It's the year 1946 and Captain R. J. MacCready is assigned to a new case. He's off to the Himalayas with a team to investigate some newly found mammoth bones. But, this is just a cover story. What he's really doing is investigating an ancient codex that is allegedly written by Pliny the Elder. The Roman naturalist makes a startling claim, the discovery of a new human race. A race that inspired the myth of Yeti...
THE HIMALAYAN CODEX is a fascinating book. We get to follow Mac in 1946 as he and his team are investigating the codex and also, and we also step back in time to Pliny the Elder's time and follow Pliny as he together with a group of Roman soldiers travelers to the Himalayans. Both storylines are intriguing and I was quite captivated by the book. The myth of the Yeti has intrigued me for years and I was fascinated by this story, about a human race that is said to be able to accelerate the process of evolution. Of course, this process could be very dangerous in the wrong hands, and Mac and his team are not the only ones looking for this race of people. Both the Soviets and the Chinese are also trying to get access to the remote mountain valley of Tibet where the race is said to dwell...
It was first when I started to read this book that I realized it was the sequel to HELL'S GATE, a book that I have, but not yet read. I was quite happy to realize this since THE HIMALAYAN CODEX from the start thrilled me and now I can't wait to read HELL'S GATE. It's always a risk reading the sequel to a book that you haven't read. Will you be able to follow the storyline? Will you feel a bit lost because you need to have read the first book before? I can say that I had no problems reading this book without having read the first book, of course, it spoilers some of the events from the first book, but I was so intrigued by this book that I don't mind it.
As a fan of adventures thrillers did I love reading this book. Right from the start was I fascinated with the story, about a race that dwelt in the Himalayas. That the setting of the story is after WW2 is also something I enjoyed. It felt fitting somehow, the war may be over, but countries like China and Soviet are still looking for ways to dominate the world. Also, adding some real people into the story was really great. There was one character that I didn't figure out who he was until the very end, but when I realized the truth. Well, I loved it! Fabulous book, I hope there will be a third!
"Looks like Schutt and Finch are filling the void
left by the passing of Michael Crichton."--James Cameron,
director/writer/explorer
In the wake of World War II, zoologist and adventurer
Captain R. J. MacCready is sent to the frozen mountain
valleys of Tibet to find a creature of legend that may hold
the secret to humankindโs evolutionary futureโor the key to
its extinctionโin this explosive follow-up to Hellโs Gate.
It is 1946, and the world is beginning to rebuild from the
ashes of the devastating war. Marked by the perilous
discoveries he encountered in the wilds of Brazil, Captain
R. J. MacCready has a new assignment on the other side of
the globeโa mission that may help him put the jungleโs
horrors behind him. He is headed for the Himalayas, to
examine some recently discovered mammoth bones.
Arriving in Asia, Mac learns the bones are only a cover
story. Heโs really there to investigate an ancient codex
allegedly written by Pliny the Elder, a fascinating text
filled with explosive secrets. The Roman naturalist claimed
to have discovered a new race of humans, a divergent species
that inspired the myth of the Yeti and is rumored to have
the ability to accelerate the process of evolution. If
Plinyโs assertions are true, this seemingly supernatural
ability holds unlimited potential benefitsโand unlimited
potential for destruction.
Charged with uncovering more about this miracle species, Mac
sets off into the remote mountain valleys of Tibet, using
the codex as his guide. But the freezing climate and
treacherous terrain are only the beginning of the dangers
facing him. He must also contend with the brutal Chinese
army and a species of native creature even the Yeti seem to
fear. The deeper he plunges into the unknown, the more
certain it appears that Mac and the associates who join his
odyssey may not make it out alive.
Combining plausible science, history, and action-packed
thrills, The Himalayan Codex is a page-turning adventure
sure to enthrall fans of James Rollins, Michael Crichton,
Dan Brown, and Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
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