BD The Bookshop, Queensland:

The explosive new thriller from the Number 1 Bestselling author of Ice Station is in a word - mind-blowing. Matthew Reilly has succeeded in blending Old and New World storylines into a ripsnorting adventure yarn.

From the opening scene, high in the French Pyrenees to the heart-stopping climax over the jungles of South America, Matthew Reilly has surpassed himself as an action-adventure writer with his latest novel - Temple.

The novel sees William Race called upon by the U.S. Army to translate an ancient manuscript supposedly written by Alberto Santiago, a Spanish monk sent to South America in the mid 1500's to convert the Indians to Catholicism. Sickened by the butchery dealt from his own countrymen, Santiago helps an Incan prince escape into the jungles of the Amazon with a mystical Incan idol referred to as 'The Spirit of the People'.

The army wants that idol at any cost and what follows is a breathtaking race against the odds as everyone - it seems - also wants to posses the idol. But first they have to to battle with some pretty awesome inhabitants of the jungle. Race finds himself battling German terrorists on the river in a monumental chase to recover the idol, only to have it taken once more by yet another back-stabbing onslaught of gun-toting soldiers. Matthew Reilly has woven his story well, having the characters come to life in both past and present, with no choice but to love them, or dislike them with a passion.

Temple is an action-adventure junkies' dream with all the thrills and spills of an amusement park ride, hurtling you at break-neck speed toward the ultimate and inevitable climactic ending. Excellent work, Mr. Reilly.

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