The Pharos Objective Morpheus Initiative Book 1 David Sakmyster 9781935142157 Books
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A legendary treasure chamber hidden beneath the ancient Pharos Lighthouse has defied discovery for over two thousand years...Until Caleb Crowe and his team of psychic archaeologists dare the impossible.
"THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE is Indiana Jones meets the X-Files -- an archaeologist adventurer with psychic powers of remote viewing who can see the past, ancient treasures, historical mysteries, action and adventure that crosses the world, and a damned good story." -- Kevin J. Anderson, #1 international bestselling author of The Edge of the World.
"This is a book I wish I'd written - great premise - great imagination!" --M.J. Rose, international bestselling author of The Reincarnationist and The Memorist
"A classic good vs. evil story, a novel that kept me turning pages far into the night." --Nina M. Osier, author of 2005 EPPIE science fiction winner Regs and the High Places trilogy.
The Pharos Objective Morpheus Initiative Book 1 David Sakmyster 9781935142157 Books
First, for some reason, the entire e-book is in Courier font, which I couldn't change. That made it read like an unsophisticated self-published and self-printed book. Worse, when scaling the font (to make it larger on my iPhone), chunks of text disappeared over page breaks, so that I had to use small print in order to see all the text. The paragraph style is sometimes unwieldy, with context and third-person speech often intermingled in the same paragraph when separation would have been better for reading. The Courier font made it a bit hard to separate Roman from italic "remote viewing" episodes. The story itself drags on a bit, with surprises appearing as if by magic, seemingly lost people springing back into the story, etc., making for odd continuity and poor believability. The whole thing was sometime sort of a bad attempt at Indiana Jones. The last few chapters are a too-fast wrap-up of obvious conclusions and denouement. Samples of the sequel at the very end are in a better font, but I've had enough.Product details
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The Pharos Objective Morpheus Initiative Book 1 David Sakmyster 9781935142157 Books Reviews
I was excited to start this very long book & I was not disappointed by it. A thrilling adventure that kept me up too many nights, & neglecting chores during the day as well.It was well woth the lost sleep & the neglected house.
I do not in in for doing spoilers or repeating what others have already written, especially since I could not say it any better than they have. Just buy it, read it & enjoy that wow factor!
The Morpheus Initiative Series
The entire Morpheus Initiative is action and adventure and scrape-of-the-teeth thriller escapes. I love historical conspiracy stories (well-written ones, anyways). And despite pretty high expectations on my part for how fun it would be to read this set, this entire set of books blew those expectations to shreds as the action whipped past at a far greater rate than I expected.
Different stories use different methods to get the action rolling and keep it there - this series uses psychics and remote viewing to determine their next step and as an integral tool for creating tension. The remote viewing ability is mostly for going back into time to view how traps were set up and how to get past them. There are also instances of premonitions of things about to happen or that are currently happening. For the most part, none of the characters have a good grasp on their powers, so it can be hit or miss and seems much more like current reality that way. Plus, if you don't ask the right questions, you may not see something obvious because of being focused in another direction.
I bought and read the Pharos Objective back in 2011, but realized when I bought the prequel story recently that I couldn't remember much of Book 1 anyways. So after reading the prequel, I re-downloaded and re-read Book 1 - and then immediately had to purchase Books 2 and 3 and jump right into their action. ~lol~
The Pharos Objective - Book 1
So I re-read this book after reading the prequel, and was I ever glad! There was so much that I missed the first time through it, and all that extra that I caught this time just made it a richer read.
The Morpheus Initiative psychics have been honing in on the location of the long-destroyed Pharos Lighthouse. In the bottom section of the lighthouse (completely concealed, of course) is still treasure waiting for the worthy to reach and open the vault. Debate has waged for many centuries over what the treasure might be - gold, jewels, saved scrolls from the Alexandrian Library, priceless works of art, the secret formula for tuning stuff to gold? Whatever is in there, the ingenious traps set up kill everyone who has previously tried, from Caesar's soldiers right on up to modern day attempts. They know where the lighthouse used to stand, now they just have to figure out the way in without killing everyone. Oh, and let's not forget the ancient brotherhood sworn to protect the treasure and also wanting to get their hands on it themselves - for even the Keepers have lost the knowledge of how to bypass the final traps and access the vault. ~grin~
This author, David Sakmyster, is new to me, and because I was enduring a week plus long power outage when I read it, I didn't look him up online. I know this is the first in a series called "The Morpheus Initiative," which seems to center around a group of remote viewers and their quest for finding ancient lost artifacts. The book cover has this quote from a reviewer "Indiana Jones meets the X-Files -- and a damned good story." -- Kevin J. Anderson.
In this first novel, "The Pharos Objective," the main character is a remote viewer, Caleb Crowe. He has been having visions since childhood, and like his father, is obsessed with the legends surrounding the Pharos Lighthouse. In fact, his whole family, all remote viewers, are obsessed with it. His father disappeared long ago (and is the subject of many of Caleb's visions), but his mother, Helen, and sister, Phoebe, and he have remained involved. Caleb, now a college professor, has tried to separate himself from his family and their involvement with George Waxman and his Morpeus Initiative, but he keeps being drawn back in.
The legends tell of a priceless treasure hidden in a vault beneath the Pharos Lighthouse. Is it jewels or gold or lost knowledge? Everyone has their own opinion and their own reasons for searching for the treasure. But the vault is protected not only by a serious of fatally devious traps, but by an ancient group known as "The Keepers," who are sworn to protect the treasure until it is time to release the secrets to the world.
Sakmyster builds a wonderful tapestry of mystery, using three "books" within the novel to tell the story. There is a Prologue set in ancient times, at the construction of the Lighthouse, and the three books following it expertly twine the visions of ancient time with the hectic electronic age of today. Characterizations are fully fleshed out. The main character is damaged; a complicated being haunted by not only his visions but his life history. The supporting characters are all equally complicated, each with demons and agendas of his/her own. It is a long read, but well paced, well plotted, well edited and proofed. I found only one error (nothing for many of today's authors)
At 640 on my , where Caleb and his sister are exploring a South American tomb, Caleb is trying to balance Phoebe on his shoulders "...Caleb wobbles, trying to keep her stead." Probably, he meant 'steady.'
I will say that from 686 to 697, my gut reaction was that the author had been viewing too much "Indiana Jones The Search for the Holy Grail." But other than that one spot, I found the action to be exciting and authentic, and the plot compelling. Even though the reader has three 'books' to get through, the pacing carries the reader along and the novel does not seem overlong.
And, yes, I'm sure it helps that I love reading about ancient Egypt, whether the reading is fiction or non-fiction. While I didn't double check facts (again -- power outage), I felt the author did his research thoroughly and thoughtfully.
All in all, "The Pharos Objective" was a good read and I will be looking into the second book in the series soon.
(Review first published on Goodreads.com)
First, for some reason, the entire e-book is in Courier font, which I couldn't change. That made it read like an unsophisticated self-published and self-printed book. Worse, when scaling the font (to make it larger on my iPhone), chunks of text disappeared over page breaks, so that I had to use small print in order to see all the text. The paragraph style is sometimes unwieldy, with context and third-person speech often intermingled in the same paragraph when separation would have been better for reading. The Courier font made it a bit hard to separate Roman from italic "remote viewing" episodes. The story itself drags on a bit, with surprises appearing as if by magic, seemingly lost people springing back into the story, etc., making for odd continuity and poor believability. The whole thing was sometime sort of a bad attempt at Indiana Jones. The last few chapters are a too-fast wrap-up of obvious conclusions and denouement. Samples of the sequel at the very end are in a better font, but I've had enough.
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