Raising Atlantis

By: Thomas Greanias

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 9 hrs

Publisher's summary

The truth is down there. A secret U.S. military dig has uncovered ancient ruins two miles beneath the ice of Antarctica and activated the ultimate weapon. Now rogue American archaeologist Conrad Yeats and beautiful Vatican linguist Serena Serghetti must team up to unlock the secret origins of human civilization before a global cataclysm ends it.

Thomas Greanias builds excitement and suspense every step of the way in this daringly original, thought-provoking adventure that moves with electrifying force. This is the ultimate voyage, a journey to the center of time, as awe-inspiring as the dawn of man...and as inevitable as doomsday. This is Raising Atlantis.

©2005 Thomas Greanias (P)2005 AtlantisAudio, a division of Atlantis Interactive, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Raising Atlantis is a wonderfully honed cliffhanger, an outrageous adventure with a wild dose of the supernatural. A thrill ride from start to finish." (Clive Cussler)
"A gripping page-turner....I think it's a lot like The DaVinci Code, but I like the ending on this one better." (CBS News)
"A remarkable first novel. Raising Atlantis grabs hold of you from the first page and pulls you into an astonishing world of scientific fact and fiction, suspense and good old-fashioned adventure. Thomas Greanias is a superb writer who knows how to tell a tale with style and substance. Thoroughly entertaining." (Nelson DeMille)
"It's not hard to see why this techno-thriller has already been such a success: a gripping plot about the discovery of an island believed to be Atlantis, not in the Aegean but buried under the ice of the South Pole; some colorful characters, including a father-and-son team of archeologists; and some clean, no-nonsense writing that adds to the reading speed and suspense." (Chicago Tribune)

Steve

Some of the reviews are too harsh. For this kind of adventure novel it was quite interesting. In fact I quite enjoyed it. It is obviously setup for a sequel. There is still a great mystery to solve.

a wild ride of a journey

action thriller where you get moved up down sideways excetera. Possible next box office thriller movie

Dan Brown x Mythical Sci-Fy = fun listen

If you want to have an easy listening experience with a fun, fast and engaging story, based on mythical stories, this is it. The comparison with Dan Brown has been made before and it is a correct one. My only concern is the production where the chapters ends and starts abruptly. But that is not Thomas Greanias’ fault.

Great Story

A great adventure story. The charachters were gripping and the plot kept you on the edge of your seat.
I LOVE Scott Brick narration. He could read the phone book and I would listen

Like old-school pulp, but with real info in it.

Heard about this one from Kerry Cassidy's recent YouTube interview with Starfire (if I remember correctly - otherwise, it would have been John Lear). Because of its' essentially top-level info, she'd said this book had been disallowed from being published in the customary formats.

Raising Alantis

I agree with some of the other reviews regarding the narrator. He is incredible. Very believable and tells a story so you really enjoy listening to it.
This book was very suspenseful and action packed.
Story line and time line easy to understand and follow. You will want to follow it! This book will raise your curiosity to new levels, while keeping the story simple and to the point. I thoughly enjoyed every minute.
I am at this moment downloading the next book in this series. Characters in this book were believable and mysterious. In all things this was a good listen.

very entertaining

The story had a good flow and kept me interested right away. Seems to me there should be a sequel to this story.

good book

the stories is great and very well done.. makes you think but the narrator is kinda bad. no space at the end of the chapters just jumps right to the next one. But over all good

I couldn't disagree more

I have read review after review of this book that proclaim it to be horrible drivel with *maybe* a good idea for a story but was badly realized with characters that were poorly developed, etc. Well, for this genre, I couldn't disagree more. I came back here to see if there was a sequel because it was clearly setup for one, and I enjoyed this book so much I am looking forward to it. It should probably be loosely categorized in the Science Fiction genre, not Suspense, and especially not Espionage. There is definitely a lot there to work with, and I enjoyed it immensely. All books of this sort require total suspension of disbelief. But that's why it's called "fiction". If you take the various "facts" that are presented, about the characters and about what's going on, at face value and start from there, the book is quite compelling. I am not the only one to think so, apparently. It achieved #1 Amazon sales ranking in April 2002 and #2 on Amazon’s eBook fiction list (Mysteries & Thrillers) in May and June 2003 behind Dan Brown’s THE DA VINCI CODE. It was reported to be on the NY Times Best Seller list, but I was not able to confirm this. At any rate, I recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading Atlantis-themed books. It may not be the best book out there, but it is most certainly an enjoyable read.

Visually Stunning in Your Imagination

I liked the visual and action aspects of this audio. Lots of creative descriptions that let your mind fill in the details. Well done. Cannot wait for the movie...