The Hittites (The Unburied Dead, #1) By Christopher Clarkson
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Site_link post a commentAt their excavations high in the Taurus Mountains archaeologists James and Arla are poised to discover the secret of what caused the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the destruction of the Hittite Empire in 1200 BC Little do they know that in so doing they have placed themselves and their team in mortal danger Their search for answers uncovers a horrifying past a sinister secret society and an ancient evil they cannot fight Two Hittite children Ani and Purdu leave their farm to watch a parade of returning soldiers in their local town only to find it overrun by an evil beyond all nightmares Returning home they find their farm destroyed by the same horror Their flight to safety leads them to an unlikely friend and guardian and on a terrifying journey north to the great capital of Hattusha Michael a pharmacist in a Central Washington hospital is the only survivor of a bizarre and brutal attack by a sick patient that leaves several doctors dead Fleeing the scene in terror he soon finds himself accused of the murders Desperate to prove his innocence Michael turns to his IT genius friend Nathan for help Michael and Nathan uncover much than they bargained for a deadly disease sweeping through the city and a secret society determined to silence them and any that stand in their way The Hittites The Unburied Dead 1 A FINE OLE ZOMBIE TALE IT ISHello pretty interesting reading in this one I kinda like the way the story is told going forward and backward through time Thanks English I am an archaeologist but do not work in Bronze Age contexts so I can t really attest to the Hittite details But in general the archaeology was pretty well handled and the Hittite material felt reasonable and believable One quibble I had is that at least one of the archaeologists on the site would ve been making jokes about zombies very early on probably to the point of being irritating but most of the characters seem really slow to even have the idea of zombies cross their minds Still that s a little thing and in general I found the contemporary scenes pretty believable and the Bronze Age ones probably even so. Horror The hittites history But there was one thing I found irksome The book does not come to a reasonable conclusion nothing is resolved even temporarily the end of the volume I read the Kindle version is like a chapter end with action clearly needing to continue with each context I m used to series where each book can or less stand on its own you want to continue to the next but things wrap up in some kind of way to make a logical stopping point I didn t feel like that was the case here you clearly have to go on to the next one. Horror The hittites history But overall the book is quite strong despite those complaints much stronger than I expected actually and I am looking forward to continuing on to the next one Clarkson writes well the narrative is compelling and the characters relatable and I like the premise One of the best novels about archaeology that I ve seen English DecentEnjoyedSometimes felt rushed things would happen and not track Bullet fired inside no damage is not my experience hi English Unfortunately I think the two star rating of it was ok is the best way to describe it It took place over a few different periods of time some modern and one ancient Every chapter was a different thread in the plotlines happening However it actually made the whole story very disjointed since every couple of pages you would be jumping to a different plot point Since at the time of this writing I m the first reviewer I ll start with the positive The whole history part seemed to be pretty accurate The story made me curious about the Bronze Age collapse and upon googling some info it all looked pretty familiar Clearly a lot of research went into the story and it shows There was also a lot of explanation about both the science and history that honestly made the zombie plot point pretty believable It all seemed to connect seamlessly You also start to learn the connection between some characters I will admit I did have a moment during one of those It was on Kindle Unlimited and peaked my interest and for the most part held my interest. Horror The hittites history Unfortunately on to the negative It did not hold my interest enough to want to read book 2 The end of this one came in the middle of things happening but not as a cliffhanger I was completely taken by surprise at the end of the book it seemed like an unfinished sentence Overall I found the scenes that took place in history with Ani and Purdu to be the most tedious to get through Maybe they were written in laymen s terms but the use of very modern terms made those parts seem anachronistic and therefore jarring The story overall was fairly rushed I think I was supposed to feel tension during some of the modern day scenes but I didn t at any point Overall I think the author is on to some good ideas and history nerds will probably like this But not enough character development plot hooks to make me want to continue with the series YMMV English
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., The Hittites book It also could have benefitted from a good copyeditor There were a fair number of typos and a few instances of the wrong word being used