The Aymara Bridge [Hardcover]

Roger Pressman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2001

Matt Sousa is young archaeologist with an unusual background. On a dig in the foothills of the Andes mountains, Matt uncovers a mysterious Inca object that appears to be almost 1,000 years old, but there's something odd about it, and it's unlike anything he's ever seen.

RJ Fanler is the deposed founder of a major computer company who believes that its time for the personal computer to morph into something much more advanced. He believes that machine intelligence is the next great leap, but is struggling with how to achieve it.

Marco Paena is a member of the Peruvian terrorist group, Shining Path. He wants to bring down the Peruvian government and needs money to finance a major terrorist strike.

An ancient Inca language—Aymara—puts these men on a collision path.

Set in Peru and the United States, The Aymara Bridge is a technological thriller that melds the mysteries of the Incas with one vision of a not too far distant future.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 372 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401021077
• ISBN-13: 978-1401021078
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,911,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Key of Keys (KoK) and the Source ... to a great book., April 12, 2002

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This review is from: The Aymara Bridge (Hardcover)

A high technology disk is found in an old Inca dig in Peru. If the disk (a small CD-ROM) really is over 1000 years old, then our technology has just reached the point to read it -- as prophesized in the text itself as they unravel the symbols. The language is ancient Aymara. This book is fast paced and is based on an intriguing plausibility of how the Inca civilization may have advanced so quickly.

The disk is processed through several decryption programs without success, but it is Diana Travest's knowledge of the ancient Peruvian language of Aymara that helps Matt Sousa find the Key of Keys (KoK). They need more information before announcing such a find -- if it is not a true antiquity, it will destroy their reputations as archaeologists. Translations of the small, encrypted file refer to "The Source." They must return to Peru to find it.

Meanwhile, the Sendero Luminoso, a revolutionary group, needs money for weapons. The group has internal conflict, and has not paid for their last shipment. They will, however, force their buyer (whose identity is no longer hidden from them) to front the money himself.

R J Fanler, a multi-millionaire entrepreneur is working on a way to process data. The technology that he wants to develop is as different as a computer is from a typewriter; an upgrade of that magnitude could drive old established companies to "catch up," or perhaps dry up. He also is fascinated by space and unexplained mysteries, and he will finance the dig.

These various forces are on separate paths, but they will clash over this discovery. Matt Sousa is a graduate student in Archaeology; he found the original disk. His colleague, the woman he loves, is kidnapped. Matt's secret weapons are his Special Forces training; RJ Fanler, the entrepreneur with the money; and a former SF associate. They will try to rescue Professor Diana Travest and the antiquity called "The Source."

Roger Pressman is well known in the world of technology. Author of "Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach," which is required reading for software engineers, and six additional technology books. This is his first venture into fiction, and The Aymara Bridge is a strong combination of a plot and character driven novel, with the additions of international intrigue, high finances, ideologies, and guerilla tactics. I could not put it down.

All of the elements that make a great movie are in place in The Aymara Bridge. I could see Ben Affleck as Matt Sousa; Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman or Cameron Diaz as his colleague and lover Diana Travest, and Brad Pitt as RJ Fanler, the entrepreneur technologist.

The Aymara Bridge is a five star read.

Victoria Tarrani