The Covenant of Genesis by Andy McDermott
Fasten your seatbelt. Place critical thinking on hold. Activate visual imagination. Now you are ready for Andy McDermott’s latest thriller.
My regular readers will be familiar with the term ‘Indiana Jones’ genre and some of you will know that I am a real fan of Andy McDermott. This is a worthy addition to his booklist and as I was reading it, several other fans were keen to lay their hands on a copy.
In this the fourth book of the Eddie Chase series, Eddie and Nina are on the trail of an ancient civilisation, one far older than Atlantis, that has apparently disappeared from the face of the earth. Of course, there are a bunch of bad guys sworn to protect the secrets of this civilisation by killing everyone who learns anything and obliterating all archaeological traces. But of course Eddie and Nina survive their first encounter and once again find a treasure that will change mankind’s future. Well, maybe.
OK so the plot is not original. That’s why it is called a genre. But Andy McDermott writes it well. The story unfolds like a high-speed action movie with car chases, high explosives, and lots and lots of hand-to-hand combat. The reader never has a chance to draw breath. And that is the whole fun of the story. This is a book you read for pure entertainment.
And I really, really liked the explanation of the Genesis story at the end.
