The Sphinx Scrolls
The Ballashiels Mysteries, Book 1
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The Sphinx Scrolls
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Narrated by:
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Gavin Osborn
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By:
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Stewart Ferris
About this listen
An ancient Mayan prophecy. A dangerous Nazi descendant. A passionate archaeologist. And an aristocrat desperate for cash.
Mayan legends tell of a location where the secret to surviving the end of the world may be found. One part of that legend is recorded on a stone tablet in the dusty attic of Lord 'Ratty' Ballashiels' crumbling manor. The other twin part disappeared from a Berlin museum when the Nazis took power. When Ratty seems about to sell his tablet to the adopted son of Josef Mengele, his friend, the archaeologist Ruby Towers, is appalled.
Soon it is clear that more than archaeology is at stake. The quest to rescue historic Central American artefacts becomes a race to prevent an apocalyptic threat when Ruby discovers that the ancients have set in motion something that will threaten the world today.
©2016 Stewart Ferris (P)2016 Audible, LtdListeners also enjoyed...
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Enjoyed it
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For most of the chapters I was trying to figure why the lead character is left behind in the plot. It would have been okay if the author had kept us in the dark too but it's not that hard to figure out that a rocket propulsion specialist might be brought in to investigate an aircraft or maybe even a space craft - come on Ms Towers.
Most of the support characters are great and well developed, Ratty is a riot, but others like Otto also seem to slow the story down.
I really wanted this book to be great but it was just okay.
I don't think I'll go on to read the next installment anytime soon.
Such great potential!!
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Dreadful plot
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What disappointed you about The Sphinx Scrolls?
Straight paragraphs lifted from the best of the pyramadiots books... and transferred willy nilly to South America - very little to do with the title. Poor understanding of the Maya civilsation. Very bad plot, poor 2 dimensional characters, the obligatory nazis - and no saving graces.. bad relic hunters with a poor vocabulary and an embarrassing script.. an insult to the reader/ listeners intelligenceHas The Sphinx Scrolls put you off other books in this genre?
No, just it should be put to the bottom of the pile, there are many others better and more thought provoking. This had no redeeming features and was an insult to a genre that doesn't have much going for it.Which scene did you most enjoy?
The deus ex machina reading of the Sphinx scrolls of the title in a crumbling mansion kitchen... the schrolls having been earlier destroyed, they are suddenly available in translation, much reduced, and edited and delivered by being selectively read out.. it encompasses both the best and the worst of the books.. and again, how on earth did it get by the editors? Shouldn't have been published/What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Does no one need an agent these days? Is there no such thing as an editor.. and how are book buyers supposed to distinguish between writing and pulp fiction ..I paid for this rubbish...Any additional comments?
Does no one need an agent these days. Some stuff should not be published.. in defense of the waste of ink and trees, never mind the poor people who try and read it, in all innocence.The narrator should get a medal for ploughing through and delivering, straight faced and not hamming up the audible version.. and making a very poor narrative a mediocre book.. on audible..I would not recommend reading it, or listening to it, in anything other than ironic mode., or as a how not to...
Poor quality in a mediocre genre..
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