An enigmatic visitor. A mysterious artifact. A map revealing not all myths are fake.The down on his luck Ryan Bodean and eternal optimist Megan Simons are at it again. This time it’s a death-defying search for the fabled lost city of Atlantis.But when a dangerous cult of Atlantean fanatics stop at nothing to keep their ancient secret, will it only be the legendary city that disappears beneath the … only be the legendary city that disappears beneath the sea?
This action/adventure and tropical thriller will keep you turning pages deep into the night. If you like edge of the seat, hold-onto-your breath, unputdownable thrill rides, you’re gonna love this book.
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An intriguing plot, great characters, lots of action, and references to real life oddities like those in the Da Vinci Code that will peak your interests.
Careless drinker ducks responsibility and gets out alive – 3 stars
This adventure emphasized the excitment while ignoring personal responsibility. It was more of an uncritical beach read than detailed adventure. If anything, we learn ways of escaping responsibility for buying beer, paying rent or helping people who were dying. Too much detail went into ways that Ryan Bodean (RB) managed to get free beers and the resultant exchange of confidences that should not have been shared.
It took over 25% of the book to launch into an Atlantis-themed adventure. Yes, we get some background but I was appalled that Ryan Bodean left a stabbing victim on a dock, left another stabbing victim in a dumpster and failed to alert the police after finding a priest who had his windpipe sliced. RB was able to walk away from crime sites to avoid the inconvenience of being questioned by the police.
Ryan had other lapses also: RB tried to protect his girlfriend Megan Simons except when he ducked out. It seemed odd that there were no international customs or procedures when jumping into a small sea plane in a foreign country.
In spite of these lapses, RB had a sense of his surroundings. He kept a few inches away from disaster. The plot line was good but the details seemed to be as sketchy as RB’s long range plans — missing in action. RB was best at break ins and escapes; his moral compass did not make muster for an action hero.
I liked getting caught up in the action but felt that rather than describe the drinking in such detail, the story would have a little less of miraculous escapes and a little more about grumbling about administrative requirements. Finding a special trove in a church was an excellent presentation of finding an old secret.
When you don’t have 2 pennies to rub together then you know how Ryan Bodean feels in this book. To top it all off, his girlfriend moved out to live with her mother. What do you do now? Search for the lost City of Atlantis.
This is another fun thriller and you can not help but love the characters.
Atlantis Storm – a review by Rosemary Kenny
Like the eponymous storm at the end of Atlantis Storm, you’ll be swept away on the waves of an epic adventure, that starts the A Ryan Bodean Tropical Thriller series by Steven Moore.
An unexpected encounter with a kindly old man, (while on one of his epic ‘benders’) leads to an incredible adventure for your flawed hero and mine, Ryan ‘RB’ Bodean, before a deadly ancient cult, (who will stop at nothing to protect their secret temple and treasures from the sight of ‘know-nots’- as they disparagingly call their ‘non-pure, I.e. non-Aryan’ members) are hot on RB and Meghan’s trail.
Broke and homeless they reach out to a rich pal, thereby accepting an irresistibly tempting chance to make the find of a treasure-hunter’s lifetime – and to risk torture, poisoning or any other kind of gruesome death the so-called Children of the Order of the Light can dream up!
Can our intrepid hero save the girl (he can’t quite work up the nerve to finally tell of his true feelings to)?
Will Atlantis turn out to be real?
Can RB and Meghan overcome their financial woes and restore Gidget (and their salvage company), to glory?
You won’t want to miss this excellent, exciting action-packed thriller of an adventure at any cost, as it’s a 5-star start to a wonderful new series by Steven Moore, that will ease your Lockdown Blues immensely and completely make you forget all about your Covid-19 fears.
Get your copy of Atlantis Storm today and batten down the hatches as you enjoy both this (and the next two adventures, so far),with Ryan Bodean & co!
„Atlantis Storm“ by David F. Berens and Steven Moore marks the start of a new series “Ryan Bodean Tropical Thrillers) featuring Ryan Bodean an out-of-luck but never out-of-hope entrepreneur turned salvage marine-wreck explorer that after a rather disastrous business strain. I read the prequel to the series “Havana Fury” a couple of months ago and immediately developed a soft spot for both main characters.
Ryan Bodean goes through life in a jinxed state of mind, veritable Murphy incarnate, whatever can go wrong surely will. Meanwhile Megan Simons is an incorrigible optimist, that not only fully believes in success but also, and frequently against all odds, manages to bring out the best in R.B. (Ryan). The chemistry between both characters is great aiding to develop the story.
As R.B. and Megan come across a map that supposedly shows the actual placement of the mythical Atlantis, they can almost feel their luck shifting, maybe to embark in the salvage business was not such a bad ideal after all. Of course, things never go smoothly when R.B. is on board . The map comes with its own brand of Atlantean cult fanatics that stop at practically nothing to preserve the discovery of the biggest legendary city of all times.
The story walks the line between real facts and adventure (secret cult, disappearing sailors, ghostly tales) to perfection. It is very good researched book, incorporating the latest scientific discoveries into Plato’s legendary tale, mixed with some bigger than life to downright fantastic plots that keep the reader in the edge of his/her seat frantically turning the pages to get to the core of the whole issue.
A well written book, with wonderful characters easy to like and follow, and an interesting story set against a very carefully crafted background. Berens and Moore (or Moore and Berens, really impossible to discern ) writing floods into the pages without foreseeable gaps, working as a one into a series that will without doubt become a favourite for any fan of the genre and anyone looking for an adventure that offers entertainment non-stop paired with good researched information.