Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Last Ember

A modern day Indiana Jones..

This is an archaeological adventure of Jonathan Marcus, an American lawyer who was once a Rome Prize scholar but lost his dream of pursuing his interest in archaeology due to an accident. He later was lured back to Rome as a lawyer but got embroiled in the search of the Menorah, the one which was supposedly secreted safely by Josephus Flavious. I had a crash course on antiquity terminologies and got lost in the underbelly of Rome and Temple Mount. I tried my best to refresh my memory of the tunnel under the Dome of the Rock when i visited Jerusalem. The book is an exciting and fast paced read, however, the location of the most coveted artifact almost went anti-climactic due to several layers of riddles piled one after the other, i was afraid it will end up buried underneath rubbles and will remain lost forever. I was glad Levin was able to pull it off and had an exciting ending. It was a good book debut, the research is quite good and it was wonderful to be transported back to the past with Levin's excellent historical background and trivia.

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