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Babylon Prophecy #1
Countdown to Doomsday
Book One of Sean Salazar's nine book Babylon Prophecy series.
Within hours of an accidental bombing in Iraq, Al Robek, a post-traumatic, retired CIA sniper is summoned to investigate. Al is shocked to find an ancient city buried by the Biblical flood…and that his ex-girlfriend, Jess Contreras, was the pilot responsible for the bombing.
Al and Jess soon realize the bombing has awakened a murderous secret brotherhood whose only goal is to trigger an early armageddon. The only thing the brotherhood hasn’t counted on is Ed an unassuming British code cracker who has been secretly tracking them since 1946.
Al, Jess, and Ed’s mission to save the world takes them to the Middle East, Europe, and South America as they slowly uncover evidence of a conspiracy against mankind hatched 1000s of years ago. With the help of the CIA, the SAS, and the MI-5, the team delves into the world of ultra-secret espionage involving the highest level government, the Vatican, and high-security international banking. With each discovery, however, the team is left with more questions than answers.
Can they figure out who’s who and what’s what before it’s too late? Can they trust anyone? Do they even know what they’re fighting for?
The survival of mankind ultimately lies in this unlikely team’s hands.
Within hours of an accidental bombing in Iraq, Al Robek, a post-traumatic, retired CIA sniper is summoned to investigate. Al is shocked to find an ancient city buried by the Biblical flood…and that his ex-girlfriend, Jess Contreras, was the pilot responsible for the bombing.
Al and Jess soon realize the bombing has awakened a murderous secret brotherhood whose only goal is to trigger an early armageddon. The only thing the brotherhood hasn’t counted on is Ed an unassuming British code cracker who has been secretly tracking them since 1946.
Al, Jess, and Ed’s mission to save the world takes them to the Middle East, Europe, and South America as they slowly uncover evidence of a conspiracy against mankind hatched 1000s of years ago. With the help of the CIA, the SAS, and the MI-5, the team delves into the world of ultra-secret espionage involving the highest level government, the Vatican, and high-security international banking. With each discovery, however, the team is left with more questions than answers.
Can they figure out who’s who and what’s what before it’s too late? Can they trust anyone? Do they even know what they’re fighting for?
The survival of mankind ultimately lies in this unlikely team’s hands.
397 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 28, 2011
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October 30, 2011
My Thoughts: This was my foray into this genre for the year. While there were some misses throughout the book, I enjoyed the read and can see myself taking the time to read the second.
The action starts on page one and does not let up until there are no more pages. While the characters seem stereotypical of what you would expect, I don't think they would work if you tried to take them to a different direction. I loved the quirky British bunker agents, they made up some of the best scenes in the book. Al works as the main character and his background is well explained throughout so some of the things he does seem more probable. I'm not sure how I feel about Jess, she was a good side character but the twist didn't really make sense and was not really explained.
I had two main problems that I could not get past. The first, trying to add romance to the story. The author did a good job of establishing the past history between Al and Jess but needed to leave it at that. Al displaying jealousy just seemed to pop up in weird place and broke up the flow of the story. The other problem was, if this is a series it needs to have smaller issues that will be resolved inside the book while still working on the overall big picture that runs throughout the series. The big picture of the Brotherhood vs. the Mason vs. Al and friends was established very well but when I finished reading I didn't fell as if anything was accomplished that made the reading overly satisfying. As stated, the big picture was interesting enough that I will take the time to read the second but I hope something is resolved, even if it's a small something, to make it feel more like a series book.
The action starts on page one and does not let up until there are no more pages. While the characters seem stereotypical of what you would expect, I don't think they would work if you tried to take them to a different direction. I loved the quirky British bunker agents, they made up some of the best scenes in the book. Al works as the main character and his background is well explained throughout so some of the things he does seem more probable. I'm not sure how I feel about Jess, she was a good side character but the twist didn't really make sense and was not really explained.
I had two main problems that I could not get past. The first, trying to add romance to the story. The author did a good job of establishing the past history between Al and Jess but needed to leave it at that. Al displaying jealousy just seemed to pop up in weird place and broke up the flow of the story. The other problem was, if this is a series it needs to have smaller issues that will be resolved inside the book while still working on the overall big picture that runs throughout the series. The big picture of the Brotherhood vs. the Mason vs. Al and friends was established very well but when I finished reading I didn't fell as if anything was accomplished that made the reading overly satisfying. As stated, the big picture was interesting enough that I will take the time to read the second but I hope something is resolved, even if it's a small something, to make it feel more like a series book.
January 5, 2013
If you are wanting an action packed book filled with exciting twists and turns.......and totally full of information on our ancient sites etc,look no further this is the book for you. Magnificent read. I really enjoyed this book very much!!
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