Raising Atlantis

by Thomas Greanias

Book Overview

Experience the first "outrageous adventure with a wild dose of the supernatural" (Clive Cussler, New York Times bestselling author) in the New York Times bestselling Atlantis trilogy, following... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743491912
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Pocket Star
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.7" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

i love these type of books

I love these type of books and i really tried to like this one. The ideas were good even though not based on true facts but on assumptions with a few facts scattered about. but they were lost in the telling. In most books there is a bad guy and a good guy to root for. Everyone here was bad guy it seemed. I didn't like any of the characters. They were all egotisitical or Braggards or trying to make the world in their image . A lot of God complexes here. It's as if the ones ,who gave it a good rating, and I read a completely different book I understand it was the authors first book. So maybe he'll get better as he writes more.This seemed more like a book report of an outline for a book.

What Bestsellers Are Made Of

I've seen RAISING ATLANTIS on the bestseller racks at my local Barnes & Noble week after week this summer. Each week it moves up to a higher ranking from the week before. Last Friday I finally cracked and bought myself a copy to see what all the fuss is about. I finished it over the weekend. I see now why RAISING ATLANTIS is a bestseller. I also see why the minority of reviewers below who hate it hate it so much and why the majority of reviewers who like it enjoy it so much. They are all correct. Bestsellers like DA VINCI CODE and RAISING ATLANTIS are not books. They are phenomena. The RAISING ATLANTIS phenomenon, however, unlike DA VINCI CODE, is neither pretentious nor boring. For me it has a more intriguing premise with its ruins under the ice in Antarctica, or is it Atlantis? I also like the characters better. Conrad the archaeologist is less than ideal, but I find him far more personable than know-it-alls like Robert Langdon. Serena the nun is a bit much, but she has an intelligent head on her attractive body and is just as integral to the action as Conrad, unlike the female eye candy in other fiction of this type. Last but not least, like all the angry critics, I, too, could not help but finish this book! We all finished this book. RAISING ATLANTIS is in the best sense of the word "a page-turner." Kudos to Mr. Greanias. So my recommendation is that if you like books like DA VINCI CODE or RULE OF FOUR and bestsellers of this type, you will love RAISING ATLANTIS, because it is better and more mainstream. But if you read hard-core adventure thrillers like those from Cussler, DeMille, Rollins or Reilly, then you might have certain expectations and feel some disappointment, despite the endorsements of such authors for RAISING ATLANTIS. As for me, I find myself still thinking about RAISING ATLANTIS and have recommended it to two friends and even written this review. That's what bestsellers are made of.

Great story - great writing.....

Being interested in "Alternative History" this book really hit a home run for me. If you are a fan of Grahm Hancock, Robert Buval, Robert Doherty (Area 51 Books) then this is right up your alley. Thomas Greanais has come out of nowhere and wrote a really quick paced novel simialr in vein to Robert Doherty's Area 51 books. You can read what the story is about from the overview and sample a chapter at Raising Atlantis website [...] you will be hooked just reading the first chapter. The only drawback to this novel is that it is based on a lot of alternative history background that is not explained in detail for anyone not familiar with the subject. For the initiate into this realm of alternate history it may very well bring some new fans to the realm. Also check out www.thedailygrail.com for new information each day in the alternate history scene.

Intrigue with a new twist

Here?s fast moving adventure and intrigue with a new twist on the Lost Continent of Atlantis. First you?ll think this a U.S. secret exploration of Antarctica.....it is. Then it looks like there?s an archaeological slant when Conrad Yeats is called away from the Andes, and a beautiful climbing and exploration companion, to fly to Antarctica.....there is. Next, Conrad?s foster father, General Griffin Yeats, reveals both a mile high pyramid beneath the ice and a hint of Conrad?s real parentage. Sister Serena, the sensual but faithful former nun, representative of the Vatican and the U.N., ancient language expert and Conrad?s romantic interest, comes on the scene. From there, the tale moves at high speed into the pyramid in search of its secrets and to the culmination of its ultimate mission on earth. The ending is a blast.

original concept and content

Reading books is something that I have to find the time to do because of my busy schedule. Bottom line is that I do not read a book unless it is: 1) intellectually stimulating, 2) captivating, and 3) substantive. "Raising Atlantis" has all of these qualities. I enjoyed the plot as well as the characters in the story. It captured my attention from the very beginning. In light of world events, the book has relevance and could be seen as non-fiction (the story is that believable). I would really like to see this become a movie, sort of an Indiana Jones for the 21st century ("The Mummy" definitely has failed in that sense in my opinion).

Creative Fiction?

This creative adventure takes the reader through a world not often explored in novels - the fictional city of Atlantis. What makes this novel work is that, like the Clancy books, the fiction is very believable. From the U.S. military coverup to the near international conflict I found myself asking, could this could happen?The writer combines an in-depth knowledge of archeology and military tactics with a modern day story that kept me riveted. If you like Clancy type books, but prefer a different and creative angle, this is the book for you.