Raising Atlantis [Mass Market Paperback]

Thomas Greanias (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 2005

BURIED UNDER TWO MILES OF ICE.

In Antarctica, a glacial earthquake swallows up a team of scientists...and exposes a mysterious monument older than the Earth itself.

In Peru, archaeologist Dr. Conrad Yeats is apprehended by U.S. Special Forces...to unlock the final key to the origins of the human race.

In Rome, the pope summons environmental activist Dr. Serena Serghetti to the Vatican...and reveals a terrifying vision of apocalyptic disaster.

In space, a weather satellite reveals four massive storms forming around the South Pole...and three U.S. spy satellites disappear from orbit.

These are the end times, when the legends of a lost civilization and the prophecies of the world's great religions lead a man and a woman to a shattering discovery that will change the fate of humankind. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man--and as inevitable as doomsday. This is RAISING ATLANTIS....

Editorial Reviews

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"A thrill ride from start to finish."

-- Clive Cussler

"Remarkable....grabs hold of you from the first page."

-- Nelson DeMille

From the Inside Flap

"....a gripping page-turner; one of those books you end up staying up way too late reading and then are sorry the next morning when you can't get out of bed! I think it's a lot like The DaVinci Code, but I like the ending on this one better. The book takes you on an adventure to Antarctica in search for the lost city of Atlantis with a nun and an archaeologist who are dodging the military who want to cover up this amazing find. What they uncover is amazing and frightening and could unlock the secrets of how life began." --Sandra Hughes, CBS News

"It's not hard to see why this techno-thriller has already been such a success: a gripping plot about the discovery of an island believed to be Atlantis--not in the Aegean but buried under the ice of the South Pole; some colorful characters, including a father-and-son team of archeologists (Are Harrison Ford and Sean Connery ready to do the film?); and some clean, no-nonsense writing that adds to the reading speed and suspense." --Chicago Tribune

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Star (July 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743491912
• ISBN-13: 978-0743491914
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers > Technothrillers

More About the Author

Thomas Greanias is the founder of The Atlantis Mapping Project and is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels: RAISING ATLANTIS, THE ATLANTIS PROPHECY, THE ATLANTIS REVELATION, THE WAR CLOUD, THE PROMISED WAR, THE 34TH DEGREE and, coming soon, DOMINUS DEI.

The pioneer in eBook adventure, Thomas Greanias was the first major novelist to break out on the Web with RAISING ATLANTIS, a No. 1 bestselling eBook on Amazon and audiobook on Audible and iTunes. His sequels and subsequent novels in print have landed him on the New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, and his books have been translated into a dozen languages and sold in 75 countries.

His writing has won the raves of critics and his peers, leading No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor to declare that "Thomas Greanias is the king of high-octane adventure."

THE ATLANTIS MAPPING PROJECT

If you are looking for Atlantis underwater, look everywhere else in books, movies and TV. But don't look to the seminal Atlantis novels of Thomas Greanias. Acknowledged as the only true evolution of the Atlantis mythology in more than 2,500 years, the blockbuster series leaps from a lost continent in RAISING ATLANTIS to a centuries-old global conspiracy in THE ATLANTIS PROPHECY and beyond in the ongoing adventures of The Atlantis Mapping Project.

Astro-archaeologist Conrad Yeats is no Indiana Jones. He doesn't care if an artifact belongs in a museum or not. The post-modern adventurer believes it's the information that an artifact or ancient monument reveals about its builders that is more important than the site itself. And he can read the stars like a map to lead him to sites that even the most advanced satellites miss.

Opposing him as much as helping him is the love of his life and rival, Serena Serghetti. The beautiful Vatican linguist can decipher the language of Nature and angels. Dubbed by the media as "Mother Earth" for her environmental extremism, she lives to preserve the very things--including her faith--that the only man she's ever loved seems all too willing to sacrifice in his never-ending quest to discover the secret origins of humanity and his own life.

WHAT IF THERE REALLY WAS AN ATLANTIS--THE ONE PLATO DESCRIBED AND NOT THE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD IMAGINATION?

WHAT IF THERE WERE SURVIVORS--AND THEIR DESCENDANTS LIVE AMONG US, INVISIBLE SAVE FOR RECESSIVE DNA?

WHAT IF THIS "ALIGNMENT" IS STEERING THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY TO RE-ESTABLISH A MASTER CIVILIZATION?

AND WHAT IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE "THEM"--AND THE ONLY PERSON ON EARTH WHO CAN STOP THEM?

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good first novel but falls short, August 10, 2005

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Maxime Gagnon (Montreal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising Atlantis (Mass Market Paperback)

Raising Atlantis is Thomas Greanias first novel and although there was a lot of hype surrounding its release in paperback form (since it first came out as an e-book) the book somewhat falls short. First of all, the characters are all one dimensional and sometimes even corny. The book completely lacks symbolism as the mains characters seem empty and stereotyped. Right from the beginning, the author explains their profound motivations so there is a complete lack of intrigue. Also, I am an archaeologist, so I was quite amused once again by the popular belief that archaeologists now everything about every culture in the world. The main character is an Egyptologist and at the same time a Mesoamerican specialist! I mean common, I expected more realism from Greanias especially since he had supposedly done quite a lot of research. What was even funnier was the ability of Dr Conrad to calculate angles and astrological alignment without the aid of any computer. Now that's fiction! At least the plot is interesting but then again, It seam as though the author watched too many times the NBC special ''Atlantis, the search for the lost continent'' that aired in 1996. Mister Thomas Greanias, you can't just watch a documentary and read a couple of book, use their content as background, invent a few empty characters and call it a book. I was quite disappointed by this book. But even with all its flaws, it's still not bad. It's entertaining. Period. And that's what I think was disappointing, especially since it's based upon facts that question the true origins of our race. Read it to be entertained and don't expect anything else.

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good first novel, but falls short., August 10, 2005

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Maxime Gagnon (Montreal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising Atlantis (Mass Market Paperback)

Raising Atlantis is Thomas Greanias first novel and although there was a lot of hype surrounding its release in paperback form (since it first came out as an e-book) the book somewhat falls short. First of all, the characters are all one dimensional and sometimes even corny. The book completely lacks symbolism as the mains characters seem empty and stereotyped. Right from the beginning, the author explains their profound motivations so there is a complete lack of intrigue. Also, I am an archaeologist, so I was quite amused once again by the popular belief that archaeologists know everything about every culture in the world. The main character is an Egyptologist and at the same time a Mesoamerican specialist! I mean common, I expected more realism from Greanias especially since he had supposedly done quite a lot of research. What was even funnier was the ability of Dr Conrad to calculate angles and astrological alignment without the aid of any computer. Now that's fiction! At least the plot is interesting but then again, It seam as though the author watched too many times the NBC special ''Atlantis, the search for the lost continent'' that aired in 1996. Mister Thomas Greanias, you can't just watch a documentary and read a couple of book, use their content as background, invent a few empty characters and call it a book. I was quite disappointed by this book. But even with all its flaws, it's still not bad. It's entertaining. Period. And that's what I think was disappointing, especially since it's based upon facts that question the true origins of our race. Read it to be entertained and don't expect anything else.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Mystery-Thriller, August 20, 2005

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This review is from: Raising Atlantis (Mass Market Paperback)

I have worked with both the Naitonal Science Foundation in Antarctica and served with the U.S. Navy. The detail in RAISING ATLANTIS is Tom Clancy-level. Most impressive. Mr. Greanias must have some background in the military. Those ignoramuses below don't know what the hell they are talking about. RAISING ATLANTIS came out as an e-book before both Cussler's ATLANTIS FOUND, which is another excellent thriller, and Steve Pavlou's DECIPHER, which is not. That's how I and many other military types first read RAISING ATLANTIS, on our computer screens. The paperback is even better, and it's ashame that third-rate readers who fancy themselves critics feel compelled to call something as original and wll-researched as RAISING ATLANTIS a copycat. Other way around. But it doesn't surprise me that if you have read either of the other two novels first you would not like RAISING ATLANTIS. But if you haven't, RAISING ATLANTIS is the one. An all-American winner.