Quatrain

by John Medler, Jerry McCabe (Illustrator)

In 1557, Nostradamus published his famous prophetic opus entitled Les Propheties--a collection of four-line, rhyming verses called "quatrains." The original set was supposed to have 1,000 prophecies. However, only 942 have survived. 58 quatrains have been lost in the annals of time.....until now. Can a cynical college professor and his two rebellious teenagers find the missing 58 quatrains of Nostradamus in time to stop a terrorist attack on the United States, and will anyone believe them?

Genres: Fiction

386 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 13, 2011

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very interesting read built around the writings of Nostradamus and his predictions. A history professor and his two teenaged children fly off to France at a request of a priest who has discovered a hidden trove of Nostradamus artifacts. They include 58 missing Quatrains (poems in French with translations) that have some astounding predictions. There also seems to be a group that is trying to suppress the predictions and the Prof and Kids are often in danger of being killed to suppress the knowledge. At the same time as they are following clues around Europe and dodging killers, there are political changes happening back in the US that are being foretold in some of the later writings. While the writings sometimes has an armature feel to it, it does read well except for my pet peeve, the misuse of lay and laid and some other grammatical errors and the fact that one character gets shot in the arm and later its the leg and still later its back in the arm. At one point when dad and kids are escaping disguised as priests the use of her and he is confused and switched.
As in a lot of these Kindle offerings there is a need of better proofing and editing.

[Franklin · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW!!! Then double WOW!

It catches your interest right from the get go and doesn't stop.....

In addition you might learn a little something about scripture.

[Vinny Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A political action/adventure book with some questionable prophetic history mixed in makes for a good combination. I found the book "Quatrain" by John Medler to be entertaining and engaging although the story-line got a bit slow and too detailed for me in some places. The book seemed to be well thought out and researched, although fact-checking anything by Nostradamus, a sixteenth century prophet has got to be a challenge!

I've never seen the TV series "24" other reviews are speaking of, but after reading this book I think I'll go find some back episodes on YouTube and check it out. The book "Quatrain" has some interesting twists and turns in the plot-line that are a bit predictable, remarkably and conveniently resolved almost by themselves. But I challenge anybody else to write a book in this well-beaten genre and come up with as many unique twists as John Medlar did for his book "Quatrain."

I enjoyed readinng this book. If you think you would enjoy reading a political suspense novel with historical ties to present day events worked into the plot-line to keep it all interesting, then I suggest you kick back with a cold beer and get ready to be entertained with "Quatrain" by John Medler.

[Evie Maiolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you liked the 'DaVinci Code' then you will most likely enjoy this book.

Prof Morse is drawn into an action packed chase to find and decipher the missing Nostradamus prophesies, before Terrorists can spark a new World War.

I would have rated this book higher if not for the Carcassonne chapter. This chapter for some reason stuck out as rushed, poorly thought out, and completely unrealistic. The helpful tourists risking their lives, and even comitting murder and getting away with it was just too convenient an aid for the main characters. This chapter almost ruined the book for me - it took me a little while to get back into the swing of the story.

Apart from that I quite enjoyed this book.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such detail in explaining things we more than likely wouldn't know and would have been so lost if the author hadn't explained. A fun adventure book with a mysterious villain; a very good action packed story with many personal emotions of the characters both main and supporting. The ending got me honestly why these events happened and then it came together beautifully. The only thing I can comment on that might have been a bit better developed was the mysterious villain because I guessed about a fourth of the book in who it was. It seems like the villain was a bit underdeveloped through the story since everything else was carried out in such detail. But overall a really good read, look forward to more books by this author.

[Brian Bigelow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mix some of Nostradamus' missing quatrains and a fascinating story together and you get a book like this one that's a mix of action and adventure. Oh, and add in a few terrorism bombings in with the story along with the next presidential election. This is a very readable story that I'm finding very engrossing and it seems to be very well timed for my taste. If you love conspiracy stories you want to read this one, it's quite good. Wish I could give it another star. Definitely my kind of tale that I'm telling a few others about.

[Jo · Rating 1 out of 5]

At least this book was interesting enough that I managed to finish it. But, slogging through the poor writing and editing made it slow going. Full of grammatical errors and typos; I don't understand the high ratings on this book. I see why some reviewers thought the story was similar to Dan Brown's novels, but there is no comparison in my estimation. Dialogue is stilted, characters are not believable or well developed, and the plot line is predictable.

[Albert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is sensational! I could not put it down. The history, the research--all mixed with gasp for air page-turning suspense! The location descriptions made me feel I was actually there! It is so real it is hard to believe it is a novel. I would highly recommend this book to anyone I know. Can't wait for more of John Medler's work.

[Bobbye · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I was a little troubled by the body count and the fact that the "hero" was dragging his teen-aged children through all the craziness, but I was compelled to keep reading.

[Alaa Osama · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good thriller ,the quick jump between the years successfully could grab my attention ,& though the story went a little boring in the middle and before the ending chapters, it again followed the quick ,thrilling rhythm.
overall mixing adventure , history ,& politics was really good.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG, this book was fantastic. You have got to read this book. Fast-pased. You wont be able to put this down.

[Grady Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good thriller. Lots of Nostrdamus trivia to enliven the story.

[Dusti · Rating 2 out of 5]

Content was interesting but writing was not.

[Rei · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great read. definitely what I'm looking for.

[Jay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Intriguing plot line. A lot of implausible plot steps or progressions. Amateurish writing. But I got hooked!

[Ravindra Chauhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good interesting read, will go for its sequel Fountain as well.

[Nev Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Run of the mill terrrist plot novel

[Pat · Rating 1 out of 5]

Interesting concept but I just couldn't get into the story.