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Title: The Amulet of Power (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) by Mike Resnick ISBN: 0-345-46171-1 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: the wait is NOT over
Comment: I've been waiting years for someone to realize that
the world's best selling video game series would make
an excellent action-adventure novel series. With the
release of The Amulet of Power, I thought my wait was
over. Regretably, it is not so.
Amulet is just plain bad... a bad tie-in to the game
series, a bad interpretation of the Lara Croft
character and just bad adventure fiction. The
dialogue, which seems to cripple the story along is
tedious, as are scenes where Lara flashes her
guns...er, her pistols... anytime she's not getting
her way.
I expect there to be a few more books with the LCTR
banner, but my outlook for the series is grim. If the
next novel, whenever it comes along, isn't 180 degrees
different, I fear my wait will never be over.
Rating: 5
Summary: Video game heroine searches for hidden artifact
Comment: British archeologist and adventurer Lara Croft is rescued from the collapsed Temple of Horus in Edfu, Egypt -- only to be attacked by two silent men in a hospital in Cairo where she recovers from her injuries. Handsome Kevin Mason Junior, a fellow archeologist, comes to her rescue again. Together they flee from religious fanatics who think that Lara has found the most powerful artifact in the world -- the Amulet of Mareish. Lara decides to search for the amulet in the Sudan where Englishman General Charles Gordon might have hidden it in the late 1800s. The dangerous treasure hunt brings Lara also to Kenya and on the Seychelles where she finally faces her biggest challenge.
"Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Amulet Of Power" starts where the fourth Tomb Raider video game had ended. Fans finally get to know what happened to Lara after she had been trapped in the Egyptian tomb and before she reappears in Paris to visit her mentor Werner Von Croy. Mike Resnick did a good job filling this gap, bringing Lara's character and dry humor to life. As in the video game, there are quite a few killings (people and animals), so the book is not suited for small children. The lost artifact, the exotic locations, the mystical happenings, and the ever-present danger all bring to life what Tomb Raider is all about. Even readers who haven't seen the movies or played the video games will enjoy this adventure novel with a strong-willed, smart, and witty heroine.
Rating: 4
Summary: A fun read
Comment: I've never read a Resnick novel before, but I've heard of his reputation. I would have passed on this book if not for Resnick's reputation.
As a video game tie-in, it's very well done. Video games have a bumpy history of movie and book translations ("Mario Brothers" and Alan Dean Foster's "The Dig" are just two of the low points), but this book did a good job. The action is good, the side characters have more than one dimension to them, and the plot is perfect for this genre.
As a stand-alone SF/Adventure novel, however, it's not the best read. While the characters have depth when compared with the video game, they certainly wouldn't stand up against other true SF/Fantasy heroes created by Orson Scott Card, James Stoddard, or Jennifer Roberson.
Is it fun? Absolutely. Is it predictable? A tad. Is it deep? Not in the least. As long as you know what you're getting when you pick it up (and who today hasn't heard of Lara Croft?), you'll enjoy it.
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Title: The Cradle of Life : Lara Croft: Tomb Raider by Dave Stern ISBN: 074347709X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider by Dave Stern, Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Simon West ISBN: 0743424298 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 22 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tomb Raider, Vol. 1 : Saga of the Medusa Mask by Dan Jurgens, Andy Park, Jonathan Sibal, Richard Isanove, Top Cow ISBN: 1582401640 Publisher: Image Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Tomb Raider: Chasing Shangri LA by Dan Jurgens, Billy Tan, Andy Park, Francis Manapul, Sibal Jonathan, Jonathan D. Smith, Jonathan Sibal ISBN: 1582402671 Publisher: Diamond Comic Dist. Star Sys. Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:Lara Croft - Lethal and Loaded ASIN: B00005OBAH Publisher: White Star Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.46 |
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