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    The Eye of Heaven

    Written by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    Treasure hunting husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo must protect a discovery that redefines Totlec history in this high-stakes adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

    Baffin Island: Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved-and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico.

    How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary Toltec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl-and a fabled object known as the Eye of Heaven-begin to emerge. But so do many dangerous people. Soon the Fargos find themselves on the run through jungles, temples, and secret tombs, caught between treasure hunters, crime cartels, and those with a far more personal motivation for stopping them. At the end of the road will be the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery-or death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 2, 2014
    ISBN9780698153547
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    The Eye of Heaven
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    Clive Cussler

    Clive Cussler (1931–2020) was the author or coauthor of over eighty books in five bestselling series, including DIRK PITT®, THE NUMA FILES®, THE OREGON FILES ®, AN ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE ®, A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE ®, and A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE ®. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, The Sea Hunters, and The Sea Hunters II; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley. 

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    • 4/5
      If Sam and Remi were real people, friends would probably tire of the company in hurry. The sugary banter between them really is tiresome (think "Schmoopy" episode of "Seinfeld"). When they aren't drinking like sailors, they off to the corners of the globe doing their best Indiana Jones impersonations.The Eye of Heaven takes them from the Mediterranean (initial encounter with UBG), then to Greenland (shocking discovery) to Mexico (payoff - and end game vs. UBG). Probably the best thing to happen to the story was a detour to Laos to retrieve a former academic who abandon a project and just stayed there becoming an alcoholic. After several weeks of treatment, the friend was well into recovery, but Sam and Remi couldn't booze it up with him around. The story seemed to focus better at that point.
    • 3/5
      The Fargos are a husband and wife team who enjoy travelling the world hunting down the remains of old civilisations and their most precious treasures. In this book, a survey in arctic Canada brings to light the remains of a Viking longboat encased in the ice field. Most people are fairly convinced the Vikings had reached Newfoundland centuries before Columbus but the Fargos saw signs that this ship had come from much further south, from the Toltec empire.As has become fairly standard in this sort of adventure, the authors throw all sorts of problems in the way of the intrepid duo including a side trip to Indochina and another to Cuba. In its rip-roaring way this was fun despite some of the more improbable events.
    • 4/5
      The last Cussler book I read started similarly, with Vikings whose ship gets stranded on the North American coast, but this one was a better book. It's not my favorite (I like the Dirk Pitt stories better), but I do appreciate that the Fargo stories have a husband-wife team, the Fargos, who are the heroes, so there is at least one woman in the story who is not just a sex interest. This story ties together several fascinating places, and since the Fargos are archaeologists, there is a lot of real history, geography and science mixed in with the fiction, always one of my favorite things about Cussler's books.
    • 5/5
      Consistently entertaining as always.
    • 4/5
      Nice story of archological finds of Vikings and Aztecs/Toltecs. Crime intrigue and history.
    • 2/5
      Disappointing, the Fargo's come off as more the run of the mill 'treasure hunters' rather than serious archaeologists and up against comical, cliche antagonists. His worst Fargo adventure so far.
    • 2/5
      Quite formulaic with activities pin balling all over the world. I started to flip the last 100 pages really fast.
    • 4/5
      This is the 6th book in the Fargo series but the first book written with Russell Blake, the earlier books being written with Grant Blackwood, followed by Thomas Perry. Unfortunately with the change to Russell Blake I kind of feel like Cussler's input has taken another step backwards and the co-writers influence is even more dominant in this title. Whilst the trademark historical aspect is still there, it's a little lighter in adventure and much heavier in unnecessary brand mentions and precise food descriptions, these things are a bit by the wayside to me, yeah it's interesting knowing what fancy sports car a character has but I don't really care if they are using 'a knife' or a 'SOG AE04 Aegis Folding Knife' to clear mortar from between the bricks in a Toltec ruin.Overall, it's still a fun romp through the jungles of Mexico, the ice shelves of Canada and did highlight the expanse of viking influence in history that I wasn't fully aware of which was interesting however cutting back on all the branding and cheesy dialogue would have been beneficial.
    • 3/5
      This book was very well done, but I couldn't finish it--just too upsetting. And I don't get upset all that easily.
    • 4/5
      Fascinating look into a fundamentalist religion.
    • 3/5
      A scary and fascinating look at fundamentalism and fanatacism. Also an interesting view of the history of the Mormon church, although I'd want to read more before I took everything said here as absolutely true.

      February 2008 COTC Book Club selection.
    • 2/5
      I am enthralled with the subject of Polygamy and this is a well written book . . . very clinical, informative, factual and dry book - which is why I gave it 2 stars. If the author had cut it down it would have earned three stars from me. I need just a little more heart and soul for me to grant it a better star rating. I enjoyed immensely the 19th wife. I understand this was not that kind of book, but I put this book away 60 pages from completing it, because it had lost my interest and that was not the case with the 19th wife, not even once.
    • 5/5
      Second book of Krakauers I've read. I really enjoy his storytelling and this didn't disappoint. Compelling story, interesting... could hardly put the book down. Highly recommend.
    • 3/5
      I love Jon Krakauer's writing and topics. I started this book knowing very little about Mormon Fundamentalists; Krakauer's exposure of the Lafferty family and the events surrounding the murders is detailed and interesting. You may feel like you need a shower after reading to wash off the disgusting descriptions.
    • 4/5
      In 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty brutally murdered their younger brother Allen's wife and baby girl saying that they were acting on orders from God. Ron and Dan are Mormon Fundamentalists, a breakaway sect that still practices polygamy and holds other unorthodox beliefs not sanctioned by the mainstream Mormon church.In Under the Banner of Heaven, Krakauer delves into the minds of the Lafferty brothers and what led them to commit such a heinous crime. In addition, he interweaves the history of the Mormon church throughout the book, alternating between that and the Lafferty brothers and other modern day Mormon Fundamentalist's stories.Krakauer traces the history of how Mormon Fundamentalism came to be starting at the beginning with Joseph Smith founding the mainstream Mormon church. I really appreciated learning about the beginnings of the LDS faith and why the Fundamentalists split from the mainstream church. Having this detailed background information helped me to understand better what beliefs the Fundamentalists hold and why.Krakauer is equally thorough in his examination of modern day Fundamentalism and the Lafferty brothers. He also discusses other contemporary Mormon Fundamentalists like Warren Jeffs and Brian David Mitchell, the man who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart.This book is a great combination of true crime and history. It's a wonderful primer on the history of the Mormon church and the status of Mormon Fundamentalism in today's world.
    • 5/5
      Extremely interesting book on fundamental Mormons.
    • 4/5
      An eye opening description of fundamentalist Mormons interwoven with Mormon history.
    • 3/5
      This is a fast-paced tale about archeological artifacts belonging to Vikings and Aztecs. As has become fairly standard in this sort of adventure, the authors throw all sorts of problems in the way of the intrepid duo including a side trip to Indochina and another to Cuba. The book seems to revolve too much around the main characters, what they eat, drink and wear, and less about other characters. I thought this would have more puzzles and twists
    • 4/5
      Like all of Krakauer's books, Under the Banner of Heaven, was very well written and extremely interesting. The history of the Mormom faith, from Joseph Smith through the time the book was published, was very informative. A great glimpse into the minds of some of the Mormon forefathers. The digressions into the crime in question (the double murder by the Lafferty brothers) was also enthralling yet disturbing. Krakauer's recounting of the violence peppered throughout the history of Mormonism paints a great picture as to what led to such a brutal crime by the Lafferty's. A great work of history and true crime reporting.
    • 4/5
      Under the Banner of Heaven was well-written, like all of Krakauer's works, but my god did I get bogged down at points. He includes so many digressions with so many people and names and dates - and none of them are chronological, just inserted into the story through casual relation! - that it was definitely difficult to get through. I've never really studied Mormon history in-depth, and this book was well-tailored to the casual learner in that respect, as it covered the histories of both the LDS and the FLDS churches. But it definitely did it in a drawn-out, relentless barrage of knowledge way.
    • 5/5
      Entwining the early years of Mormonism under the leadership of John Smith and, later, Brigham Young with a much more modern crime (that took place in 1984), Jon Krakauer examines violence and polygamy and how they shaped both modern Mormonism and its fundamentalist offshoots. I'd had a couple of Mormon friends in high school, but to be honest, I never really knew much about Mormonism or how it was founded. I'd also never heard of the massacre that took place at Mountain Meadow, which is just sickening to read about here. I can see why this book is controversial; Krakauer isn't afraid to explore - and expose - the dark side of Mormon history. I have read a few books about the FLDS, but mostly focusing on Warren Jeffs and his followers at Short Creek (Elissa Wall's memoir, as well as Sam Brower's book about his investigation into the cult). Krakauer's book, however, was written before the FLDS became a household discussion topic, and about a fundamentalism-fueled crime that I hadn't heard of before. Interesting, thought-provoking, and above all else disturbing, this book was difficult to put down.
    • 3/5
      This is an account of the murder of Brenda Lafferty and her baby daughter on July 24, 1984, by her nutty brothers-in-law. In telling of the weird thinking of some Mormons, not in good standing with the main Mormon sect, Krakauer spends a lot of time on Mormon history, which is of interest. The Laffertys are still alive, though they have had two trials both of which resulted in the jury saying they should be executed. Utah would be a lot better off if they did not waste so much money trying to do to the Laffertys what the Laffertys did to their victims. The space given in the book to the nutty ideas of Ron Lafferty does not make this a book good to read. I did read the LDS responmses to the book and they make some valid points.
    • 5/5
      frightening. i had to keep reminding myself that the vast majority of mormons are not like this - at least i hope not. the people in this book behave in ways that we would consider psychotic - listening to voices in their heads, identifying them as the voice of god speaking directly and very specifically to them, and acting in a completely psychopathic manner. it ranks up there with "in cold blood" as a deconstruction of a horrific murder, and one only has to hope that the average mormon does not follow the same basic philosophy as what is esposued by the fringe fanatics in this book.krakauer does it again.
    • 4/5
      An excellent book on a very dark subject. Persons interested in learning more about Mormon fundamentalism and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints would be well-served by reading this book.The book is well documented, includes a bibliography, and a helpful index.
    • 4/5
      If only Big Love were as good as this book. Violent, terrifying, and highly educational.
    • 4/5
      Any time an author sets out to write about religion, the book is going to be controversial. To me, it seems that religion itself is controversial. Many others have said that Krakauer's writing in this book is biased, but I really didn't get that impression. After reading it, I feel that I have a slightly better grasp of what Mormons and their fundamentalist counterparts believe in. This wasn't my favorite Krakauer book by a long shot, but it was worth the time it took to read it.
    • 4/5
      First, let me acknowledge that this is a controversial book. Krakauer is an agnostic writing about religion-inspired violence, and it should be clear how that can create problems. His book is obviously biased by his own views, but I don't consider that as severe a failing as some people do. I've been exposed to some fairly extreme historiographical viewpoints over the past semester, including the idea that all narrative is fiction, so maybe that has led me to think that bias is inevitable and doesn't automatically negate the value of a historical narrative; the main concern is to identify the bias and keep it in mind while reading.So, Krakauer's book is biased; I'm sure that a similar book written from an LDS or FLDS perspective would be equally biased in a different direction. I see the bias more as a missed opportunity than anything else; I would have liked to see some more presentation of other perspectives, particularly those of female Fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy who approve of the practice. We occasionally encountered one of these women in passing, but I would have liked a chance to get further into their heads--I guess I'll have to find another book for that.Krakauer has also been accused of making numerous factual errors, and he does acknowledge some of these in a response to a critical review included at the back of the book. For example, he misinterpreted a respectful use of the term "president" to suggest that the person referred to was actually the LDS president, when in fact he was only one of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and he conflated the Laban of the Old Testament with the Laban of the Book of Mormon. These sorts of errors aren't particularly interesting to me, since they didn't have any impact on the overall narrative; the greater concern is the charge of serious misrepresentations of various historical events. Krakauer denies error in these cases, maintaining that this is simply a case of differing historical interpretations. As someone with no personal stake in the matter, I'm less concerned about the "correct" understanding of these apparently debatable events than about having a general awareness of what the different positions are, so I'm glad that Krakauer included a discussion of these things in the appendix.I want to get one point across: I didn't come away from Krakauer's main narrative with any negative feelings toward Mormons in general. Krakauer made it clear that the crimes that played a central role in the book were committed by fundamentalists who had been excommunicated from the mainstream church. However, I was extremely unimpressed with the high-up church official who reviewed the book (a review that Krakauer includes in the appendix before addressing the various points it raised) and made the following statement: "Although the book may appeal to gullible persons who rise to such bait like trout to a fly hook, serious readers who want to understand Latter-day Saints and their history need not waste their time on it." That one sentence attacking readers of the book has done more harm to my impressions of Mormonism than an entire book about the connections between Mormonism and murder.I look at history as a process of inquiry. The goal isn't to present one undisputed truth, which is generally impossible, but to investigate the different perspectives with their inherent biases and at least gain some understanding of how different observers view the same events. I'd be happy to read another book about Mormon history from an approved Mormon viewpoint as a counterpoint to this one. I am not happy to be told that I'm an idiot for finding anything of value in Krakauer's book. While Krakauer may not provide all the answers, he at least offers interesting questions, which alone is enough to make this a worthwhile read. I was struck, for example, by the question of whether a religious fanatic could be guilty of murder or should be considered insane, which has all sorts of implications for how the courts view religion in general.In brief, Krakauer's book gives the reader plenty to think about. It generates good discussions. It's readable and interesting. This is exactly what I want in a book. I don't see this as the definitive portrayal of Mormonism, but since it left me with a curiosity about the religion that I didn't have before, I'd say it's a decent starting point.
    • 2/5
      I found the sections of this book on the history of Mormonism very useful and informative but I found the central storyline about the Lafferty murderers very sensationalist. I'm not someone who would normally read books on "true crime" and it might appeal more to those who enjoy this genre. I am also not sure about the balance of the book. I can't help but agree that the murdering brothers are evil and despicable but the general argument seemed to be that therefore the whole of the Mormon church is evil and despicable. Every religion has its extremists and lunatics that bring it into disrepute but the rest of the community should not be judged by them. I think it would be fair to say that the books is really about Mormon Fundamentalists rather than Mormonism as a whole.As a committed Christian and a libertarian there are many aspects of the Mormon faith that I disagree with strongly but I am not sure that this book gives them a fair hearing as a group.
    • 3/5
      The things I liked about this book:The history of Mormonism was an interesting topic to read about.It was thorough.I like the way Jon Krakauer makes nonfiction read like fiction.The things I didn't like about this book:It was extremely hard to keep all the people straight, especially the history and the Mormon family tree.Okay, so there was really only one thing I didn't like about the book, but I spent such a large portion of the book trying to figure out who was related to whom and trying to remember the significance of different names that some of the reading enjoyment was lost.
    • 2/5
      Althugh Krakauer's research into the history of the Mormons is apparently thorough, he has written a thoroughly scurrilous account of the, attributing any wrong-doing or even depraved behaaviors by peoplewho call themselves Mormon the religion itself. He comes down hardest on the Fundamentalists, those, harking back to Joseph Smith's belief in "celestial marriage", practice polygamy.Krakauer is very clever in the way he presents Mormons as deluded, incestuous, immoral nutcases. Part of the book is aan apparently objective presentation of the church's founding and subsequent history. Interspersed, often chaotically, these historical sections, are chapters on depraved polygamists, one of whom plans to imregnate each of his many daughters when they turn 12 years of age in order to produce a pure Saint. The implication is strong that only in Mormonism could such a disolute and crackpot circumstance occur. As I recall, the ancient Egyptians allowed only brothers and sisters of the highest royalty to produced children on just those grounds. To my knowledge Mormons don't advocate incest. If they do, then Krakauer should have cited chapter and verse to prove it. Alernatively, he should have cited statistics showing that Mormons do actually commit incest more than any members of other religions today. I know that incest occurs among Christians of all stripes and it probably occurs among people with no religion at all. If that supposition is wrong, it was up to Krakauer to preset the data that dispoves it. Instead, he implies that it is a result of being Mormon interspersing anecdotes about incest in between chapters of apparenty objective, researched history of the LSD.Similarly, he cites the story of one family of fanatical Mormons, showing how they went from being mainstream Mormons to believers in polygamy. Five brothers became fanatical, one of them hearing the voice of God, which his younger, adoring brother believed. Again, this story is interspersed between non-sensational chapters. Eventually, the two oldest brothers murder their youngest brother's wife and baby, while in the grip of delusions of grandeut. Again, Krakauer implies strongly that had they not been Mormons, they wouldn't have done this. Funny, I didn't know that delusions of grandeur are peculiar to Mormons.To show how disjointed this book is, Krakauer again intersperses the arrest and second trial of one of the elder brother in between other topics. He forgot to mention the first trial at all, and although we figure out that Dan, who actually committed the murders got life imprisonment, we don't know why. All that Krakauer recounts is how Robert acted in the second trial when the judge upheld his death sentence. Pretty strange omission.Krakauer shows his bias in throwaway remarks like, "Robert was no more crazy than anybody else who believes in God." I am not a Mormon. I did hear the story of the twelve tablets and Joseph Smith from two young missionaries and wondered that people could swallow such a thing, but then again, I have friends who believe things in their religions that I find equally improbable. However, they are intelligent, civilized, cultured, delightful people. They certainly aren't crazy. This book is like anti-Jewish tracts, describing the worst behavvior of people who call themselves Jewish in order to inflame hatred against all Jews. Hitler would have loved this book. Another group to be fodder for his killing camps. Hitler had delusions of grandeur, too. He was a Catholic. The Germans and Ukrainians that acted as Hitler's willing executioners were Christian, too. Would anybody dare write a book lining their behavior to Christianity? I sure wouldn't.