Review: "Atlantis" by David Gibbons
This is the kind of book I love - history, mystery and adventure!
Gibbon's book takes you on a dive into adventure - through ancient shipwrecks, sunken nuclear submarines and long-lost citadels. He is without a doubt knowledgeable on underwater archaeology and the mystery of Atlantis is a fascinating and exciting subject.
With a mixture of archaeological discoveries and high tech battles between the archaeology team, terrorists and black-market antiquities traders the book has a great pace, and there are a few twists that keep it exciting.
Although I did enjoy reading the book, there were a few things that I wasn't overly keen on about it (hopefully this won't give too much away!)
- the discovery of Atlantis happens thanks to two archaeological discoveries that happen within days of each other. For a city to be lost for Millennia and then suddenly rediscovered through findings on two separate digs within days seemed just a little too coincidental for me
- Gibbons obviously know his stuff and the book details a range of boat/dive equipment and weaponry that are extremely advanced. Although a lot of this stuff was well described, I did find some of quite hard to follow, and therefore tricky to imagine!
Synopsis
ATLANTIS
the fabled islands which disappeared beneath the waves at the dawn of history
ATLANTIS
one of archaeology's most enduring mysteries
ATLANTIS
fact or myth? No one has ever known - until now
One day, on a dive in the Mediterranean, marine archaeologist Jack Howard gets lucky. Very lucky. He and his team uncover hat could be the key to the location of the lost island.
Jack is on the verge of making an astounding breakthrough, but someone else knows about Atlantis's location. And Jack and those closest to him are suddenly locked in a life or death game with consequences that could destroy thousands of lives. For what Jack discovers is beyond his wildest dreams - but it comes at a terrifying price.
Overview
If you love books about mystery and history then this book is enjoyable. It is faced past and he story is gripping, but it does have a lot of technological which did confuse me a little!
