In the most ambitious and exciting X-Files adventure to date, Mulder and Scully fly to the Yucatan jungle to investigate a missing team of archaelogists. Their exploration leads to a strange electronic signal coming from beneath ancient ruins -- a signal aimed upward, at the stars....
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"The X-Files is a true masterpiece. There's no more challenging series on television, and as a bonus, it's also brainy fun." -- Los Angeles Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A well-connected American archaeologist, Cassandra Rubicon, disappears while exploring the lost Mayan city of Xitaclan -- and an FBI team is flown to the Yuctan jungles to investigate.
This is no ordinary FBI team, however. Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are investigators assigned to the X-Files, the strange and inexplicable cases the FBI wants to keep hidden from the scrutiny of the press and the public...the cases involving the paranormal, the supernatural -- and possibly, the extraterrestrial.
Based on a mysterious jade artifact recovered from the crumbling ruins, as well as ominous legends whispered by superstitious natives, Mulder decides there may be more to this case than simply a missing team of scientists -- namely ancient curses, blood sacrifices, and deadly reptilian monsters lost in the jungles since before history.
Scully is, as always, more skeptical. Her priority is to keep an eye on her partner, trying to provide logical explanations for Mulder's unorthodox speculations.
Unbeknownst to the two FBI agents, the lost city of Xitaclan is the scene of an impending three-way brush war between Central American drug lords, international smugglers who deal in looted Mayan artifacts, and a covert U.S. military commando team that has been sent to investigate and destroy a strange electronic signal received from beneath the ruins -- a signal aimed upward, at the stars!
Accompanied by the father of the missing Cassandra Rubicon, Mulder and Scully must unravel the secret of Xitaclan and discover what has become of the lost archaeology team before these opposing forces converge on the forgotten ruins...and unleash a power that nothing on Earth can contain.
Ruins is the most ambitious and exciting X-Files novel to date, as Mulder and Scully race to unearth an ancient mystery with eerie and prophetic consequences for today's world, and the future. The truth is out there -- but can they bring it home to a skeptical world? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Kevin J. Anderson has written 46 national bestsellers and has over 20 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers' Choice Award. Find out more about Kevin Anderson at www.wordfire.com.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully Entertaining,
By clang_the_o (Alabama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ruins (The X-Files) (Mass Market Paperback)
Of the three X-Files series books I've read(GOBLINS, GROUND ZERO and RUINS), RUINS is most definitely the best. It is unlike the others for the simple fact that it is actually relevant to the show. For once, the reader can actually picture Mulder and Scully in the adventure, relating to each other in believable fashion. Anderson most definitely redeems himself with RUINS. It's well written, well researched and beautifully vivid. Kevin Anderson paints a rich tapestry of lush jungle, exotic natives and white-knuckle action. The few instances in the book that aren't congruent are quickly forgotten by the fast-paced storyline and overall flow. This book could easily be made into a made-for-TV movie or even on a larger scale. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I would love to see more of the same caliber from Anderson!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My Favorite X-File Novel,
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This review is from: Ruins (The X-Files) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is definitely my favorite X-file novel. It simply seemed the most adventuresome of the books. It has more of a sci-fi slant with the alien artifacts and any "shipper" has to appreciate the moment when Mulder thinks he should "thank" Scully. As a whole I enjoyed this book and think it's quite in keeping with the series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It was entertaining,
This review is from: Ruins (The X-Files) (Hardcover)
Okay so I just finished reading X-Files: Ruins and the book was really good up until the end.The premise was very intriguing, a team of archelogists go missing down in the Yucatan Penninsula and Scully and Mulder are dispatched to find out what happened to them and bring them back alive if possible. The dialogue was spot on for Scully and Mulder through most of the book, but Dr. Rubicon left a lot to be desired. For someone who is an expert in archeology, he sure used the word "uhhh" an awful lot. I know most of us use this word as filler in our daily lives while we search our minds for the right words we want to say and it works in the movies but in a book it just looks stupid. Towards the end of the book, like the last 30-40 pages Mulder and Scully start spouting stupid catch phrases from the 90's over and over again. Also I don't remember Mulder talking out loud to himself so much in the show, why couldn't he have just internal monologues instead of talking outloud when no one was there? Finally when he is sitting at his desk when the case is all said and done he's fiddling with a statue of a feathered snake. Yet we never find out how he got this, he never buys it, never finds it, no one gives it to him, it's just magically there at the end of the book. So much for continuity. All in all, the book wasn't bad, it kept me interested but the ending seemed too rushed to me. 3 Stars is the best I can give this.
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