I liked this one better than "The Ice Limit" for the most part but not nearly as well as "Thunderhead" or most of the Pendergast books.
Not that it was a bad story by any stretch, but the first half to 2/3 of the book were pretty slow moving. The action picks up swiftly towards the end as the body count rises.
However, the characters seemed a bit thin here for me. The red hot Archaelogist lady, the salty and greedy sea captain, the shady sidekick. It's all here. Even Dr. Hatch's character doesn't quite come off as real as the constant exposition of his guilt over his brother's death grows tiresome.
The end of the book is very abrupt. The reader is left to assume (and it's easy to assume) what happened to the minister and his wife (a former lover of the main character), but it could have been at least mentioned in passing, plus the conflict of Hatch's desire for Claire is something else that could have been explored further, maybe taking the place of some of the salty sea captain/treasure hunter's scenes.
In the end, it's a decent, though not quite tight, thriller. Fans of Preston & Child, as well as fans of adventure books should enjoy it well enough.
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