I hope you don't mind me doing a book review.
The Relic
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Synopsis:
A New York Times Bestselling book. The prelude tells the story of doomed expedition in the Brazilian rainforest undertaken by one of the American Museum''s scientist in his search for remains and signs of Kothoga tribe in which a certain lizard god was to be found After a few years, back in civilization under the roof of American Museum of Natural History in New York, where the late professor used to work, unexplainable deaths occur. Along came Liutenant D'' Agosta followed by FBI Special Agent Pendergast to investigate these brutal deaths that are done by removing a specific part of the victim''s brain called thallmus rich in a certain hormones could be found.Under the tutilege of Dr. Frock, Museum Researcher Margo Green together with D'' Agosta and Pendergast worked against time to find the answer behind the murders.
A nosy newspaper reporter named William "Bill" Smithback also assisted in acquiring the last notes of the late scientist from the museum directors. The plot thickens when they found a link between the late scientist''s expedition and the deaths. It is said that before the late scientist died he had sent a package back to the museum. Later on they found out that the package contains leaves(the professor improvised) used as protection for the relic that the scientist found in the rainforest. They thought that the Mbwuan (the creature with a face of a lizard that walks with two hind legs that looks like the relic). Eventually they learn that Mbwuan was really after the leaves in the crate because it is rich in hormones that are the same with our thallmus. And since the recent fire burn the remains of the thalmus producing plant in the brazilian rainforest, the creature couldn''t find any source of thallmus to survive so it travelled a long way to museum in search for it''s life giving leaves. Meanwhile, the museum directors still plans for the grand opening of "Superstition" even with the ongoing murders.
When the attacks came it rendered the security system active therefore locking themselves in the museum under the mercy of the monster.Many died and few survived with the help of Liutenant D'' Agosta and Bill Smithback (under the instructions of Pendergast using blueprint of the sewage directly under the museum) leading the people towards safety while Margo Green and Agent Pendergast stayed to fight off Mbwuan. After a bit of a fight both of them finally manages to kill the beast. The story ends when Lt. D'' Agosta was promoted, Pendergast solve the mystery and Margo Green destroying the remaining Brazilian leaves. In the end, the story has a twist ending revealing that Mbwuan was really the late scientist in the expedition. The Kothoga called the plant Mbwun. Kothoga tribe revers the plant as sacred as when it is induced to the enemy the person becomes the lizard creature that they could control to fight other tribes.The scientist was changed when the Kothoga captured him and made him digest large amounts of Mbwuan. All these information was known by a scientist named Gregory Kawakita who plans to manipulate the plant genetically to form a new kind of medicine that would help humanity grow stronger without the form changing effects. and so starts the plot of Child and Lincoln''s next sequel Reliquary... This novel has been translated into over a dozen languages and was made ino a major feature film by Paramount.
[taken from
http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel-novella/1630371-relic/]
My review:
4.9/5
I picked this book from Goodwiill meanwhile browsing through the book and movies section. The thing that got me drawn to this book was the title and the picture of the creature in the from cover. I started reading the first page and knew that instance that I had to finish the book. It took me over a month, but was able to finished reading it. The beginning paragraphs as well as the first chapter was very mysterious and had the vibe where it wants you to find out more about the story.
The book was descriptive and gives you the notion of having the pleasure of seeing the whole thing in your mind. It gave me plenty of excitement and at times spooked the living heck out of me. It made me feel as if I was there and the creature was going to pop out of nowhere.
The ending was well thought out and corresponds to the accuracy of a real life situation should the event occur. My impression of the book after reading it was WOW! It had me on the edge of my seat reading the climax portion of the mysterious creature.
This is a must read book if you're looking for some mysterious pleasure of getting the goosebumps.