The world knows him as Santa Claus or Father Christmas, but his official name has been Saint Nicholas of Myra for over seventeen hundred years, and someone will kill over one gift he’s left behind.When Alex and Sam take a vacation on board a chartered yacht in the Adriatic, their tranquil escape comes to a grinding halt. In the wrong place at the wrong time, they are drawn into a world of … drawn into a world of biochemical warfare threatening to destroy countless innocent lives.
What lurks at the center of it all are the remains of a seventeen-hundred-year-old Christian saint whose bones secrete a liquid believed to possess immense healing powers. For centuries the Roman Catholic Church in Italy has kept the elixir sacred; extracted only once a year to heal the sick. However, things go dreadfully wrong, and the revered fluid goes missing.
Now, relying on their unique skills and valor to take on a powerful enemy, Alex and Sam are in a race against time to find the essence and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Will they have what is necessary to stop a ruthless enemy before millions of innocent people die?
Join them in another riveting adventure as they travel between China, Greece, and Italy in a quest to save the world!
Inspired by real historical facts and events. The Bari Bones is Book 5 in the action-packed Alex Hunt Adventure Thriller series.
Also suitable as a standalone novel.
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It captures you in the first few paragraphs and Alex takes you on another roller coaster of a thrill ride !!!
Always enjoy Urcleia’s books they are such a joy to read !
can not wait for the next Alex story .
Rating: 4.5 stars
What I enjoyed about this book:
• The fierce storm scene in the prologue quickly drew me into the story. I could feel the wind and waves on my face. The author set the scene up perfectly.
• This archaeological mystery with Alex and Sam was fast paced and the author’s writing puts you right in the middle of the scenes full of action.
• The plot had twists and turns, and was not predictable.
• This was a clean read and I appreciate that.
• This book can be read as a stand-alone, but Alex’s and Sam’s personalities are gleaned from their previous adventures and interactions in other books.
I like to read about archeology, history, mystery, and adventure. If you enjoy reading these types of books, you will want to read this Alex Hunt Adventure Thriller.
I received an advanced copy of this book from the author. My review was voluntarily given and my opinions were my own.
The author very kindly sent me an ARC of the book. The plot is brilliant. Fast paced and breathtakingly enthralling, this book was hard to stop reading. I am glad I chose to read Urcelia’s book and will definitely look out for more of her thrillers.
Santa is coming to town…. or rather popping out into Alex’ vacation
This is the fifth Alex Hunt Adventure thriller and the most intricate in the series. Alex Hunt, agoraphobic archeologist, with a propensity to end up in the most strange and extraneous situations, can best be described as the fictional love child of Indiana Jones and – for good measure – Lara Croft with some traits of aunt Alex Rover (Jodie Foster’s character in Nim’s Island).… so highly enjoyable and relatable.
Every Alex Hunt adventure surpasses the previous one in terms of historical value, thrilling action and reading entertainment; it really comes not as a surprise that “The Bari Bones” is in fact the most enjoyable…. yet…(I am sure the next one will top this one… and… and… you got the thrill – pun intended)
This time should have been different, really, as Alex and Sam are just invested in enjoying their vacation in the Adrian See, vast blue oceans, leisure nights, relaxing under the sun and the pleasures of yachting, nothing exciting..… wide miss….
True to nature, they ended up at the wrong time in the wrong place, in the middle of a biochemical warfare that threats to destroy not only uncountable lives but the general status-quo. Thrown in the middle of the action, they come across a secret relic tied to Saint Nicolas the Myra, the real historical figure behind the modern Santa Claus legend.
Fast-paced action and historical data joined in a thrilling tale of power hunger and betrayal and a page-turner until the very last page. Urcelia Teixeira’s writing style is fluid and rapid, yet highly informative. All her books are based in actual historical facts, interwoven fiction and reality into one of the top adventure thriller series of the moment.
A must-read recommendation for lovers of historical adventure (who will much appreciate the additional information provided by the author) as well as fans of page-turner adventure thrillers, with a penchant for intelligent plots.
“The Bari Bones” can perfectly be read as a stand-alone adventure, without any knowledge of the previous books in series whatsoever, and could easily be the starting point into the “Alex Hunter” world, for any new readers
I love the fact that this is a historical account of events!
A New Twist On The Story Of Santa. Who would have thought the person based on Santa Claus had left such a legacy? Of course, that’s in this story, anyway. Very well written and thought out. Loads of twists and turns. A true page turner! Well worth the read!
The team is on their honeymoon on a luxury yacht when they stumble into a murder mystery of a priest in the town of Bari. The church there was preparing for a yearly event in which a mysterious ‘manna’ with healing powers was to be gathered from an important church relic and distributed to the church goers. The team jumps in to investigate and are drawn into a conspiracy to steal the manna. The excitement continues to the very end.
I enjoy this author’s books because she keeps them clean of foul language, graphic sex and still delivers an exciting stories.
Really enjoyed this book. It has been my favorite of the series so far.
It starts off fast and doesn’t stop. Keeps your interest through the whole book with no let up.
In the story Alex and Sam Quinn are on their honeymoon when they get drawn into a mystery surrounding a dead priest and some missing magical elixir. A young boy is considered a suspect and they try to help him. They are on a quest to find the ‘manna’ and figure out who is behind the murder. The story goes from Italy to Greece to China with the Quinns matching wits with some high tech diabolical killers.
Like how the book started out with an historical event that was then linked to the crime in the present time
I really enjoyed Bari Bones. Great story! Alex and Sam’s honeymoon is interrupted by the murder of a priest. A miraculous fluid is stolen from the church at the same time. But there’s no such thing as miracles — is there??
I read a pre-release copy of this book with no strings attached.