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THE END OF THE WORLD IS HERE

Unlocking the secret of the Seven Ancient Wonders was only the beginning...

After their thrilling exploits in Matthew Reilly's rampaging New York Times bestseller, 7 Deadly Wonders, supersoldier Jack West Jr. and his loyal team of adventurers are back, and now they face an all-but-impossible challenge.

A mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has unraveled their work and triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in no less than the end of all life on Earth.

But there is one last hope.

If Jack and his team can find and rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the "Machine," they might be able to ward off the coming armageddon. The only clues to locating this Machine, however, are held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones, long lost in the fog of history.

And so the hunt begins for the Six Sacred Stones and the all-important knowledge they possess, but in the course of this wild adventure Jack and his team will discover that they are not the only ones seeking the Stones and that there might just be other players out there who don't want to see the world saved at all.

From Stonehenge in England to the deserts of Egypt to the spectacular Three Gorges region of China, The 6 Sacred Stones will take you on a nonstop roller-coaster ride through ancient history, modern military hardware, and some of the fastest and most mind-blowing action you will ever read.

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my favorite book nuff said	Customer Rating:
great action story, great storyline, unlike his other books this one has more of plot than just people brutally murdering each other, not too say that i don't like his other books i love them. great sequel possibly better than the first one. cant wait to buy the next one lol. its called the five greatest warriors. this book is basically nonstop action because once it starts it just gets better.

Fun, but...	Customer Rating:
Reilly writes an action-packed thriller but at the cost of shallow characters. It is an enjoyable read although the abrupt ending was disappointing.

TOO MUCH DETAIL	Customer Rating:
I wish I could read his books. His ideas are super and I love his imagination.. But, I just can't read them - there is soooooooooo much detail, too many diagrams that I get lost in it - and I am a post grad. If only they weren't so detailed. I just don't have time to wade through all the salad for the meat!

Entertaining but ultimately flawed

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I enjoy Matthew Reilly's books... they generally read like movie adaptations and are fun and exciting. I agree with many of the critical complaints about this book. Reilly's writing style leaves a lot to be desired. I've hated his overuse of italics and exclamation points ever since the first time I read one of his books. In the Author's Interview at the end of the book, Reilly commented that he envisions this book to be part of an epic. Why not then boldly advertised that on the front cover? "Part 2 of the Dark Sun Saga" would have gone a long long way in making me not feel cheated. Reilly likens himself to Tolkien, but when I read "The Fellowship of the Ring" I knew full well that the story would continue and thus I didn't feel so irritated when there was no conclusive ending. When I got to about page 350, I finally realized that the story wasn't going to be concluded in this book. It's just pure laziness. He said he realized that the story was too big for one book, so it seems like he just abruptly cut it off. As a result, some characters completely disappear from the canvas. What happened to Lily's twin? Iolanthe? Stretch? I'm also tired of the fact that apparently every country in the world (U.S., England, China, Japan) is an evil power monger, and only saintly Australia is left as the force of good. I'll continue to read Reilly's books but I do wish he would improve his literary style.

How is Matt going to sell books in the U.S.?

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Wow, does this pain me! I loved Ice Station and Scarecrow, but now the U.S. are the bad guys? Man, I'm sick of hearing that one...next thing you know, Matt'll say the Brits are bad, too...oh, wait, they are in his books! Never finishd the book and won't ever buy them again. If I need to hear how much the world hates our country, I can turn on CNN! In Matt's little world, only this Aussie and the Arab are the good guys! Maybe he should write for the U.N.! What's next Matt? North Korea and Iran will team up to beat the big, bad ole' U.S.!!!! Hey, why don't you make PUTIN the good guy in your next book! It could be a comedy! Next thing you know, he'll have the Aussies bringing in Billions of Dollars in Aid to poor countries when they get wiped out from a storm...but that would be fiction? Of course, in your little world, some people reading your fiction might buy it!!