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Morpheus Initiative #2
The Mongol Objective
After a mystical Egyptian artifact is stolen by a renegade member of the Morpheus Initiative, Caleb Crowe and his team of psychics must use all their abilities to prevent the release of its catastrophic power. But first, they must survive the defenses of a subterranean mausoleum belonging to the world's greatest conqueror. Genghis Khan. Praise for the Morpheus Initiative Series"...Indiana Jones meets the X-Files--an archaeologist adventurer with psychic powers of remote viewing who can see the past, ancient treasures, historical mysteries, action and adventure that crosses the world, and a damned good story." -Kevin J. Anderson, #1 international bestselling author of the Dune Prequels."This is a book I wish I'd written - great premise - great imagination!" -M.J. Rose, international bestselling author of The Reincarnationist and The Memorist"Combines expertly researched historical mysteries with compelling modern characters, intriguing plot twists, and breathless pacing. His archeologist heroes seek not just legendary secrets, but the secrets within themselves." -William Dietrich, author of The Dakota Cipher and Blood of the Reich."A classic good vs. evil story, a novel that kept me turning pages far into the night." -Nina M. Osier, author of 2005 EPPIE science fiction winner Regs and the High Places trilogy
324 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2011
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About the author
David Sakmyster
40 books77 followersDavid Sakmyster is the award-winning author of more than a dozen novels, including Jurassic Dead and The Morpheus Initiative, a series featuring psychic archaeologists (described as “Indiana Jones meets the X-Files”). He also has an epic historical adventure, Silver and Gold, the horror novel Crescent Lake and a story collection, Escape Plans. His latest is Final Solstice, and his screenplay, Nightwatchers, has been optioned for production. Visit him at www.sakmyster.com.
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January 2, 2013
The Mongol Objective is the second book in the Morpheus Initiative series by David Sakmyster. Caleb Crowe is back on an adventure with the Morpheus Initiative, a group of psychic archeologists who travel the world looking for ancient treasures. This time, his sister Phoebe is by his side as they search for a former colleague who has stolen a valuable Egyptian artifact. They travel around the world and find themselves on a quest to locate Genghis Khan's tomb.
Like the first book in this series, The Pharos Objective, The Mongol Objective is a thrilling action adventure in the style of Indiana Jones. For some reason, I am drawn to this sort of story. It's fun and exciting, and I had a hard time putting it down. I love the idea of looking for ancient treasures, and Sakmyster puts the reader into the action from cover to cover. He also provides wonderful descriptions of the locations depicted in the book; I have vivid images of giant statues and a winding river weeks after finishing the book.
This book was a bit darker than the first book in the series, though, with the death of a main character and several others, as well as the separation of Caleb from his son for much of the book. The relationships among the different characters that were in the previous book are explored much more in The Mongol Objective. I will say I was surprised by some of the actions of certain characters. But overall, it was interesting to get to know them better.
If you read The Pharos Objective, I highly recommend The Mongol Objective. If you haven't read the first book in the series yet, don't start with this one. This is a trilogy that you really need to read in order, or it won't make sense. So if you're looking for a fun adventure story, pick up The Pharos Objective, and then move on to The Mongol Objective.
Like the first book in this series, The Pharos Objective, The Mongol Objective is a thrilling action adventure in the style of Indiana Jones. For some reason, I am drawn to this sort of story. It's fun and exciting, and I had a hard time putting it down. I love the idea of looking for ancient treasures, and Sakmyster puts the reader into the action from cover to cover. He also provides wonderful descriptions of the locations depicted in the book; I have vivid images of giant statues and a winding river weeks after finishing the book.
This book was a bit darker than the first book in the series, though, with the death of a main character and several others, as well as the separation of Caleb from his son for much of the book. The relationships among the different characters that were in the previous book are explored much more in The Mongol Objective. I will say I was surprised by some of the actions of certain characters. But overall, it was interesting to get to know them better.
If you read The Pharos Objective, I highly recommend The Mongol Objective. If you haven't read the first book in the series yet, don't start with this one. This is a trilogy that you really need to read in order, or it won't make sense. So if you're looking for a fun adventure story, pick up The Pharos Objective, and then move on to The Mongol Objective.
June 19, 2013
Fast-Paced Action Continues In This 2nd Book Of Series
The Morpheus Initiative Series
The entire Morpheus Initiative is action and adventure and scrape-of-the-teeth thriller escapes. I love historical conspiracy stories (well-written ones, anyways). And despite pretty high expectations on my part for how fun it would be to read this set, this entire set of books blew those expectations to shreds as the action whipped past at a far greater rate than I expected.
Different stories use different methods to get the action rolling and keep it there – this series uses psychics and remote viewing to determine their next step and as an integral tool for creating tension. The remote viewing ability is mostly for going back into time to view how traps were set up and how to get past them. There are also instances of premonitions of things about to happen or that are currently happening. For the most part, none of the characters have a good grasp on their powers, so it can be hit or miss and seems much more like current reality that way. Plus, if you don’t ask the right questions, you may not see something obvious because of being focused in another direction.
I bought and read the Pharos Objective back in 2011, but realized when I bought the prequel story recently that I couldn’t remember much of Book 1 anyways. So after reading the prequel, I re-downloaded and re-read Book 1 – and then immediately had to purchase Books 2 and 3 and jump right into their action. ~lol~
The Mongol Objective – Book 2
You definitely want to read Book 1 (The Pharos Objective) prior to reading this book. This story starts several years after the end of Book 1, but builds on a lot of the knowledge gained and the back story from during Book 1.
It turns out that the treasure discovered in Book 1 requires a codex in order to decipher it, and the codex requires keys to open the secret location of the codex. The keys were dispersed to make it difficult for the codex to be found, so now the keys have to all be recovered AND they have to figure out where the storage location is at AND figure out how to use the keys. ~lol~ All that while once again braving traps that made the ones in the lighthouse of Book 1 look like child’s play; running into old enemies; running into 2 or more **new** sets of old societies wanting either the same items or wanting them not found; plus the unfortunate losses at different times of central characters. The twists keep coming until you swear you’re on a high-speed rollercoaster – each twist reveals yet more of the story and ties in with some other themes that didn’t seem to be connected.
The Morpheus Initiative Series
The entire Morpheus Initiative is action and adventure and scrape-of-the-teeth thriller escapes. I love historical conspiracy stories (well-written ones, anyways). And despite pretty high expectations on my part for how fun it would be to read this set, this entire set of books blew those expectations to shreds as the action whipped past at a far greater rate than I expected.
Different stories use different methods to get the action rolling and keep it there – this series uses psychics and remote viewing to determine their next step and as an integral tool for creating tension. The remote viewing ability is mostly for going back into time to view how traps were set up and how to get past them. There are also instances of premonitions of things about to happen or that are currently happening. For the most part, none of the characters have a good grasp on their powers, so it can be hit or miss and seems much more like current reality that way. Plus, if you don’t ask the right questions, you may not see something obvious because of being focused in another direction.
I bought and read the Pharos Objective back in 2011, but realized when I bought the prequel story recently that I couldn’t remember much of Book 1 anyways. So after reading the prequel, I re-downloaded and re-read Book 1 – and then immediately had to purchase Books 2 and 3 and jump right into their action. ~lol~
The Mongol Objective – Book 2
You definitely want to read Book 1 (The Pharos Objective) prior to reading this book. This story starts several years after the end of Book 1, but builds on a lot of the knowledge gained and the back story from during Book 1.
It turns out that the treasure discovered in Book 1 requires a codex in order to decipher it, and the codex requires keys to open the secret location of the codex. The keys were dispersed to make it difficult for the codex to be found, so now the keys have to all be recovered AND they have to figure out where the storage location is at AND figure out how to use the keys. ~lol~ All that while once again braving traps that made the ones in the lighthouse of Book 1 look like child’s play; running into old enemies; running into 2 or more **new** sets of old societies wanting either the same items or wanting them not found; plus the unfortunate losses at different times of central characters. The twists keep coming until you swear you’re on a high-speed rollercoaster – each twist reveals yet more of the story and ties in with some other themes that didn’t seem to be connected.
April 30, 2014
Hmmm... I just could not get into this book and for the first time in a long time, I put it down and did not finish it. The problem for me was that I felt like I was always trying to catch up and figure out what was going on and who the characters were (and not in a good intriguing story kind of way). I read the first book (The Pharos Objective) a few years ago and I remember liking it (thus the reason I purchased this on) but I don't remember the actual story of Pharos that much, And therein lies part of the problem; The Mongol Objective relies too much on having read the previous book. Maybe if I had read them back to back it may have worked for me but as it is Objective is a struggle and I cannot recommend it. Which is sad, because one of my all time favorite reads is another one of the author's books - "Silver and Gold". Now THAT, I highly recommend.
December 20, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed this series of books. Once I started reading them, I had a hard time putting them down. They were well written, full of twists and turns, full of exciting escape scenes, had some romance, mystery(ancient and current), and much more. This was a fun read. The books, (The Morpheus Objective Series, 1,2,3) should be read in order. I recommend finding a comfortable chair. It will be hard to put the books down
February 2, 2015
Exciting
I really enjoyed this. It is almost as if Dan Brown and Clive Cussler had collaborated on a book about Indiana Jones.
From Antarctica to China to Egypt our intrepid heroes seek to find and understand artifacts that may determine the fate of the world.
Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure.
I really enjoyed this. It is almost as if Dan Brown and Clive Cussler had collaborated on a book about Indiana Jones.
From Antarctica to China to Egypt our intrepid heroes seek to find and understand artifacts that may determine the fate of the world.
Stay tuned for the next exciting adventure.
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