Temple
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4.3 • 61 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A blockbuster thriller from bestselling author Matthew Reilly.
Four centuries ago, a precious idol was hidden in the jungles of Peru. To the Incan people, it is still the ultimate symbol of their spirit. To William race, an American linguist enlisted by the U.S. Army to decipher the clues to its location, it's the ultimate symbol of the apocalypse...
Carved from a rare stone not found on Earth, the idol possesses elements more destructive than any nuclear bomb--a virtual planet killer. In the wrong hands it could mean the end of mankind. And whoever possesses the idol, possesses the unfathomable--and cataclysmic--power of the gods...
Now, in the foothills of the Andes, Race's team has arrived--but they're not alone. And soon they'll discover that to penetrate the temple of the idol is to break the first rule of survival.
Because some treasures are meant to stay buried..and forces are ready to kill to keep it that way...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As aggressive as an avalanche--and often with the same grace--Reilly's second pulp-fiction adventure hurtles into the Peruvian jungle, where competing factions search for a precious Incan idol, the "Spirit of the People." The U.S. Army leads the pack. Like the others, the army wants the relic because it is made out of thyrium-261, a rare material, found only in meteorites, that can be used to create a fearsome weapon of mass destruction. The idol--a carved snarling jaguar head--is hidden in a stone temple and guarded by a pack of fearsome rapas, huge cats that can tear the best-trained warrior limb from limb. If the rapas aren't enough, 22-foot crocodiles also lurk nearby. The army group is led by unlikely hero William Race, a linguist brought along on the journey to translate the 400-year-old manuscript revealing the location of the idol. Race and the soldiers manage to fight off the rapas and retrieve the precious statuette, only to have a latterday Nazi paramilitary group, the Stormtroopers, crash the scene and take it away. However, the Stormtroopers can't hold the idol for long. U.S. Navy Seals swoop in to grab it, then lose it to a terrorist outfit from Texas. The mad chase--fought on land, water and in the air--hurtles through ancient ruins, abandoned gold mines and tribal villages. The action, punctuated by regular bursts of superhuman feats and other absurdities, careens along at a breakneck pace. Australian Reilly (Ice Station) has a gift for sustaining momentum that never lets up. His writing may be crude at points, his characters cartoonish and his humor inelegant, but his story delivers all the excitement it promises.
Customer Reviews
Temple
Good book and lots of action. I was a bit disappointed there were so many type-o's. It is probably a scan conversion issue, but it would have been nice to get an edited version.
Not as quite as good as the Scarecrow books, but it's still five stars!
While the first three books with Scarecrow are my favorite Reilly books, this one is still excellent. Fast paced. Creative. Interesting.
Contest is another excellent Scarecrow-less Reilly book. Sci-fi.
Do Not Buy This Version
Matthew Riley is a good author. "Temple" is a great book. Violent and sudden; imagine Michael Bay effects with M. Knight's twists.
THIS VERSION has so many typographical errors, I had to tell you. Not even counting all the other examples, for some reason the word "die" was replaced with "the" throughout. There's something incredibly sad about reading some classic Riley violent exchange punctuated by nonsensical "Im willing to the for you" or, "He knew then he was going to the without a doubt."
I would like someone to fix this scan and do it well. All it takes is time and someone with a 5th grade education level. I paid you nine dollars. Do it well or I will regard you as thieves who have swindled me with an inferior product and demand a refund of my 8.99 USD in iTunes credit or any legal tender.