| View Larger Image | Raising The Past | Paperbackby Jeremy Robinson (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Breakneck Books | | Page Count: | 308 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 15, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 40,633th |
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Product Description
FROM THE ICE... A mammoth, flash frozen in solid ice 10,000 years ago is brought to the surface by a team of scientists. An act of sabotage frees the giant from its icy tomb and reveals the secret held inside. OUT OF THE MAMMOTH... The body of an ancient woman, cloaked in furs, slides out of the mammoth's belly. But it is not the woman that holds the team's attention...it is the object she is clutching...a device created by an advanced civilization. THE HUNT IS ON... The device is accidentally activated, summoning forces who seek its destruction. It is the key to mankind's salvation and freedom from the men behind the curtain, pulling the strings and leading humanity towards destruction. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 35 reviews)
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Arctic Garden of Eden by Woodlandtrails  5 Stars
June 27, 2009
This book became a real page turner after the base camp was destroyed and especially after they arrived at the citadel. It ROCKED just getting better and better. The author ingenuously blended evolution, religion and complex changing human interactions. The Arctic crew were there for different reasons (fame, science, money, just a job) and they bickered over real or imagined slights. But in the end, the crew compromised and worked together for their survival (and later for our species survival) whether they liked each other or not. More importantly, their survival adventure forced each of them (and the reader) to know and understand the others and why they behaved the way they did.
Whatever else this book is, it is completely thought provoking.
The book starts on the premise of raising a frozen mammoth but an ancient dead woman rolls out of its belly and the storyline changes forever. Religion say demons make humans act "bad" and that god wants humans to behave "good". It is our free will to "choose" good or bad and these unsuspecting scientists are stuck in a frozen Arctic Garden of Eden making this ultimate choice.
The aliens playing the "on the side of good" guys are called Aeros and believe in total conformity to achieve a world of everyone holding hands and singing kumbaya. They corrupt themselves by taking sadistic joy in hurting/killing those who won't share their idea of utopia including holding coliseum death matches. All good guys lose a bit of their shining armor behaving badly. The scientists in Raising the Past figured this out about the Aeros.
The aliens playing the "bad" part (but believe they are the good guys also) are called Ferox and they believe in free will and complete independence and defend at all cost against the Aeros "oneness" idea. The Ferox believe they are the true "good" side yet they also corrupt their "goodness" by manipulating others including the human race in order to destroy the Aeros before the Aeros destroyed them.
Reading Raising the Past was like figuring out the next unexpected move of a chess or video game. Think fast or die! It gives new meaning to the phrase "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" with the trick being to stay alive long enough to figure out who was friend or foe.
Raising the Past challenges the reader's mind in every way and you won't regret "choosing" to read this book.
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Very entertaining by C. Ballard (San Bernardino) 5 Stars
March 27, 2009
Wow. I really enjoyed this book! The story is is gripping and I finished the book in two days. I hope there is a sequel.
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Good vs Evil. . . . . But which is which? by J. F. Dalton (Lawton, Ok USA)  4 Stars
June 28, 2008
I have quickly become a Jeremy Robinson fan. I have bought and read all of his published novels so far. I will pre-order his next available title. I don't do this for just any author, only authors whose books I know I will truly enjoy.
This novel has action, suspense, thrills, good vs evil overtones, some science fiction, and religious threads as well. Jeremy Robinson manages to wave all this elements together in a very good manner.
It may not be Paradise Lost, but if you enjoy thrills and stories that move along like an Indiana Jones movie, you will love this one.
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Great Sci-Fi/Adventure Combo by C. Utterback 5 Stars
June 18, 2008
I am a big James Rollins fan and was recommended to read Robinson's books. I sure am glad I did because this was a great read which reminds me very much of Rollins' early works. I have read some of Robinson's comments and one of the things I liked about this book is that there was a bit more sci fi and monsters than some of Rollins later works. This book reminded me a lot of Deep Storm by Lincoln Child, but it went a lot farther in actually introducing you to the aliens and their intergalactic war. I liked that a lot; I felt that Child did not show us enough of the Sci Fi side of Deep Storm.
Another great think about Raising the Past is the moral questions that it brings up. It certainly is a novel that made you think. I downloaded it for free on WOWIO and was certainly happy. I am currently deployed in Afghanistan and really enjoyed the escape to the Arctic. Great job, Jeremy. I have since ordered the Didymus Contingency, and am very excited about that being a Christian. I will certainly be buying your future novels!
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Robinson by ZMoney (Colorado) 4 Stars
March 05, 2008
I did enjoy this book it just seemed liked there was something missing in the story and really think Robinson could of expanded on the story during the second half. Other than that it's a good quick read and worth your time if you like the author.
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