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Cataclysm of the Ancients (Robert Spire Adventure Thriller Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Simon Rosser (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 476 ratings

5 stars - Amazon Reader - "Fast Paced Historical Adventure." "Rosser's fourth Spire novel Is an exciting mix of historical adventure and science fiction thriller."

226 BC: Fall of the Colossus of Rhodes...Present Day: A Stolen C.I.A Document...An Explosion Rips Into The Sphinx...

226 BC: Fall of the Colossus of Rhodes...

The mighty statue of the Greek Titan, Helios, stood proudly in the port of the ancient city of Rhodes, Greece. Built to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus in 305 B.C., it is one of the tallest statues of the ancient world, until it is destroyed after only 56 years. Legend suggests the Colossus was destroyed by an earthquake. But legends can be wrong...

Present Day: A Stolen C.I.A Document...

Langley Virginia: When CIA agent, Dr Vincent Kramer, is found brutally murdered in the facility's parking lot, it becomes apparent that his death is linked to a missing document that was stored in the agency's secret vault - A document detailing clandestine remote viewing experiments on the Great Sphinx in Egypt.

An Explosion Rips Into The Sphinx...

Soon after the theft, an explosion rips into Egypt's legendary Sphinx, revealing a secret chamber within the ancient monolith. Upon discovering that the events are linked, the UK's GLENCOM agency, keen to assist the Egyptian Government with the suspected terrorist attack upon one of the world's greatest historical monuments, sends their agent, ex-environmental lawyer, Robert Spire, together with archeologist and Egyptian-Greek mythology expert, Professor Casey Carr, to Cairo to investigate...

Spire and Casey soon make a remarkable discovery, a discovery whch suggests the Colossus was not brought down by an earthquake as history suggests. A sinister and powerful group of terrorists are also searching for the ancinet artifact however, forcing Spire and Cassey on an perilous archeological hunt across ancient Egypt and the war-torn lands of Syria for the remains of the Colossus - one of the legendary Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

What they eventually discover is an ancient weapon more powerful than the Gods themselves...

Cataclysm of the Ancients is an unputdownable, gripping, ancient historical archeological adventure thriller with a terrorist theme that will transport the reader not only through ancient Egypt, Syria and Europe, but through time itself...If you enjoy James Bond action adventures, Clive Cussler, Brett Battles and AG Riddle, you'll love the Spire Action Thriller Series.

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    Robert Spire Adventure Thriller
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  5. Publication date
    March 26, 2015
  6. File size
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"If you're a fan of Cussler, Rollins, A.G. Riddle, Dan Brown and Michael Grumley and others in the science-adventure thriller field, then this action-packed thriller is a must read." Neil Gregory WPM - Avid thriller reader. "This novel is, in my opinion, a good action adventure story involving a search for an ancient artifact with competing international interests, including terrorists. I feel it would make a better movie than a book" - Amazon Reviewer

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Cataclysm is a fast paced thriller covering the following themes; 

* Ancient Egypt 
* Greek mythology 
* Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 
* Conspiracies 
* Ancient aliens 
* Ancient guardians 
* Ancient technology 
* Sphinx and Pyramids 
* Science fiction adventure thriller 
* Espionage 
* Terrorism                                                                                                                                        If you enjoy a fast-paced conspiracy action thriller, with a mythological theme set in both ancient Egypt and modern day, with a science fiction twist, then Robert Spire's fourth adventure is for you.....  Spire 5, a follow up to Cataclysm, will be out in 2017.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TT9463A
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Schmall World Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.9 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 550 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 4 of 9 ‏ : ‎ Robert Spire Adventure Thriller
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 476 ratings

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Simon Rosser

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Simon was born in Cardiff, South Wales, UK, in 1968.

When he's not busy with his day job as a lawyer, he is the author of Action-Adventure-thriller novels, predominantly the Robert Spire Action Thrillers, which all have an ecological, historical, science-fiction mystery cataclysmic theme. Think James Bond mixed with Indiana Jones and a bit of environmental / historical facts thrown in for good measure...

Favorite authors include - Ed McBain, James Patterson, Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston, Patrick Lee, Michael Grumley, A G Riddle and Clive Cussler.

Favorite movies - Good The Bad and The Ugly, Jaws, Deliverance, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, It's A Wonderful Life, Scarface, Play Misty For Me, Electra-Glide In Blue, The Abyss, Deliverance, Contact, Alien, Predator, Interstellar, The Thing and many others.

Previous Books - THE A-Z OF GLOBAL WARMING - updated 2012 edition, and the Robert Spire Eco-terrorism action-thrillers TIPPING POINT, IMPACT POINT, MELT ZONE, CATACLYSM OF THE ANCIENTS, CRYPTO, and the GALILEO PROJECT SciFi UFO Conspiracy thrillers 1-3. The author is now working oon Spire 9 - THE VANISHED.

The author has also written Sci-fi thrillers, VAPORIZED I AND II and SALIENT, together with stand alone espionage adventure thriller, RED MIST.

All books available in Audiobook and Kindle/ebook format.

If you enjoyed reading any of my books, and have the time, please stop by and leave a Amazon review. It will be much appreciated, thanks. Also please sign up to my newsletter on my website to your FREE copy of Tipping Point and news on other deals and promotions.

For more information, visit the author's website at http://www.sirosserauthor.com

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  • Beth!
    5.0 out of 5 stars Intense action
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2019
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    Nonstop action. The characters hardly have a chance to finish a much needed drink and off they go again. The characters are well developed and each team (good or evil) work excellent together. As far as the story goez, it is pretty much non stop action. London to Cairo to London to Cairo to Syria to San Francisco to Switzerland. And the story is very well thought out. There are treks after an ancient artifacts which is really an alien weapon. The question is who will find it first and will it be used for good or evil?? Crazy good read. I had a hard time putting it down. Probably the best adventure thriller I've ever read!!!
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  • April D. Bogart
    4.0 out of 5 stars This one was really heart stopping and makes you ready to read the next.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2020
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    I really liked this book, the action and story line were superb. I did not like the fact that Profanity in the form of my Lord name was used many many times thru out the book. It was the first time in this series and I hope the last. Otherwise Robert Spire is a great hero and again he got to work with Travis Dexter. They make a great team. I hope there are many more books with these two.
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  • Retired and Loving It
    3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Story Line BUT...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
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    Mr. Rosser is a promising author and had good ideas for his story line in this book.

    I had never read any of Mr. Rosser's work prior to ordering Cataclysm of the Ancients and Impact Point but the descriptions looked interesting.

    Attn: Mr. Rosser - please pay attention. You need a better editor. The one you used for this book failed you miserably. There were enough grammatical errors, words left out, run on sentences, punctuation errors, names with missing capital first letters, it detracted from the enjoyment of the story. If I were to take a red pen and mark all the mistakes, the book would look like it was bleeding. Were it not for all the aforementioned errors, I would have rated the book 5 stars.

    I was looking forward to reading Impact Point but the pages were not numbered, run on sentences rampant. I just could not get through it and donated it. Even rough drafts have numbered pages. I got the impression that it was a rushed job, under time constraints to just get it in print as quickly as possible.
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  • Carmen Nina
    5.0 out of 5 stars I liked the summary and then I could not put it ...
    Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2015
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I purchased this book on Amazon because I saw it when perusing other authors; I liked the summary and then I could not put it down. Of course I got the other 3, already reading the second one and I am a FAN of Simon Rosser's Robert Spire. Great writing, great adventures, normal people. Thank you, Sy Rosser! Waiting for more of your books...
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  • Tinman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, Typos and Computer Glitches Though
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2016
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    Good read. However, lots of typos that detract from the reading. Also, having problems with all of Simon's books. I finish reading and proceed to try to review them via the Kindle and I get an error message that an error has occurred. If you have purchased this book from Amazon, delete it from the device and download again from the cloud. However, when I download from the cloud again, the same error message occurs. With some editing (and it could be the typesetters as few people will send in a book without editing) and fixing the computer glitches, Rosser has bright future among thriller writers!!!!
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  • william19999
    5.0 out of 5 stars I think he has a great imagination. Great characters and I am x-military so ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2016
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    I have read all of Simons books to date. I too am an author. So I can tell you first hand it takes a lot of research, hard work and about a year to complete a Kindle book. Simons stories are first rate. I think he has a great imagination. Great characters and I am x-military so they resonate with me. Keep them coming. Regards -- Bill MacLaughlin
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great weekend read.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015
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    Reminiscent of an Indiana Jones romp complete with snakes. Very interesting premise. Spire is a fun protagonist and I really enjoyed the globetrotting.
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  • bella
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great read!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2015
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    Loved the writing and the story. Kept you interested till the end. I have been to egypt so I can visualize where the story takes place. Loved it!
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  • Lindsay W H Jones
    3.0 out of 5 stars A good quick read but not much more
    Reviewed in Australia on April 10, 2016
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    It stretches credibility at times. Of course fantasy is not supposed to be credible but its world should seem consistent and this one didn't seem to sure if it wanted to be spy thriller or dystopian fantasy. The worst aspect was the the rather clichéd plot devices -not one but two poisonous snakes released in the bedrooms at night!! Plenty of action but no sex. Rather uninspired all up.
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  • Josef Osztreicher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast Paced Historical Adventure
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2015
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    Rosser's fourth Spire novel Is an exciting mix of historical adventure and science fiction thriller. Robert Spire and Travis Dexter are assigned to solve a mystery following an explosion on the north side of the Sphinx. The explosion reveals a new passageway leading to a secret chamber, The pair, accompanied by a female professor of Egyptian Antiquities from London's Natural History Museum, go on a hunt across Syria for the remains of the Colossus of Rhodes... Needless to say, the task isn't a simple one! The story is a clever mix of historical fact.. I think...and imaginative fiction which turns into an exciting faced paced adventure... Roll on Spire 5!
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  • Mrs. Bruce
    4.0 out of 5 stars Suspend belief and you will probably enjoy this book as much as I did
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2017
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    To enjoy this book you have to totally suspend belief as the plot is just so farfetched!
    The blurb is very detailed so I won't repeat that. Suffice to say that the "baddies" are searching for
    an ancient (possibly alien) weapon that they believe was hidden over 1,000 years ago in a part of
    the dismantled statue - the Colossus of Rhodes.
    They plan to use the weapon to destroy the scientific world and send people back to religion.
    The "goodies" are out to prevent this, of course.

    A few "small" problems though! Nobody really knows where the statue bits are hidden; they have
    no idea what the weapon even looks like and most of the places they search are deep inside enemy
    territory. Apart from that - easy-peasy!!

    However, with the aid of a few old manuscripts and inscriptions on ancient walls, the search is
    accomplished, along with lots of dead bodies along the way.

    The book was fast paced on the whole, right up to the last page and, having suspended said belief, I
    really did enjoy it.
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  • TomWebster
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Book for Adventure buffs
    Reviewed in Australia on March 19, 2016
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    I quite liked this novel. It is an interesting mix of current-day adventure, history and science fiction. It certainly keep me interested from start to finish.
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  • Rae Morris
    4.0 out of 5 stars ... found it interesting and it moved along at a good pace.
    Reviewed in Australia on May 3, 2016
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    I found it interesting and it moved along at a good pace.
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