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    The Exodus Quest
    The Exodus Quest
    The Exodus Quest
    Audiobook12 hours

    The Exodus Quest

    Written by Will Adams

    Narrated by David Colacci

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    On the trail of the lost Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeologist Daniel Knox stumbles upon a theft in progress at an ancient temple near Alexandria. Then a senior Egyptian archaeologist is violently killed, and the finger of suspicion points at Knox himself. To add to his mounting worries, his partner Gaille Bonnard is kidnapped while showing a television crew around the ruins of Amarna. She manages to smuggle out a message, pleading with Knox to rescue her, but he's locked in a police cell on suspicion of murder hundreds of miles away. His only hope of clearing his name and saving Gaille is to crack one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the ancient world...before it's too late.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateApr 29, 2010
    ISBN9781400187003
    The Exodus Quest
    Author

    Will Adams

    Will Adams has tried his hand at a multitude of careers over the years. Most recently, he worked for a London-based firm of communications consultants before giving it up to pursue his life-long dream of writing fiction. His first novel, The Alexander Cipher, has been published in sixteen languages, and has been followed by three more books in the Daniel Knox series, The Exodus Quest, The Lost Labyrinth and The Eden Legacy. He writes full-time and lives in Suffolk.

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    • 4/5
      A great action thriller with historical references. The book presents an interesting theory linking biblical and Egyptian histories.
    • 5/5
      Loved the first one. Bought the second and ... same.
      Action packed historical adventure roller coaster. You know what you're going to get and it's great fun, once in a while.
    • 2/5
      This could have been much a much better book. But isn't because it really seems like it can't decide what it actually wants to be. An interesting, surprising ancient revelation. or an action story. Unfortunately, it ends up feeling like it falls in an unenthusiastic heap somewhere between the two.

      The idea that Akenaten was the beginner of an idea of Monotheism (the doctrine or belief that there is one god), that possibly lead to the Jewish and the Christian 'God', isn't a new theory. But it is probably one that would surprise a lot of the readers of this type of Historical Mystery and Adventure novel. And so one that could, if handled correctly, lead to some Dan Brown/'The Da Vinci Code'-type excitement, even notoriety amongst a wider public. But by losing the premis amongst a convoluted tale of chases, corrupt Egyptian Police, mad US preachers, old girlfriends, narcissistic TV Archaeologists and their assistants and rain, lots of rain, it really doesn't become what it could have been. But, having read the previous one (?) involving Will Adams' archaeological hero 'Daniel Cox', the Alexander Cypher back in June, I really think that part of the problem is that the author either isn't interested in writing a better book, or isn't able to. I can't decide.

      Then, as with a lot of these type of adventure stories, he's also fallen into the trap of putting quotation marks around his theory. Of having his characters have long 'conversations' where they regurgitate all the facts the author wants the reader to get up to speed on, to enable the premis of the book/story to move along. Where characters being chased by all sorts of officialdom or underworld hoodlums, run through the streets dodging bullets while also running through what sounds like the presentation of a doctorate thesis. Really, especially in the early sections, the number of lectures they give each other, masquerading as conversations, is unbelievable. Not to say extremely dull if you're supposed to be reading, or supposed to be writing, an adventure story.

      And, in a story where they generally accidentally stumble upon illicit archaeological digs and fall over artifacts in obscure Egyptian back-street markets, isn't it lucky that - for instance and amongst many other examples - that Knox had; "...wasted countless glorious summer afternoons in a forlorn effort to master Syriac by studying that particular text...” Or his possibly/possibly not girlfriend 'Gaille' had; “...worked on her father’s excavation in Amarna for two seasons while still a teenager, and who’d studied the Eighteenth Dynasty for three years at the Sorbonne.” Handy. It often feels like the girl behind the counter in the coffee shop could probably interject with the name of the otherwise never heard of outside the British Museum's Ancient Greece section obscure Greek philosopher/writer who may have mentioned a fact that proves the unbelievable, improbable and otherwise generally thought to be unprovable.

      Then with the chase and adventure part of the story, another irritation came forward. Clearly having read and misunderstood too many Robert Ludlum books, he tries to keep too many (not all that interesting) balls in the air. Switching between different locations and different aspects of the action in the hope of simulating the frenetic atmosphere he's wanting to project. If not handled correctly, it just gives the whole thing discontinuity. And this isn't handled correctly or with any great enthusiasm. It just ends up feeling too broken up and frustratingly disjointed.

      It was good, but not great. It was exciting in parts, but not in enough parts. It was interesting in premis, but unenthusiastically handled. And that lack of enthusiasm spread to this reader as well. Should I read another of his? I can't decide.
    • 3/5
      Entertaining for the most part. While other reviewers found Adams' style of writing short chapters which are even further subdivided into vignettes that switch constantly between characters and situations, I found it irritating. I would have appreciated sticking with one set of people for a little longer than Adams did.

      I also found the climax and resolution severely lacking; it may be that I just wasn't invested in the characters, or maybe that it was rushed. I don't know.

      And finally, as a religious person myself, I found the cavalier dismissal of the Bible as a collection of folktales by most of the characters (other than the arguably maniacal and definitely homicidal reverend who serves as a primary antagonist) rather offensive. While I am open to other's opinions and recognize that the Bible is not primarily a historical record, I do believe it to be the word of God and that the events recorded therein really happened.
    • 5/5
      I have always been interested in all things Egyptian so I was excited to read this book. Unfortunately, as seems to be a habit of mine, I did not read the first in this series. Although I will after reading this novel. This book had an interesting theory about the possibility that Akhenaten and Neffertiti were Adam and Eve. There also seems to be other circumstances where there are parrallels between the Bible and Eqyptian history. Whether this is true or not is not for me to say but I did enjoy the concept. This book was very fast paced and full of interesting characters and lots of dangerous situations. Lots of bad guys and good amount of running and hiding by the main characters Daniel and Gaille from these said bad guys. There also was a hint of romance between these two people. This novel was researched very well and the plot of the story believable. The archaelogical sites were described in so much detail that I wonder if these sites were real. Sure seemed like it. I enjoyed this book immensely and do entend to find the first and read the last when it comes out.
    • 4/5
      If you love archaeology as well as a great mystery and a lot of suspenseful intrigue, "The Exodus Quest" by Will Adams is the book for you. This is in fact Adams’ second novel, and the second featuring Egyptologist Daniel Knox.After gaining fame for discovering the tomb and body of Alexander the Great (in the first book, "The Alexander Cipher"), Knox accidentally runs afoul of a quest to discover the true nature of the biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Before he’s done, he and others have discovered possible links between the monotheistic Pharaoh Akhenaten, the Essene and Pythagorean sects, and Moses — all of which could potentially blow biblical history and assumptions to smithereens.This book has everything: a fanatical Christian preacher eager to “do the Lord’s work,” even if it involves murder and the destruction of inconvenient historical evidence; a narcissistic documentary producer advancing another wild historical theory that may have more truth to it than anyone guesses; corrupt cops trying to get rich by tomb-robbing; and a wild, dangerous race from ancient site to ancient document to ancient site, as Knox tries to figure out what’s going on before he and his partner Gaille Bonnard get killed.The exciting action begins quite early, and from that point on is almost non-stop. The very style of the book keeps it constantly fresh, as Adams switches from scene to scene and moves between characters at a fast pace.Occasionally this constant switching can be a bit of a problem, though. There are so many different cops from different jurisdictions that once in a while you find yourself trying to remember who this or that police officer is, and whether this is one of the bad ones or the good ones. And you know, as you’re coming to the end of each scene, that it’s likely to leave you with another mini cliff-hanger, which can get old after a while. Nor is it always easy to remember all the tidbits of archaeological information that are revealed from scene to scene.But those problems are relatively minor. As you read, you are swept along by both the intriguing archaeological information and the action.I’ve tried to find information about the author, Will Adams, beyond the very brief blurb on his official website, but I haven’t been successful so far. My main reason was to try to discover whether he knows enough real archaeology to write it with authority. In the acknowledgements of the novel, he does mention certain books that support the theory and events he writes about, but that’s the extent of it.In the end, that doesn’t really matter. The theories seem plausible within the narrative itself, and I loved that ancient history and archaeology — two of my favourite things — were combined so well into such a fast-paced, exciting book.Now I need to read the first novel! And I hope to goodness Mr. Adams is working on another one.