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The Codex

by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)

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Kevin Donohue said: " Maxwell Broadbent, a billionaire art collector and tomb raider, disappointed in his three affluent sons, decides they are not yet worthy of his will very valuable will. One day he calls his scattered sons to his mansion, but when they arrive, the hou Maxwell Broadbent, a billionaire art collector and tomb raider, disappointed in his three affluent sons, decides they are not yet worthy of his will very valuable will. One day he calls his scattered sons to his mansion, but when they arrive, the house is gutted and their father has seemed to vanished. That’s when a video starts playing on the sole TV left in the house. The video explains that Maxwell has buried himself with all of his treasures and rare artwork. At this point the three brothers are in shock and don’t believe what is happening. In the video, Maxwell goes on to say that they can rob his tomb and have the treasure if they can find it somewhere on the planet. But they will find it only if they work together. The potentially priciest missing treasure is the Maltese Fal, also known as the Mayan Codex, a rare medical book with medicines and remedies collected throughout the entire existence of the Mayan people. Just this single book could save millions of lives. The three sons, Tom, Philip, and Vernon all knew that this codex was worth more than all their father’s treasures. A quarter of all medicines manufactured today have been based on findings related to the codex, and a cure for cancer and many other diseases could possibly be in the codex as well. Philip, Vernon and Tom, have never known how to work together in their life. Their affluence has not brought them much adversity in their lives, so this new task they have is seemingly insurmountable. Although the three sons became a religious minister, an animal vet, and an art historian, they soon find out they have some synergy. While all three sons initially split up, they find each other in Honduras and decide it would be best to complete the search together. They travel through the treacherous jungles in Honduras, fighting native peoples as well as other people in search for the treasure. Then the sons discover they have still another brother in the rainforest, who has filed teeth and tattoos. This fourth and distant brother who is not like the others in terms of wealth, becomes the biggest help in the family quest. However, the odds continue to stack up against them because of their scarce source of food and makeshift shelters. What the brothers don’t know is that they are being hunted.The race is on to see if the brothers can reach the codex before their resources run out or the hunters find them. ...more "

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"F- “Tom turned around in time to see the fiery human meteor that was Hauser streaking into the bottomless chasm,”
I liked that the author included this because Hauser was a menacing antagonist throughout the book, so it is satisfying for him to exit the story like this." — Oct 07, 2018 10:43PM

Oct 07, 2018 10:16PM · see review