Cameron Thorne and his fiancée Amanda Spencer don’t for a second believe the Ark of the Covenant is hidden in a cave in the Arizona desert. But when a militant survivalist leads them to a radioactive replica of the Ark, filled with a mysterious white powder, they begin to wonder if legends of Templar Knights visiting the American Southwest on a secret mission might be true. What is this strange … strange white powder? And is it the key to understanding the true power of both Moses and the sacred Ark of the Covenant?
Based on actual historical artifacts, and illustrated.
Publishers Weekly says of the author, “BRODY DOES A TERRIFIC JOB OF WRAPPING HIS RESEARCH IN A FAST-PACED THRILL RIDE.”
This is a stand-alone novel with recurring characters. These books can be read in any order.
WARNING: Not recommended for readers with strong religious beliefs.
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A quick easy entertaining read.
nicely-researched and well written.
Long winded and I had a hard time finishing it
I am still in this book but almost finished. I really am enjoying the author’s use of actual artifacts and unusual monuments to tie together the plotlines of his novels. Lots of good history and hyopthetical history,
I am finding that I am reading two other authors who are approaching these legends and the accompanying archaeology as well. However each of them have a different POV and style of adventure.
I love the use of actual artifacts to create the story. I have learned a lot and been greatly entertained at the same time. Characters are well thought out and realistic.
Captivating story. Easy to read. Photos are accurate but the properties and powers attributed to these objects and sites are fictional. Makes for a thought-provoking story. Moses may have drugged his followers to keep them following him for forty years in the desert? Survivalists are the good guys. Government the bad guy. Logical connections are made, however false. Somewhat repetitious, but still entertaining.
Very adventurous. Gives a feeling of being on a exciting getaway.
Makes you think
The book was well written, but the religious slant was disturbing.
Awesome! Loved it!
I like David Brody’s books. I enjoy his writing.
Remember it’s fiction, not the Bible or Koran.
A good read with some good underlying facts. A tad repetitive at times, but interesting nonetheless.
This book has a good underlying premise and plot, but is not very tightly written. His characters, while having promise, are not well developed beyond their disdain for religion. He doesn’t even explain how they came about their beliefs regarding religion. While the author goes to great lengths in his notes to explain that all the ancient artifacts and art mentioned in the story are real and brags about all the research done in this regard, he has failed to do even the most basic research on something that would have been easy to get correct – his (mis)representation of Mormon beliefs. It is puzzling why he even brought the Mormons into this story. It seems to be a rather gratuitous way to vent his own personal bias against Christianity in general and the Mormons in particular and really added nothing to an otherwise interesting plot. I kept thinking he was going to build this into a a real blockbuster, but it never happened. He could have easily found another source for conflict between Amanda and her prospective adoptive daughter or he could have really developed the Mormon belief in the Book of Mormon’s portrayal of ancient migrations of peoples from the middle east to the Americas and the possible connection to the artifacts found in Arizona. He could have even better satisfied his apparent bias against Mormon beliefs by using the fictional aspects of his story regarding the artifacts and New World exploration to disabuse his young adoptive daughter of her Mormon beliefs. Although it would have been unethical to do so in this fashion, at least it might have made more sense to his story. Don’t particularly recommend this book, but will probably read another of the author’s books only to see if my observations about this one carry through to the next one. I suspect that he holds some rather deep-seated (and perhaps misguided) feelings regarding the subject of religion and Mormons.
Story may be good, but I don’t like all the swearing. Didn’t finish reading.
Another great thrill an lots of history from Brody
Offensive to me as a Christian , otherwise a good story.
While the author offers interesting insight to historical artifacts and the possibilities they are connected to ancient cultures, he lacks correct information on current religions and cultures. Especially the culture of Utah and surrounding western states. He also has some very mistaken ideas concerning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He appears to specifically making statements to discredit this Church. Which is interesting, as it is this church which believes there were ancient civilizations on the North American continent. Because of the mistakes he makes concerning current religions, a lot of time must be spent to look up the artifacts he presents in this historical fiction series.
Another great book from David Brody. I have read all of his books and they are fantastic. Very realistic and character development has been impressive.
A good read