The Secret of Excalibur - Andy McDermott

The hunt for Excalibur (288 words)
by dizzysummer03 - written on 05/10/09 (Very useful, 91 readings)
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The secret of Excalibur is the third book written by Andy McDermott featuring Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase. Having already found the legendary atlantis and located the tomb of Hercules, when Nina receives a cryptic message from an old friend of her parents concerning the mythical sword Excalibur, she feels compelled so see what he has to say. Excalibur has always been a sword of legend, said to make the holder unstoppable in battle, it has been lost for over a thousand years but now, it may be found and a battle will commence as to who will gain control of the sword and the powers it is said to possess. The search for the missing pieces of the sword takes Nina and Eddie ...

The Hunt for Atlantis - Andy McDermott

The best book I've read in a long time! (1005 words)
by nykied - written on 21/02/10 (Very useful, 213 readings)
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This is the first book of Andy McDermott s that I ve read, but it was recommended to me by a friend and to be honest, it had been sat on my bookshelf for a while before I actually started to read it. ~ About The Author~ Andy McDermott is 35 and originally from Halifax, in Yorkshire. He now lives in Bournemouth and The Hunt for Atlantis was his debut novel. He s since written five more books based around the same characters, the last of which is due to be published this year. He started his career writing for magazines before he turned his hand to writing novels. ~ The Characters ~ *Nina Wilde - an archaeologist /historian who dreams of finding the lost city of ...

The Hunt for Atlantis - Andy McDermott

The Hunt for Atlantis - almost a satisfying read (228 words)
by Tiddlywink - written on 17/07/10, updated on 26/07/10 (Useful, 12 readings)
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somehow made him sound like a schoolboy. Other people in the book were not quite right either. Anyway, I feel I didn t get to know the characters as well as I d have liked, so they didn t matter to me. It was an interesting story, but it didn t catch at my emotions in the way other adventure stories have. I enjoyed the story very much and it had a satisfying ending, but I d hesitate to read other books by Andy ...