River of Ruin River of Ruin
Philip Mercer

River of Ruin

    • 4.4 • 207 Ratings
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Publisher Description

In the heart of Panama, a volcanic lake feeds a serpentine river—its stone banks laid by the Inca, who took back the gold and jewels plundered from them by the conquistadors. Legend has it that the Twice-Stolen Treasure has been buried for centuries in the Panamanian jungle. Discovering it means surviving the unpredictable black waters of the River of Ruin....
It begins at a Paris auction house, with a favor granted by an old high school friend to geologist Philip Mercer: the opportunity to buy a rare diary written during the French attempt at digging the Panama Canal. But Mercer isn’t the only one who wants it. Three Chinese assassins have been dispatched to get it, forcing Mercer into a subterranean game of cat and mouse that takes him from the hellish maze of l’empire de la mort and through the sewers of Paris.

Mercer realizes he has uncovered an intricate Chinese plot to trigger a deadly shift in the world’s balance of power. At stake is control of the canal, recently handed over to the government of Panama by the United States. Only Philip Mercer—with help from beautiful U.S. Army officer Lauren Vanik, a cell of tough French Foreign Legion commandos, and a crusty eighty-year-old retired sea captain named Harry White—can stop them.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2002
December 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
544
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Verainla ,

River of Ruin

Action filled and very well thought out story. You do not wish to put it down because it is after all a fun read. The characters are interesting and you do get attached to them. Of course, this being a "Guys" book it has little sentimentality and a lot of bang, bang shoot them up scenes. i do wonder though what a truly terrific story this would have been had the hero been given a bit more depth...

Vixx50 ,

Fantastic Book

From the tantalizing beginning through the ups and downs of a war between people, countries and people within the countries, there is never a good time to put the book down for a break!!! The story pulls and pushes you pang so fast, you can't wait to see what happens next. Jack Du Brul is quickly becoming my second favorite author ,next to. Clive Cussler of course!!!!

Mrfreeheeler ,

Very fast and exciting!

Just like any of Jack's books, extremely accurate and exciting. Never a dull moment and where Jack gets some of the latest military technology is anybody's guess.

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