He is Lily’s guardian and, over the years, she has come to love and admire him.ħ Deadly Wonders is all plot, with scarcely any character development. The leader of the Nine is an Aussie named Jack West, also known as Huntsman. Seven are soldiers, one is an elderly professor, and the final member is a ten-year old girl named Lily. Trying to stop the Americans and Europeans is a small group known as the Nine, representing such countries as Australia, Ireland, and Israel. Francisco de Piero, a fanatical Jesuit priest, guides the formidable European contingent. The American faction, led by a ruthless soldier named Marshall Judah, has a strong army with unlimited firepower. Whoever assembles all seven pieces of the Capstone at this particular time and under certain specific conditions will gain absolute power for the next thousand years. In 2006, a rare solar event called the Tartarus Rotation is scheduled to occur. Alexander the Great broke the Capstone into seven pieces and hid each piece in one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In Matthew Reilly’s new adventure novel, 7 Deadly Wonders, teams from various countries are racing against time to find the Golden Capstone that once stood on top of the Great Pyramid at Giza. “I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. (Reviewed by Eleanor Bukowsky JAN 29, 2006)
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