The Charlemagne Pursuit: A Novel (Cotton Malone Book 4) by Steve Berry (MOBI)

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As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told that his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic. But what he now learns stuns him: His father’s sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica.

Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer and Christl Falk are also determined to find out what became of their father, who died on the same submarine–and they know something Malone doesn’t: Inspired by strange clues discovered in Charlemagne’s tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the Americans. Now Malone discovers that cryptic journals penned in “the language of heaven,” conundrums posed by an ancient historian, and his father’s ill-fated voyage are all tied to a revelation of immense consequence for humankind. As Malone embarks on a dangerous quest with the sisters, he will finally confront the shocking truth of his father’s death and the distinct possibility of his own.

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berry’s The Columbus Affair and a Cotton Malone dossier.

User’s Reviews

Review “In bestseller Berry’s fourth thriller to feature ex–Justice Department agent Cotton Malone (after The Venetian Betrayal), Malone embarks on a search for answers about his father, Capt. Forrest Malone, after learning that instead of dying in 1971 in a nuclear sub accident in the North Atlantic, his father actually died while on a secret submarine mission to the Antarctic. Meanwhile, bad guy Adm. Langford Ramsey schemes to become the next ranking officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The two story lines merge as a group led by Malone races to Antarctica, where they find a strange underground city belonging to the Aryans, an advanced race who inhabited the earth at the dawn of our own civilization. A meticulous researcher, Berry carefully integrates such elements as Charlemagne, Nazis, ancient manuscripts, historical puzzles and scientific surprises into the plot. Those who relish suspense in the Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review)”Berry outdoes himself in his latest Cotton Malone adventure (after The Venetian Betrayal ). Using his connections in the federal government, Cotton asks to see a classified file that details the mission that resulted in his father’s death. He knew his father died on a submarine but none of the shocking details about where or why he died. But Cotton is not the only person who wants this file, and they kill to get it. Nazi missions to the Antarctic, ancient societies, and a valuable artifact from Charlemagne’s tomb all play key roles as Malone uncovers the truth. So much is going on that there is enough material for two good books, let alone one great one. Mixed in with the complicated action, Berry finds the time to explore the characters as well, making this his most personal and best book to date. For all fiction collections.” – Library JournalFrom the Ha… From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In bestseller Berry’s fourth thriller to feature ex–Justice Department agent Cotton Malone (after The Venetian Betrayal), Malone embarks on a search for answers about his father, Capt. Forrest Malone, after learning that instead of dying in 1971 in a nuclear sub accident in the North Atlantic, his father actually died while on a secret submarine mission to the Antarctic. Meanwhile, bad guy Adm. Langford Ramsey schemes to become the next ranking officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The two story lines merge as a group led by Malone races to Antarctica, where they find a strange underground city belonging to the Aryans, an advanced race who inhabited the earth at the dawn of our own civilization. A meticulous researcher, Berry carefully integrates such elements as Charlemagne, Nazis, ancient manuscripts, historical puzzles and scientific surprises into the plot. Those who relish suspense in the Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series. 10-city author tour. (Dec.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal Starred Review. Berry outdoes himself in his latest Cotton Malone adventure (after The Venetian Betrayal). Using his connections in the federal government, Cotton asks to see a classified file that details the mission that resulted in his father’s death. He knew his father died on a submarine but none of the shocking details about where or why he died. But Cotton is not the only person who wants this file, and they kill to get it. Nazi missions to the Antarctic, ancient societies, and a valuable artifact from Charlemagne’s tomb all play key roles as Malone uncovers the truth. So much is going on that there is enough material for two good books, let alone one great one. Mixed in with the complicated action, Berry finds the time to explore the characters as well, making this his most personal and best book to date. For all fiction collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 8/08.]—Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist Berry’s Cotton Malone series is beginning to develop a case of been there, done that. In this fourth installment, the globe-trotting ex–government agent turned bookseller is caught up in the mystery of Charlemagne, the eighth-century empire builder whose tomb is somehow linked to an early Nazi exploration of Antarctica and, even stranger, to the death of Cotton’s own father. The story follows the by-now overly familiar course: Cotton is thrust immediately into life-threatening danger and spends the rest of the novel evading pursuers and pursuing the solution to a historical puzzle. There are colorful bad guys, likable good guys, and plenty of action scenes (it’s a mystery why no one has turned these books into Indiana Jones–like movies). As in previous episodes, the dialogue ranges from graceful to clunky, and the frequent chunks of historical background are worked into the narrative in ways that vary from seamless to clumsy. This is a solid action thriller that will appeal to the author’s fans, but how long Berry can prolong the series without tinkering even a bit with his formula is the real question here. –David Pitt –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ Malone steps into another debacle again but this time he has selfish and honorable reasons. His father’s story and the oberhauser story should not have intertwined but they did. The Antarctica side is too far fetched for me and there was just too much drag at times. This book was hard to follow at times. Edwin Davis and Stephanie Nelle were so far out of their element the entire time and Charlie Smith seems too good at what he does. Not bad but not great either.

⭐ I love the concept of a lost advanced civilization being discovered. However this noon has too many weakly developed characters with no redeeming virtues. The story skips too much between characters and location that the reader is half way thru the book before understand who is who and by then is convinced that none of the characters have any redeeming virtues

⭐ For some reason I Could put this book down. The story’s pretty amazing, but I found that I couldn’t stay with it. I had to set it down after a chapter and do other things, including reading a cozy along side it.That is unusual for me.Again, I’m not knocking the book at all, although I probably should have read the earlier books in the series, of which I was not aware until I read the afterword.Maybe you should too, before you read this.Mike

⭐ A friend who knows I am a voracious reader, though mostly of non-fiction, suggested that I would like Steve Berry, because he wove good thrillers based on interesting historical mysteries. While I do like historical fiction, his novels aren’t. They are essentially potboiler shoot-em-ups with a wee bit of some historical mystery thrown in. In this book while I did learn a tiny bit about Charlemagne and the mysterious Voynich manuscript, I had to wade through a lot of people being shot between the eyes to get there. Probably my last Steve Berry.

⭐ While I have previously enjoyed all of the author’s books, this one was definitely not one that I would consider a keeper. While it has its moments, they are few and far between. Only because I am a fan, did I get a modicum of enjoyment from the book.The main character, Cotton Malone, is a recurring one. He is definitely a likable character. A former government agent, he is currently retired from service and living in Denmark, where he is a bookseller. Then he learns that his beloved father, who died when Cotton was a child, had not perished is a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic as originally thought, but, instead had died while on a classified secret mission in a submarine lost beneath the ice shelves of AntarcticaCotton joins forces with twin sisters, German by birth, whose own father had also disappeared on that same submarine. They each want to discover the truth about their father’s death. There are journals written in a previously unknown language, clues found in the tomb of Charlemagne, and other revelations. Adding to the problems of the quest is the enmity between the sisters, making the quest a do or die situation.Unlike the author’s other books, this one dragged. It also hit an all time high on the implausibility scale. While I am still a fan, this simply was not one of his better books. While it picked up some steam towards the end, it did not compensate for all of the moments of inertia one felt while reading this book. If you have never before read a book by this author, do not make this one your first, or you may never pick up another of this author’s books again. Fans will stay the course and hope that the next one will have the author back on track.

⭐ Building off of the previous three books Steve Berry does a masterful mob of weaving history into a modern suspense thriller. As an armchair historian especially appreciate this full disclosure at the end where fictionalized historical events. Well done Mr. Berry.

⭐ I am a little late to the Cotton Malone series. Hence a review some four years after the last one. I will keep this brief.Steve Berry is a writer with barely acceptable writing skills. His two big weaknesses are character development, and dialogue. He has excellent, if farout ideas and if he were better at the two mentioned skill sets, his novels would hold my interest more.I would say his success as a writer ( hey people are buying his books!!!) is due in part to a current lack of first rate thriller writers (Greg Iles, Stephen White, and Lee Child turn out stuff on a regular basis, but the quality drops off pretty quick when you’ve read all their stuff)providing for this market.Bottom line, if you are getting on a plane and you’ve read just about everything else, go and blow $8-9 bucks on this book. It will be better than whatever is on the movie.And, finally if this were priced at about $5.00 bucks it would be much closer to similar fare.

⭐ I just discovered Steve Berry and started out with one of his other books (The Paris Vendetta). This was an exciting story of mystery, drama, relationships, secrets and intrigue that spans the Globe. It heavily implies the existence of a lost and very intelligent civilization that existed prior to the Antarctic freeze. Without going into detail and giving anything away, Berry writes stories in a manner that volleys multiple plot lines that run parallel and then merge at the end. At first, it can be a little hard to follow, but after getting into the story, it’s a page turner. I am going to continue to read his books as they are filled with historical references and places and he delineates the “real” history from the “fiction” at the end of the book.Thank you Steve Berry for an awesome story!

⭐ Steve Berry is an exceptional writer who artfully intertwines actual history with spellbinding imagination. Cotton Malone has become my favorite hero in the mystery thriller genre. I am hooked and won’t rest until I have read every book in the series.

⭐ Cotton is once again up to good neck in intrigue and danger but while he chases over Europe his former boss is also facing danger not totally willingly. Will they stop a killer and solve a decades old mystery???

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