Matthew Reilly

Ever heard of Matthew Reilly? well, for those who googl-ed for him will certainly know he is a writer, an australian writer at that. what makes him apart from other writers is that his book is EXPLOSIVE ACTION PACKED!!! science techno thriller that one can associate with riding a roller coaster with thrills and shrills at every end and corners, if you want an action thriller that can keep you at the edge of your seat when reading, he is the author for you. Frankly speaking, i am a bit astonished that there is not a movie adaption of any books he had written, i mean, this has more action than Bourne series, more fast paced that sometimes it is beyond hollywood material. i mean, this guy's book have everthing, adrenalin, pace, action, gore, blow by blow action scenes that one can associate with michael crichton books. although he was sometimes criticized by some for his book lacking character development, i think this is a good thing as telling about characters in long winded paragraphs slows down paceContest was his first published book, he actually self published the book before publishers do it for him. this is the book that set the pace for which he wrote thrillers, fast-paced, adrenalin pumping, gory details.

Temple is another standalone book that is more darker and sinister than contest which takes place in the jungles of south america, in this book there is some indiana jones feel in which the rich description of the jungles as well as parallel story telling gives readers vivid imagery about the story. hell, i imagine the whole story scene when i read through and it is way better than any movies i watched
This is the first book in the Scarecrow series which readers are introduced to a team of a US Marines sent to Antartica to investigate and protect something important. This is a book totally filled with action from the first word go. suspense from the first page onwards and lots of gun fighting, multinational fights and cover-ups, traitor within the ranks and much more. and all of this happen in the barren land of Antartica. this is action packed as the Marines need not only defend the station against french, british and the traitor within their midst they also need to fight against killer whales and mutated seals

Area 7 is the second book in the Scarecrow series which the Marine Shane "Scarecrow" returns, and all the action got faster with the president life at stake, traitors in the enemy and own ranks, a virus that is racist and to make it more unbelievable, a fight into space and re-entering earth to-fight again.
This is the third book in the Scarecrow series in which the Scarecrow is hunted down along with 14 other men in the world in a bounty hunt. and as expected, more action, split second thinking, blast, damage and of course a twist in the story as well as plans to start global war.

This book is the one that actually introduced me to the works of Matthew Reilly. it has another hero(jack west). this one is also fast paced action thriller with some historical facts jumbled in which provide the story with a new kind of depth as it fuses modern and past together. it features Egypt's pyramids, the capstones atop them, an incoming apocalyptic event, a lost language only a seer can interpret as well as nations fighting each other to get the capstone and in the mess of it all, actions, actions and MORE ACTIONS!!

this is the sequel to the seven ancient wonders in which the events in the first book is just the beginning and another bigger apocalyptic event is coming. Jack West team must locate the 6 sacred stones for they held the key to find the 6 pillars that can activate the Machine which will save humanity from the apocalypse. here, more history about civilisation past is revealed and Reilly did a great job in using them together with modern technologies to make this a fantastic read

As the story in the 6 sacred stones didnt end, it continues into this book which promises more action, more mystery, more twist, more tomb-raider-ish action where jack again goes against all odds to locate the pillars and activating the machine. it also add a few fantasy elements like the tomb of jesus in israel and such. a great read that can keep you at the edge of your seat and glued on for you need to find out more and more and more about what happen next

hell, if any of these books made it into the movies, i will surely watch them(as long as the directors dont cut the movie till the point of disappointment)