Tonopah

by Christopher A. Lane

She found the fossils out in the sun-baked Tonopah desert, along with more trouble than she'd ever dreamed of . . . . If Melissa Lewis had known that she and her three high school students were trespassing in a restricted military zone, they'd have left before they ever stumbled across the fossilized bones. As a creationist in paleontology, Melissa suspects she's onto something incredible. What she doesn't know is that she's under surveillance by U.S. Marines. And that's just for openers. Her discovery has also placed her in the cross-hairs of hired killers. And it's about to sweep her into a deadly vortex of top-level government scandal, FBI investigations, high-tech military maneuvers, and nuclear testing. Through it all, one thing becomes abundantly clear. Someone will do anything to gain possession of Melissa's fossils. Between Melissa and a hit man's bullet stands only her faith . . . and one courageous marine. But can he protect her from circumstances deadlier than the brutal Nevada desert? From the best-selling author of Appearance of Evil and Eden's Gate comes gut-twisting action woven with insights into the origins of the world and the relationship between personal choice and eternal destiny.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

Paperback

Published February 1, 1999

About the author

Christopher A. Lane is the author of Eden’s Gate and the best-selling Appearance of Evil, as well as several children’s books, one of which was awarded a Gold Medallion. He and his wife own Alpha-Omega Productions, which provides media reviews to subscribers. They live in Colorado Springs with their children.

Christopher Lane is a prolific writer who has published 15 books for the inspirational and religious market, including six children's novels, one of which won the Gold Medallion Award and another the C.S. Lewis Award. He continues to write for the Christian market. This first mystery is his debut in the American Booksellers market.

His Inupiat Eskimo Mystery series has the author listed as "Christopher Lane".

Reviews

[Sergio Alonso Méndez · Rating 4 out of 5]

No tiene la fuerza de los otros libros de Lane, pero aceptable.

[Lance · Rating 1 out of 5]

I finished this book because it was the only reading material I had on a 6 hour flight. Thinly veiled book promoting creationism and Christianity. I find it disturbing that the author assumes a paleontologist can not tell the difference between a fossil and a bone buried during the last century, which the main characters can not. (What happened to the clothes the people who were buried in?) Then it gets worse, do not waste your time reading this book, go watch TV it is time better spent.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah, maybe there are some problems with this book, but I found it entertaining. A teacher along with her students go on an archaeological dig and find a bone. Shortly after-wards, she has hired killers and military guys pursuing her, wanting to retrieve what she dug up. A lot of good cat and mouse scenarios. I read this a long time ago, but remember wondering what all the fuss was about that bone! I wasn't too disappointed overall.

[Joy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was the first book I finished AFTER reading The Hunger Games series... even if it wasn't, I don't think I would have loved it. It was over all an alright book.