Mundo
Maya: Revenge
of the Jaguar King
Jay Hersh
Reviewed by Ann Marie Chalmers
This story follows three American archaeologists
who are on holiday in Belize. While touring around the
Central American country they find some colleagues excavating the
ancient Mayan
site of Caracol and decide to pay them a visit. While talking to the
people
involved at the site an extraordinary discovery is made.
Being invited to take a look they end getting
involved in the search for a lost city deep somewhere in the jungles of
Belize.
The Maya were once a mighty civilization.
They mysteriously disappeared with only the remains of temples
reminding people
of their existence. The three archaeologists are determined to unlock
the mysteries
of the lost city and along the way they get caught up in the culture of
the
Maya. This leads them to not only learn
more about the Maya, but during their expedition they learn a lot about
themselves. After an interesting search a priceless treasure is found
and
hopefully the team will not be used to help a long dead Mayan king have
his
revenge.
Using the true history and culture of the
Ancient Maya this book really makes you believe you are there in Belize
with the three archaeologists. This book
has enough action and adventure to keep the reader going till the last
word and
the characters are interesting and nice enough to get friendly with. The lovely descriptive writing of Belize
and its culture will draw anyone into a world that both excites and
intrigues.
With a slow start the pace picks up along
the way and just keeps getting faster.
This is a nice read which will remind readers of authors such as
Dan
Brown and Michael Crichton. The book
will be a dream for anyone interested in archaeology or the Mayan
culture but
will interest anyone who likes a good adventure. The
author obviously spent a lot of time
researching the subject matter for this book and should be
congratulated on the
in-depth realistic novel that has been created.