Published in over 20 countries and known for their highly visual style, fast pace and largescale action. Compared to matthew reilly s temple and his intrepid academic hero, professor william race, indiana jones is a wimp and the raiders of the lost ark a snooze fest. Sean mangan is an excellent narrator and has done brilliant job with the matthew reilly books i have listened to so far. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading temple.
Matthew reilly books list of books by author matthew reilly. Its a race to locate a legendary incan idol one carved out of a strange kind of stone. Temple is the third novel by matthew reilly, and his second standalone story the book is unique for having a split plot. Born in sydney in 1974, matthew reilly has sold over 7. New version temple matthew reilly ebook most popular. Contest, ice station, temple, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, hell island, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors, scarecrow and the army of. Army to decipher the clues to its location, its the ultimate symbol of the apocalypse. From the internationally bestselling author of seven ancient wonders comes another rollercoaster of a ride. Reilly was born on 2 july 1974 in sydney, the second son of ray an employee at the department of corrective services and denise, a mathematics teacher.
To the incan people, it is still the ultimate symbol of their spirit. Oct 20, 2009 based on the international bestseller matthew reilly s mock temple movie trailer. Temple book by matthew reilly 7 available editions. This book and author was recommended to me by a friend, but i cant see myself reading any more matthew reilly and my friend owes me a drink for the time i wasted reading this occasionally entertaining, utterly unbelievable and ultimately unsatisfying book. Dec 03, 2010 matthew reilly is the australianborn author of bestselling novels contest, ice station, temple, area 7, scarecrow and seven ancient wonders, which reached the sunday times topten bestseller list. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. It was quickly picked up by publishers in the us, uk and germany. William race, a mildmannered professor, is impressed into the u. Which is the best story among matthew reillys works.
Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes, may not. They can also be compared to the old batman tv shows, where the screen explodes with a pow when one of the characters punches another character. Temple wasnt the first or the second one that i read or even the third but that in no way detracts from how much i enjoyed this novel. Born july 2nd, 1974, matthew reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels, ice station, temple, contest, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors and the four legendary kingdoms. Buy the ebook temple by matthew reilly online from australias leading online ebook store. These short stories are available as a free downloadable pdf. He then followed it up by writing ice station before he had even graduated from. He grew up with his brother stephen in willoughby, an affluent suburb on the lower north shore of sydney, new. Publishers weeklycompared to matthew reilly s temple and his intrepid academic hero, professor william race, indiana jones is a wimp and the raiders of the lost ark a snooze fest. Buy temple book online at low prices in india temple. Fans of clive cussler, tom clancy and michael crichton will love matthew reilly. Like reillys other books, temples major attractions are the fast pace and the complexity of the action scenes.
Like reilly s other books, temple s major attractions are the fast pace and the complexity of the action scenes. Four centuries ago, a precious idol was hidden in the jungles of peru. To william race, an american linguist enlisted by the u. See all books authored by matthew reilly, including seven ancient wonders, and the four legendary kingdoms, and more on. Matthew reilly has mentioned that william race from temple could one day appear in the huntsman series, suggesting that the events of the standalone novel are also set within the huntsman series universe. Matthew reillys second book, temple, is part indiana jones, part james bond, part clive cussler hero, and part tom clancy hero. As always another great book that you can not put down, i first read this book when i was in the maldives 17 years ago thats when i started to get into matthew reilly books, finished all his latest one. He wrote his second book, ice station, while studying at the university of new south wales. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. As aggressive as an avalancheand often with the same gracereillys second. The one or two sentences in the temple that are calm are an oasis from the relentless.
Matthew reilly is the bestselling author of ice station, area 7, scarecrow, contest, hell island, seven ancient wonders, six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors and hover car racer. Reilly s book has adrenaline in supersized quantities. All jack wants is to help an old couple and suddenly he is in the middle of a brutal gang war. Matthew reilly s second book, temple, is part indiana jones, part james bond, part clive cussler hero, and part tom clancy hero. Australian thriller writer reilly follows up his hightech adventure ice station 1999, this time sending a mildmannered professor on a breathless, hokey, beatthebadguys hunt for an ancient inca artifact that could blow apart the planet.
Matthew reilly is a great writer and i have enjoyed his adventure novels very much but not this one. The orlando sentinel fans of clive cussler, tom clancy and michael crichton will love matthew reilly. This first book is unique as it is the lone science fiction work of reilly that is about seven people joining a survival contest to the death and will only have one champion. The main characters of this thriller, fiction story are professor william race.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1999, and was written by matthew reilly. Temple by matthew reilly book cover, description, publication history. He is the author of over a dozen novels and novellas. Matthew reilly is the australianborn author of bestselling novels contest, ice station, temple, area 7, scarecrow and seven ancient wonders, which reached the sunday times topten bestseller list. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose. Temple by matthew reilly 1999, paperback for sale online ebay.
The presidian is an intergalactic contest held every thousand years. Reilly has a gift for sustaining momentum that never lets up. I have been lucky enough to have read all of matthews books thus far, but still find temple the most enjoyable. The latest book in this extremely popular series, called blue moon, arrives on bookshelves on october 29th. Temple by reilly, matthew and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He wrote his first two books while studying law at the university of new south wales, and now writes fulltime, producing novels and screenplays and creating television series.
Temple 2002 read online free book by matthew reilly in. Publishers weekly compared to matthew reilly s temple and his intrepid academic hero, professor william race, indiana jones is a wimp and the raiders of the lost ark a snooze. Written by matthew reilly, audiobook narrated by steven pacey. Temple by matthew reilly 1999, paperback for sale online. Temple ebook by matthew reilly 9781742625898 booktopia. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. At the time of publication, reilly hinted at the possibility of a sequel starring the same protagonist, professor william race, but the release of such a book has never been officially confirmed. He wrote his first two books while studying law at the university of new south wales, and now writes fulltime, producing novels and screenplays and. Matthew reilly is an australian novelist, known for his fastpaced actionthrillers. Reilly solved this problem by doing a self publish on his book contest with copies sold via one bookshop after another. Matthew john reilly born 2 july 1974 is an australian action thriller writer. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. A blockbuster thriller from bestselling author matthew reilly.
Like reillys other books, temples major attractions are the fast. Buy temple by reilly, matthew from amazons fiction books store. It was an ok read but just too unrealistic as professor race escapes certain death so many times because of amazing and fortuitous circumstances which are unbelievable in the extreme. Nov 01, 2012 fans of clive cussler, tom clancy and michael crichton will love matthew reilly. Temple by matthew reilly 2002, paperback for sale online.
Sometimes i get to read the work of new authors by randomly selecting books in a bookstore and buying them. It is a bit confusing to keep track of the number of organisations involved, but despite these comments i really enjoyed it. Pdf temple book by matthew reilly free download 523 pages. This was my intor into reilly s books, given to me by a friend who loved it, and after all the books of his ive read, it still remains at the top of my list of his books. Praise for matthew reilly reilly has a gift for sustaining momentum that never lets up. Temple by matthew reilly 2002, paperback for sale online ebay.
Temple by matthew reilly and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read temple. There are so many bullets flying that most of perus jungle must have been destroyed. While it was rejected by every publishing company in the sydney area, he was able to borrow some money to selfpublish 1,000 copies. Deep in the jungles of peru the contest of the century is underway. Heres an example of matthew reilly s prose page 434 in the paperback edition i read. Temple has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Born july 2nd, 1974, matthew reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels, ice station, temple, contest, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors and the four legendary kingdoms temple matthew reilly ebook.
Temple 2002 read online free book by matthew reilly in epub. A friend of mine introduced me to matthew reilly s novels during high school, and i was hooked. He has since sold over 7 million copies of his books worldwide, in over 20 languages. Now rival groups are assembling their teams to hunt the idol down, at any. Temple is a thriller novel written by australian author matthew reilly and first published in 1999. A special sequel to the tournament from australias favourite novelist and the author of both the scarecrow and jack west jr series when her life is threatened by an anonymous assassin, the newly crowned queen elizabeth i knows there is only one. Publishers weekly compared to matthew reilly s temple and his intrepid academic hero, professor william race, indiana jones is a wimp and the raiders of the lost ark a snooze fest. The idola carved snarling jaguar headis hidden in a stone temple and guarded by a pack of fearsome rapas, huge cats that can tear the best. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 523 pages and is available in paperback format. Like most of matthew reilly s books this is long and full of action. Temple is the third novel by matthew reilly, and his second standalone story. Its been sitting on my shelf for a while, recently been wanting to read something along the lines of tomb raider, indiana jones type adventure books that mix history with action. If this becomes reality, this will also create another connection to the scarecrow series, where temple s supernova has been mentioned.