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'''''Ruins''''' is a novel by [[Kevin J. Anderson]]. |
'''''Ruins''''' is a novel by [[Kevin J. Anderson]]. |
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| − | An excellent read and just as good compared with Kevin J. Anderson's other fantastic novel, Ground Zero. I don't know iif you can still find the novels but I picked up the books cheap at a library book sale for like an Aussie dollar each (Yes, I'm an Aussie but British by birth). Anyway, read these and other X Files novels by Kevin and also Charles Grant (author of Goblins and Wirlwind) with novels for slightly younger readers (10-11+) which are written by Les Martin. Whatever X Files novels you read, they are ''all'' fantastic and worth purchasing and reading...[[Feathery Serpent]] |
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| ⚫ | Ruins features a dense background revolving around a partly fictional account of the history of the ancient Maya civilization. Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a UC-Berkely archaeology team, composed of students studying a mayan city in the Yucatán. The university team vanish from their last known location: an ancient pyramid and smaller temples coomposing the city of Xitaclan. Xitaclan is a little- known area, and most explorers who visited the site in the 18th or 19th never returned. When Mulder and Scully arrive, alongside an expert in the archeology field Vladimir Rubicon, father of the outstanding young scientist Cassandra Rubicon who was leading the expedition. As the story progresses, Dr Rubicon disappears and is found dead. Scully enters the cenote, an ancient sacrificial pit filled with water and also the site of Dr Rubicon's body. Scully, in an ancient diving suit which belonged to Cassandra, discovers the bodies of the team members with the exception of Cassandra. Then things start to go wrong.The natives that lead the two agents to the jungle in the first place, constantly disappear but then return the next day. This time they don't come back. |
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Revision as of 21:43, 15 November 2018
Ruins is a novel by Kevin J. Anderson.
Summary
Ruins features a dense background revolving around a partly fictional account of the history of the ancient Maya civilization. Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a UC-Berkely archaeology team, composed of students studying a mayan city in the Yucatán. The university team vanish from their last known location: an ancient pyramid and smaller temples coomposing the city of Xitaclan. Xitaclan is a little- known area, and most explorers who visited the site in the 18th or 19th never returned. When Mulder and Scully arrive, alongside an expert in the archeology field Vladimir Rubicon, father of the outstanding young scientist Cassandra Rubicon who was leading the expedition. As the story progresses, Dr Rubicon disappears and is found dead. Scully enters the cenote, an ancient sacrificial pit filled with water and also the site of Dr Rubicon's body. Scully, in an ancient diving suit which belonged to Cassandra, discovers the bodies of the team members with the exception of Cassandra. Then things start to go wrong.The natives that lead the two agents to the jungle in the first place, constantly disappear but then return the next day. This time they don't come back.
References
Background Check
Characters
Fox Mulder
Dana Scully
Cassandra Rubicon