I bought this one online. I was generally on the look out for any bestsellers of the popular kind and this came up and so I bought it. I read somewhere that Matthew Reilly was the next big thing and that his action packed adventure stories were pulling in the masses.
Now I know we all buy the James Joyce, and then safely stash it away in a corner. If there is one book that justifies doing that, its this one.
This books rocks. And I mean if you got an exam coming, or something important to do in the next two days, dont even think of picking up this one. Temple is one mean addictive story, if you start, your hooked to the end.
The stories (there are two running in parallel, with a gap of hundreds of years between them) revolve around an old mysterious stone idol, which hums when it touches water. Hmmm... thats a new one. Now the modern story is about a government agency in search for the idol, based on a manuscript which tells of the..... now hold your breath.... ancient story. Which basically means that you have no idea of what is going to happen next. And boy do things happen.
You have got the normal hesitant hero, who is least qualified for the search, the babe, the intrigue, the double-cross, the TEMPLE (yup its there too), the ancient heroic story with the bow and arrow thingies, and the new one with modern ultra unbelievably ridiculously souped guns, and to top it all of, big brutal mythical creatures that actually exist, and who (ohmygawd) eat humans by the dozens.
Matthew Reilly spares no expense and creative license to write this one. Breathless would be an understatement, this one is absolutely asthmatic. You follow the adventures of our hero and his top-secret, highly financed (consequently totally fictional) American Government Agency, in pursuit of the idol, which if course is a matter of national security, the bad guys too want it BAD, and the mythical creatures know no good or bad.
Watch out for the zip bang action sequences, especially the scene on the river, involving the choppers and plane. This one has Hollywood blockbuster written all over it. Thing is how do you pack in soooo much into one movie. If you have read a Reilly before and found it too much too digest, well forget anything and everything, run for your nearest bookstore and grab your copy of TEMPLE.
A pot pourri, of the best in action, mystery, myth, HELL everything. I got my money’s worth many time over.
You dont want to miss this one. TEMPLE is for the animal in you......