The Sean Wyatt Thriller series box set #10-12 - a review by Rosemary Kenny
Ernest Dempsey's thrilling Sean Wyatt adventure series, of which this is Box set #10-12, form a worthy competitor in the action-thriller genre, against the likes of Dan Brown and Clive Cussler - meaning satisfaction is absolutely guaranteed with each and every story!
The Uluru Code (#10)
This time Sean Wyatt and his team are forced to go 'Down Under' to Australia and locate/translate hieroglyphs and petroglyphs left over 100s of years or more by the indigenous Aborigine people, as a corrupt US businessman seeks to find a fabled Golden Boomerang, that will give him ultimate world power.
The Excalibur Key (#11)
Based on King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur - with a twist! Sean and Tommy must work together to find the trail of the legendary power symbol, that turns out to have supernatural force due to a unique component within it, used over times past by such leaders as Caesar, Charlemagne, Alexander the Great etc., to seize power and become invincible in battle.
In competition with our heroes is Min Woo, a treacherous Communist leader in China who has (unknown to Tommy or anyone outside), kept Tommy's parents - long presumed by him and all concerned to have been killed in a tragic plane crash 20 years before - prisoner, trying to force them to give him the sword's secret whereabouts.
Can the duo outsmart their enemies and restore the all-powerful device to its hiding place before civilization is reduced to ruins? Read on to find out!
The Denali Deception (#12)
Once again Sean Wyatt is up against the odds as he and sidekick Tommy Schultz hunt for the answers to a cipher hidden in an old US Civil War journal, in book 12 of the Sean Wyatt Thriller series, The Denali Deception, by the outstanding author Ernest Dempsey.
The action ranges across the US states as the nail-biting tension ramps up when the boys are forced to compromise their integrity temporarily, to save millions of US citizens from a megalomaniac who will blackmail governments with the loss of power and food supplies unless they yield to his whims - and who has the US President himself in his cross-hairs! Who will win the day? Read on, and prepare to be thrilled in this unputdownable story - it's a 5-star winner!
I like the way Sean and long-time friend and adventurous archeologist Tommy Schultz, owner of the IAA corporation that aims to locate and retrieve ancient artefacts that are at risk in one way or another and return them to their rightful owners - they're like modern day Robin Hoods with their philanthropic idealism.
I also love Sean's long distance girlfriend the exotic Adriana Villa: a fiery Spanish beauty in the mould of Lara Croft mixed with Penelope Cruz or Salma Hayek.
she's a hot mix of idealism and slightly shady motives, as she runs her father Diego's criminal organisation, (though in every case she uses lethal force only where necessary to protect herself and her loved ones).
I also enjoy the excellent prologues that set the scene expertly with a brief background of the focal artefact or mystery etc our heroes become involved in, while Ernest Dempsey's appreciation section at the end of each story sets out simply his knowledge of actual locations, artworks' histories etc that have informed and inspired his choice of subject matter in each novel.
In fact the only thing I don't like is that the books are so exciting and well-written that they become completely absorbing and pleasantly time-consuming, through the engaging with such well-developed characters and plot-lines, that the time absolutely flies by - so quickly, that no matter how long or short, Ernest Dempsey's novels are never long enough!
Why not try the Sean Wyatt Box Set #10-12 - and all the other Sean Wyatt and Adriana Villa thrillers - and see for yourself if you agree? You'll be so glad you did!