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Xibalba

Dane Maddock Adventures, Volume 8

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Xibalba

By: David Wood
Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer
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Legends call it Xibalba - the Place of Fear. But some legends are true.

The discovery of a treasure in the Yucatan sets former Navy SEALs Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake on a search for the legendary Maya city of the dead, and into the path of deadly enemies. From ancient ruins to perilous jungles, Maddock and Bones must outwit the vicious Serpent Brotherhood, and find the fabled city before an old enemy unlocks its secrets and plunges the world into shadow. Can they survive the descent into Xibalba?

©2017 David Wood (P)2017 Gryphonwood Press Action & Adventure Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Adventure Suspense

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This book felt new in content to the other books with the focus on the chosen artefact and direction taken with it. This made for an enjoyable story with lots of twists and turns. I have one wish for the series and that is for Bones to evolve as a character rather just playing the role of comedic lad type.

Definitely worth a listen

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I have listened to several of the books in this series, one after the other, and have been struck by the similarities between them, which gets rather tedious.
The basic concept of them all is an ancient artefact being sought by an evil entity and Maddock and his team (and a beautiful woman of course) have to reach it first to stop it being used for evil purposes. There are variations on this theme, but not significant ones.
The first book that I listened to was quite exciting with some good action passages, but by book 3 I found that I was having difficulty remembering which story I was listening to and got rather confused.
I can't blame the author for finding a good concept and re-using it, but for me there just wasn't enough difference between the books to keep me enthralled.

Fun but rather silly

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After the last couple of years with covid about this book is a little bit scary and hits close to home as being a real possibility, I just hope you have a Dane and Bones in the world. The story jumps around with three different groups all trying to discover the same thing (for different reason). This works for the story as it doesn't get confusing but you are left wondering what happened to one group as you are told about the next groups problems. Many of the bad guys we have met before in previous books, well if not then than the organisation that they work for but this doesn't mean you have to have read the other books to enjoy this Indiana Jones style adventure. I love the characters and they are the reason I keep jumping into adventures with them. I am so glad Dane is dating Bone's sister, as brother and sister banter can be highly amusing. Off to see how they save the world next.
Dane and Bones are asked to accompany an archaeologists and his daughter as they search for an legendary Maya city, the city of Shadows. But when a deadly out break wipes out a local village, it appears they aren't the only ones looking for the city. A big pharmaceutical company wants to find the city in the hopes it contains the cure to a deadly and unstoppable disease but do they want to help everybody infected? An accident tried has sworn to protect the temple and wish to stop anybody from finding it and Dane's team just want to make it through a live. Can they survive the deadly traps that might just be worse than the illness? And if they do what will happen to the world?
I like the narrator. He is good at telling a story and keeping the listener engaged until the very end.
I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntary left this review.

A deadly world

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I loved the narration of Jeffrey Kafer, who brings out the pace, adventure and humour.

Maddock and Bones are smart, ruthless, and hilarious together. This time on the hunt for the lost Maya city of the dead. This is full of humour and never a dull moment with fast paced action.

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