The Lost Throne - Chris Kuzneski

~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~ It's been a while since I've picked up a contemporary adventure thriller that was fresh, original, compelling and, above all, enjoyable to read. I had started losing faith in the genre given the recently pedestrian efforts of the likes of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Sam Bourne and was despairing of finding a worthy new flag bearer for this kind of story. Like some of the more scarcely believable plot developments used to drive the story in some of more formulaic drivel I have waded through recently, I found a ray of light in the most unlikely of places. Our son had just been born and my wife was to be ...  Read the complete review

When a Monastry high on the hills of a Greek Island is attacked and the occupants are killed there seems to be no reason for the horrid act. Each of the Monks had been beheaded and their bodies thrown from the cliff, taking the secret they'd been killed for their grave. Across Europe in Russia Richard Byrd fears for his life and calls upon the help of ex Special forces operatives Jonathan Payne and David Jones. He is about to discover the location of an ancient treasure but the protectors of the treasure will stop at nothing to prevent its discovery. This is the second of Kuzneski's novel's I've come across recently and I have to admit that I have thoroughly ...  Read the complete review

Some of you may not have heard of this rising new American author, Chris Kuzneski, now with four books under his belt. He started with the Plantation, a book yet to have been released in the UK, and was followed by Sign of the Cross (2006), Sword of God (2007) and now The Lost Throne (2008). I have spoken to Chris by e-mail, after I had read The Lost Throne, and had to tell him how awesome it was, and he could do with all the reviews he can get, so I thought, for a first review, lets see if I can do him justice. I came across Kuzneski when I worked at John Lewis, in the PDR (partners dining room) there was a selection of books to read, and since I was on a bit ...  Read the complete review

The Lost Throne is a stunning return to form for Chris Kuzneski after the slightly under whelming 'Sword of God' (and by Under whelming i mean better than most in the genre but not up to the standard of the breath takingly brilliant 'Sign of the Cross'). it's a novel which brissles with action and humour and just begs to have a hollywood block buster made out of it. Kuzneski once again chronicals the adventures of retired Special ops officers Jonathon Payne and Dave Jones this time as they travel to Europe to investigate the mystery of a murdered proffeser. Once again they run in to a plot with huge magnitude (and a pretty girl who needs saving) and they'll ...  Read the complete review