending with an afterthought.

Though the romance and finale left something to be desired, the journey itself was well worth the trip. Rollins' mixture of history and modern day thinking fluidly develops into a brilliant, foreboding mystery. I found myself unable to resist continuing further in the saga, even as night drew me into sleep. Each piece of the puzzle was presented with encompassing danger and excitement that kept me asking what would happen next. The stories and events of the Incan civilization alone really push this novel into a level of excellence I cannot deny.