Jaguar Prophecies

The Dresden Codex, Book 2

De: Jeff Wheeler

Narrado por: Kate Rudd

The fate of the world is in the hands of two men. One is prophesized to end it. The other must save it in an apocalyptic thriller by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler.

If the end-of-the-world prophecy is true, a vengeful descendant will reign with blood and fury. The planets are already aligning.

For Jonathon Roth and his family, a vacation in Cozumel became a nightmare. Pawns in a deadly ritual, Roth and his children barely escaped with their lives, and with the secrets of mastermind Jacob Calakmul. Calakmul’s endgame: to fulfill the Jaguar Prophecies—the foretelling of an inevitable Armageddon, one that will destroy entire nations. The key to stopping it is to retrieve an ancient codex—if Roth can decipher it.

From a museum in Dresden where the mysterious codex is on display to the Roths’ Montana home in the dead of winter, no place is safe from Calakmul’s reach. Obsessed with the legends of the magic of the Maya, Roth knows Calakmul’s powers are real. Roth’s own daughter possesses them too. As Calakmul and his henchmen close in, Roth and his children are running for their lives.

In a prepper’s lair in the Montana mountains, Roth must piece together a terrifying puzzle to stop an apocalyptic vision from coming true. If it’s not already too late. Because the countdown to the end-time has already begun.

©2023 Jeff Wheeler (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Expertly narrated by Kate Rudd…of special and particular interest to fans of Native American infused science fiction stories replete with non-stop action and high adventure. A fun listening experience from start to finish.”—Midwest Book Review

Another great read

Like so many of Jeff Wheeler's other books, it's just good from start to finish. I love the amped up action and plot twists that this series has that his other books don't. Again great read. Sad that May is so far away for the next one.

Never disappoints

This is a different flavor than his other books. Intense. High action and lots of twists and turns. Love it!!! Why do you make us wait until May for the 3rd one to come out?!!!!!!

Listened straight through

I liked this book better than the first in the series. Full of action and some surprises I just could not stop listening! Now J wait for the third book to be released.

Kept me super interested!

Terrific storyline, great believable characters and lots of plot twists. This was fantastic! Can’t wait to read the next one!

good but clearly a stop-gap for the next book

Unlike the 1st book in this series which was complete in itself and left teasers for the next in the series, being full of drama, historical details, and some unusual plot twists, this new book was disappointingly a "gap filler". One new character, a female FBI agent, provides a nice break from the "Uber male" patterns in the first book, but there really wasn't much functional point to this, unless it was to take down the size of the next volume in the series to an acceptable page count. Fans of the introvert daughter, Suki, will be pleased to know she is going to play a much bigger role than previously.

Writing & Story

Jeff Wheeler, who is best known for his stellar fantasy novels, has created an amazing thriller in the Dresden Codex series. Jaguar Prophecies, book 2, equals the first book in intensity and storytelling. I love this book and literally cannot wait for book 3! Killer thriller!

a great continuation

The book picks up about a year later and was gripping the entire time. lots of action and suspense. Jeff Wheeler writes an excellent story and Kate Rudd delivers as always for narration.

Excellent story

Jeff Wheeler has created, once again, characters bigger than life and problems bigger than life. Can’t wait to get to book number three and see how the story ends.

Intriguing up to the last second

Characters are far Less complex and lacked the depth his other books. This book was much better than the first in the series.

Interesting details

I enjoyed the maneuvering between Roth and Jacob. And trying to guess what twist would come next.