The Ark

The greatest archaeological discovery in history could mean the end of mankind.

Dilara Kenner, an ambitious young archaeologist, must run for her life when an old friend is murdered right in front of her. Before he dies in her arms, he gasps a few cryptic words about a vast conspiracy to hide an awesome historical artifact and tells Dilara that the only person who can help her is a decorated former army combat engineer named Tyler Locke.

Two days later, Tyler is consulting on a North Atlantic oil platform when a ferry helicopter carrying Dilara suffers a mechanical failure and goes down next to the rig. With only minutes before the survivors freeze to death in the frigid waters, the quick-thinking Locke manages to rescue everyone on board, including Dilara. She tells him that the helicopter crash was no accident. Someone wants to stop her from finding Noah's Ark.

A second attempt on Dilara’s life convinces a skeptical Tyler that there is truth to her story. When a movie star's private jet crashes into the Mojave desert, it proves to be another link to the conspiracy. Tyler and Dilara head to Arizona, and their investigation reveals a chilling discovery. A group of religious fanatics has recovered a weapon from the Ark that will let them recreate effects of the biblical flood and recreate humanity according to their leader's twisted vision.

Now Tyler and Dilara have just seven days to find the Ark and the secret hidden inside before it is used to wipe out civilization again...

Boyd Morrison's novel was offered to me for review as a Christian fiction. I believe it to be wrongly classified as the book contains some profanity and a bedroom scene. With that said, this was an enjoyable, non-stop thriller as Tyler and Dilara race to save humanity from a religious fanatic. I figured I would read the book over the course of the holiday weekend, but could not put it down and finished late Friday night.  Some may find this fictional story of Noah's Ark offensive, but I did not, I know what I believe and why.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:


Boyd Morrison is an industrial engineer with ten U.S. patents to his name who has worked for prestigious companies ranging from NASA to Microsoft's X-BOX Games Group and RCA Electronics. He is also a "Jeopardy!" champion and a professional actor who has appeared in commercials, stage plays, and films.

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**Special thanks to Mallika Dattatreya and Ashley Hewlett of Touchstone/Fireside Publicity, Simon & Schuster, Inc. for sending me a review copy.***