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Lots of interesting archeological lore in this as well as information on ancient anasazi culture.

The plot was exciting, but lots of sadness, gore and death. Almost a horror story.

Characters wete well-drawn and not so predictable, so some twists and turns.

Recommended for those who like southwest adventures, information on indigenous peoples, and archeology, as well as scary stories.


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Thunderhead Douglas Preston Lincoln Child 9780446608374 Books Reviews

To date this is my least favorite Preston and Child book. Though typically well researched and overall an interesting book, it seemed slow going in much of the book even with the number of action sequences interspersed throughout the book. I found the historical details interesting, but feel the book would have had a much tighter feel if they had been forced to make it shorter. Seemed to take the long route to get anywhere.
We recently returned from a road trip through the Southwest, where we visited a number of ancient Indian ruins. Each one reminded me of this book, so I loaned my paperback copy to my friend, and bought the edition. This makes the third time I've read this book, but it is so good, I'm sure it won't be the last.

Having just returned from visiting the ruins of the Southwest, the vivid descriptions of the canyons, valleys, and desert were spot on. I remember images of my first read several years ago, but the accuracy of the prose is a credit to the research that went into this story. And, speaking of the story, it is an absolute page turner..
This book is excellent on many levels. The premise is an archaeologist, Nora Kelly, mounting then managing an expedition to find a mythical lost city in the South Western United States. Her primary motivation isn’t professional accomplishment and acclaim but to find out what happened to her father 16 years earlier. Nora’s initial challenges of finding the city, funding, and staffing an expedition are resolved in a nearly Faustian deal with the Institute that employs her president. In return for funding the expedition Nora must accept the president’s staffing choices all very senior scholars and his daughter Sloan a Princeton Professor. This sets up a series of leadership challenges that Nora, an untenured professor, must continually resolve from a senior scholar’s challenges to the teenage like rebellion of Sloan. Add to this the rigors of backcountry travel through the canyons of Utah and continued conflict is inevitable.

Thunderhead also showcases what Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child do so well combine technology, scientific debate, the unexplained and human psychology into Conrad like adventures. For example, Nora finds the city by enlisting the help of a remote sensing scientist who explains the science and art of the discipline in searching for subsurface features. Likewise, Nora’s professional struggles at the institute illustrate divergent views in archaeology stylistic analysis, cataloguing and classifying individual artifacts versus cultural interpretation. The discussions amongst the team members on the expedition, further, explore the nature of archaeology as a destructive endeavor.

Against this scientific background, personal conflicts and the inability of one of the archaeologist to work in a remote wilderness, shattering Indiana Jones stereotypes creates both a realistic scenario and increasing tension in the narrative. This tension is heighted by mysterious figures that have been trailing Nora and seem determined to stop the expedition. Combine realistic dialogue, a genuine feel for the south-west, and search for a lost city and this one epic page turner
Along with edge-of-your seat storytelling, toss the element of witchcraft and other unworldly occurrences into the equation and you have a high speed read.

We shadow Professor Nora Kelly and her team of archeologists into the remote recesses of Utah's canyonlands to locate Coronado’s fabled Lost City of Gold...Quivira. What transpires is a mesmerizing expedition replete with surprises, shock, despair and suspense.
What truly did happen to the Anasazi? Was it silent warfare by the Aztecs migrating north?

Excellent descriptive writing...couldn't put it down...a story that is sure to satisfy.
This wonderfully written volume is but another in the volumes by Preston and Childs--this is the first outside of the Agent Prendergast series that I have read but it won't be the last.

From the first chapter to the last--this rapidly moving suspense-filled volume will grab you and twist you and even make you check the doors in your house to make certain they are locked...I had shivers up and down my spine several times during the course of reading this wonderful book.

If you like archaeology; Plains Indians; Pueblo Dwellings; and the wilderness along with superstitions and the "unexplained" you will love this book and be soon in search of others that they have written..you won't put this book down--that I will guarantee... Enjoy I did.... Prof. Rene Vallee
I loved this book. Had everything I want in an adventure novel Interesting settings and landscapes. Wide ranging cast of characters who are all interesting in their own way, but then compliment or oppose each other to create further dynamics to the story. There is mystery. A great pace. There is humor. There is action. There is horror. There is a fair amount of history too! And most importantly, a fair grasp of plausibility. My number one turn off with adventure novels is when the writer sets up a realistic plausible scenario and then takes a nose dive into obscure oddities that are just ridiculous. But Preston and Child kept it on the rails and made all the obstacles, threats, villains, and magic tangible and appropriate. They made a book that I think would be a hell of a movie. I didn't want to put it down, and now finished, want to read it again. This is my first Preston & Child book, but it won't be my last. Well done.
Lots of interesting archeological lore in this as well as information on ancient anasazi culture.

The plot was exciting, but lots of sadness, gore and death. Almost a horror story.

Characters wete well-drawn and not so predictable, so some twists and turns.

Recommended for those who like southwest adventures, information on indigenous peoples, and archeology, as well as scary stories.