Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly

More Aunt Sally than Scarecrow (1120 words)
by stayleyvegas - written on 10/01/08 (Very useful, 226 readings)
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randomly agreed a swap by shutting my eyes and pointing, as I had turned down the previous five requests due to a lack of choice. Two days later, Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly turned up. "Breathless action.....Explosive stuff" the Daily Mirror comments shouted out on the back cover and coupled with the synopsis I was actually quite intrigued and looking forward to what looked a promising read. Now I had never heard of Matthew Reilly but this was his fourth novel with them all seemingly being best sellers. Given he is an Aussie then this may mean that he reached the Sydney top 100 book list as his parents bought one each. The surprising thing is it probably ...

The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly

Saving the world from destruction (again) (529 words)
by dizzysummer03 - written on 14/08/09 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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The Six Sacred Stones is the second book by Matthew Reilly featuring Jack West Jr. It follows on from his previous novel - Seven Ancient Wonders. In the previous novel West, along with a trusted group of people fought to save the world from complete destruction, but now all they fought for has been destroyed as a group have managed to undo what the team had achieved. Only four of the original group from the previous book survived to make this book and they are joined by representatives from other countries, all of whom have their own agendas. Their task is two find 6 diamonds which must be placed in certain places around the globe before an alignment of planets takes ...

The Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly

Six Wasted Hours (635 words)
by Charris2002 - written on 06/11/08 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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First introduced to us in Matthew Reillys Seven Ancient Wonders", the Rambo/James Bond/Indiana Jones based super- soldier Jack West returns along with the his always ready team of adventurers. But this time, they are confronted by an impossible (yawn.......) challenge. A mysterious ceremony has set off a catastrophic countdown, the climax of which being the end of all life on Earth (at least James Bonds enemies simply want to rule the world!!). However, as you may guessed, there is one last hope - Jack West. Because, if Jack and his team can trace, understand and rebuild (with one eye on the rapidly ticking countdown clock complete with big, red numbers and the ...