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  • ISBN13: 9780553591194
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  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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For centuries, people have speculated concerning the fabled lost libraries of antiquity. If one were found, what marvels would it contain? Now a fearless team of adventurers is concerning to unearth this long-concealed secret, and it will lead them to the much astonishing discovery ever made.

In the treacherous waters off the rugged Sicilian coast, marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his team of scientific experts and ex-Exclusive Forces commandos do a shocking locate while searching for the legendary shipwreck of the apostle Paul. And when a second artifact is uncovered in the ruins of a buried city, Jack is on the verge of a discovery this could shake the world to its foundations: the handwritten words of Jesus Christ himself.

As he follows a hunch from the dying confession of an emperor to the burial crypt of a medieval pagan queen, Jack is chasing a conspiracy whose web stretches to the highest levels of international power–and he will have to risk everything to stop the controversial document from falling into the hands of a shadowy brotherhood determined to fulfill their murderous vows.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 1 of 5  Unhappy with two titles for the same book.   2009-11-17
By William J. Hubeny
I fully agree with Robert Weisz. It is not right to publish the same book under different titles without some kind of warning. I also am a very unhappy customer.




The Last Gospel

The Lost Tomb
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Great for history buffs   2009-08-09
By S. Robison
David Gibbins does a great job at taking historical facts and ideas and twisting them into a historical fiction that could almost be real. This book definately takes ideas from history and makes them into a plausable story. Although his books are not the most action oriented, they contain a great deal of history for those of you who love it. Just make sure you read the Authors notes at the end of the book, for those of you who don't know alot about history, to make sure you know what was true and what was fiction in his books!
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Clive Cussler wannabe?   2009-07-18
By K. Lamoreaux (tulsa)
I enjoyed the historical settings. I also plan to go back and read I, Claudius again.
However, I could not get over the fact that the two main characters seemed to be weak copies of Dirk Pitt and Giordino. I found myself comparing them constantly because I am a big fan of Clive Cussler's books. That is probably why I bought the book in the first place now that I think of it.
So overall, a fairly decent story but not quite up to my expectations.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  Dan Brown he is NOT   2009-06-24
By Tonya Payne
Published in Great Britain as "The Last Gospel", I picked it up after browsing a bookstore there, so I would have something to read at the airport and on the plane ride back to the States. I was looking forward to it, a cross between Indiana Jones and Dan Brown it said on the back, and I thought, 'How can you go wrong?' I was sorely disappointed. It is the worst book I have EVER read. And that's saying something, because I've read a lot of books. I couldn't even finish it and the only reason why I got 80% through the book is because my nine hour flight to the States didn't have On-Demand entertainment and I didn't want to watch The Pink Panther II.

The plot is thinner than the gruel given to poor Oliver Twist. I think the author has never heard of the Suspension of Disbelief. You know, that we suspend our disbelief, if you provide us with a riveting and well-told story. Well, there is no story here, it's more of a lesson in archaeology as told by the driest professor your mind can conjure up. He acts like his readers are idiots. Hello?! Most people who read a book within this sort of topic usually have a cursory knowledge of history. I don't need a review of it all and certainly not in the bland way that the author has presented it. Indeed if it weren't for all the exposition of historical facts, there'd be very little left.

There are pages and pages of historical exposition by the main character to his friend who is supposed to have a college education, something that I think the author assumes his readers don't have. And the expositions are not even incorporated into the story, what little story there is, that is. The main character just talks, as if he's in front of a classroom.

When they are not giving the reader a lecture about the history of this or that, they're doing very absurd and implausible things, and as mentioned above, there is no suspension of disbelief, so the absurd stands out like a sore thumb. They find "the greatest find of the century" multiple times, all in the course of a few days, and it seems with little effort put forth on the part of the protagonists. It's more like an archaeologist's wet dream than anything else. Indeed, it seems to me that the author has simply compiled all the artifacts/tombs he wishes he would find (with ease I might add) and put them on paper and sent it off to a publisher, with no attention to the fact that he was supposed to be writing a novel.

There is no character development, as in none. The characters are all flat, one dimensional, with very little emotion. They do not grow through the story, and it seems that the only reason they're in the story is because they want to give you a lecture. There is also a severe lack of detail, both to the characters and their environments.

David Gibbins, Dan Brown you most certainly are not. Dan Brown's books are a million times better written than this one, if that gives you any idea about how dreadful it is. It was a waste of £7. On the bright side, if a book this bad can get published, then I should have no problem finding someone to publish the book I'm writing.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Riveting Adventure   2009-06-09
By AzRRT (AZ)
The mix of historical reality and fiction make this a riveting adventure that is hard to put down.


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