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Title: Labyrinth by Mark T. Sullivan, Mark Sullivan ISBN: 0-7434-3981-3 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (17 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Labyrinth
Comment: Everyone wants a moon-rock that a bunch of escaped criminals--really sadistic types--seem to think is sequestered somewhere deep in the Labyrinth Cave system of Kentucky. The escaped criminals--Gregor the twisted scientific genius, Kelly the strangler, Mann the arsonist, and Lyons, prison guard turned criminal (because he knows the value of a moon-rock with transmutative powers when he hears about it)--would like to be the first to be retrieve the rock, so they snatch a father/daughter team of spelunkers and force them down in to the depths. The brave father, Tom Burke, and his feisty 14-year old daughter, call her Cricket for luck, were out caving for the good of science, regretting that they hadn't been able to talk Mrs. Burke into coming along, when the aforementioned thugs showed up with much firepower, demanding underground guides.
Lest you think that Mrs. Burke, call her Whitney, does not get roped into things, think again. US Marshals, especially intrepid Marshal Finnerty, need her expertise to reach the coveted moon-rock first...oh, and hopefully save her family. Trouble is, Whitney Burke never wants to set foot in a cave again (this is fracturing the Burke household to no end), mainly due to what happened last time (see tense flashbacks for details).
All of this high-concept set-up leads to tunnels galore, perilous climbs, raging underground rivers, less than sturdy natural bridges over vast chasms...plus, don't forget impending floods and some rather unexpected Kentuckian earthquake activity. Despite all hardships, Tom Burke and his daughter learn to work together, as experienced cavers, to try and outwit and wear down the men with guns who prod them on. But Gregor is too smart to fool for long, and Kelly, fresh out of prison, has his lascivious eye on Cricket...
This is a fun read, but it doesn't compete with The Descent, by Jeff Long, or an older book called Styx, by Christopher Hyde. The moon-rock stuff gets a bit silly at times, and most of the perils everyone who dares go underground for whatever reason--rescue or riches--are going to be fairly familiar to anyone who delves regularly into this subgenre. But--it's hard to put this one down, just the same, and I think it's because Tom and his daughter are characters you can't help cheering for. I also got caught up in Whitney's desperate attempt to brave the cave to save her family. If the plot hadn't stayed fairly simple, then all the underground scenes of danger and mayhem would have been serving something better.
Rating: 5
Summary: powerful tale that winks at the movie industry
Comment: In 2004 at the University of Tennessee, internationally renowned physicist Dr. MacPherson notices the findings that an assistant Gregor obtains with a moon rock specimen. An elated MacPherson claims the results that show rock 66095 contains strong superconductivity traits as his own. He boasts how he will receive the Novel prize for the work. A stunned Gregor kills the professor. Gregor is convicted of the crime, but not before he hides the rock inside Labyrinth Cave, Kentucky.
Three years later NASA hires Tom Burke and his daughter Cricket to escort them into Labyrinth Cave to find the missing rock. His wife Whitney suffers nightmares and though internationally famous refuses to enter the cave where last year her assistant died while she barely escaped.
However, Gregor escapes with some fellow prisoners and heads to Labyrinth Cave to collect the rock that will make him rich and famous. He and his associates capture the Burkes and the NASA team inside the cave. Only Whitney can lead a rescue party, but she has not entered any cavern since the nightmare occurred, but the stakes are the two people she loves most.
At times LABYRINTH seems more like a Hollywood thriller than a novel, but Mark T. Sullivan cleverly augments the plot with a personal crisis and an incredible underworld panorama. The story line is loaded with action on a global scale and on an individual level as the world is in trouble if Gregor regains the rock while Whitney battles herself. Mr. Sullivan provides a powerful tale that winks at the movie industry, which works fine for this novel.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: Labyrinth
Comment: Very much enjoyed this book. Complex with good development of characters. Whitney's fear of returning to the caves was very poignant. Even the story line of a space rock was plausible.
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