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The Emperors Tomb On Ipad & Kindle | Steve Berry

I'm not going to lie to you, if you're hoping that this book will see the return of a story devoted to tracking down valuable & historically important treasures, you'll be disappointed. They're in here, but they are very much a backdrop to what is ultimately a political thriller. I do however, hope that you still give this book a chance. There's still enough here to like. It was going to be a normal day for Cotton until he got a message containing a web address. He didn't know what to expect from it, but he certainly wasn't expecting to see his old friend Cassiopeia Vitt being tortured. Cotton is given an ultimatum- give them what Cassiopeia left him or she dies. Only problem? He hasn't seen her in quite a while, let alone received anything from her. Unable to leave his friend (and possibly more) to die, Cotton meets up with one of the people involved in her capture, only to end up involved in something bigger than he ever expected. Not only is his & Cassiopeia's lives at stake, but also the future of China itself. While there is a wonderful amount of history & ancient mystery to this book, that wasn't the main plot point of the book. At its heart this book was ultimately a fast paced political thriller, which I did enjoy for the most part. I do miss the old days of Cotton Indiana Jonesing his way through the story, but Berry seems to be exploring a new & untapped facet of this series that is pretty intriguing. Unfortunately the book isn't completely perfect. There were times where the action laden scenes did seem to get a little bogged down under their own weight & I found myself really wishing the story would just move past that, especially when Cotton kept going on about how he didn't trust Viktor. It's during those times that I just felt that the book was a little overly drawn out & could've been about 30-50 pages shorter. Overall though, this was a decent read & I would suggest it to fans of Berry or Clive Cussler. I'd really only suggest it to people who have been keeping up with the series, though. Some of the book is able to stand by itself but there are many times when the book keeps referring to past encounters & escapades that'll probably leave new readers wondering exactly what is going on. I just don't know if I'd recommend people going out & buying this immediately. I enjoyed this greatly, but it did seem to be more of a "get it from the library" type of read.

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