The Lost Temple

By Tom Harper

Book Overview

In the bestselling tradition of The Da Vinci Code, this is a breath-taking, all-action adventure from the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper. This page-turner will take through the myths and legends of lost civilisations and into the heart of an ancient mystery...If you like Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Scott Mariani, you'll love this

'Like Dan Brown, Tom Harper knows how to ratchet up the tension.' - Choice
'Totally fascinating' -- ***** Reader review
'Really good book, I find it hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'So thrilling I was reading it whenever I could' -- ***** Reader review
'This is an amazing book, well written. My only critisism is that I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review
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A DEAD MAN. A HIDDEN CODE. A DEVASTATING SECRET.

For three thousand years, the world's most dangerous treasure has been lost. Now the code that reveals its hiding place is about to be broken ...

Sam Grant is a disgraced ex-SOE soldier and an adventurer by trade. But he has a secret: six years ago, a dying archaeologist entrusted him with his life's work - transcripts of mysterious writing found in a hidden cave on Crete. Deciphered, it could lead to one of the greatest prizes in history.

But the treasure is as dangerous as it is valuable. The CIA wants it; so does the KGB. Helped by a brilliant Oxford professor, and a beautiful Greek archaeologist with her own secrets to hide, Grant is plunged into a labyrinth of ancient cults, forgotten mysteries and lost civilisations. But time is running out.

The secrets of the distant past may hold the key to the newest threats of the modern world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099515733
• ISBN13: 9780099515739
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Arrow
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 1.1" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

The Lost Temple

This book took a bit for me to get into, but once the people actually started on their quest it took off. I enjoyed reading about the places that the team visited, especially how they figured out where those places would be based off of different "stories" told in antiquity. Though I do think that the end would never have happened with a modern archeologist, it fit who the characters were, and rang true to the story that Harper had created.

Indiana Stones style story tackles greatest legend of all time!

Tom Harper has written some really amazing and fascinating adventures, in the "historical fiction" genre. Starting with his great series with Demetrious Askiates in Byzantium during the first crusades, Tom Harper continues his writing, with a story taking place shortly after WWII. The Lost Temple opens up on the invasion of Greece by the Nazi's in the beginning of WWII. We are introduced into our cunning main character, Grant. As a disgraced ex-special solider, he eventually turned to gun running for the Jews before there was a state of Israel. He had been giving a mysterious tablet, with a language not yet deciphered, and dating back to over 3000yrs ago. Uncoded, this language, Linear B (a real language which was deciphered in the 1950's), would be a map leading to not only the worlds most historical and mythical treasure, but something that could change the future for all human kind. Grant finds himself in the company of a British "spook," an Oxford professor, a CIA man who only goes by the name of "Jackson," and a former lover and patriot of Greece, Marina. Hot on their trails are the Russians, former Nazi's, and a wild adventure leading them across the middle east, and all around the Mediterean Sea and the Black Sea. Now, before saying, "Yeah, i've heard this one before," I don't think comparing this book to the "Da Vinci Code," is the best comparison. It is closer tied to the Indiana Jones series. Tom Harper's writing is very sharp, and you can tell he took great pains to do the immense amount of research for this novel. Not at one point did I ever feel that I was reading a text book, the history flowed naturally from the characters, and seemed real. You might as well call his a 1940's historical action novel, because that is exactly what it is. Through the almost non-stop action, we learn about what our hero's and "gods" were, or could've been like, all while on the race to find our most precious treasure, of a man that will forever live on in name, no matter how long. Readers who enjoy history, historical fiction, puzzles and adventure are sure to Enjoy Tom Harpers, "The Lost Temple!"