The Four Legendary Kingdoms
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4.7 • 17 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Jack West, Jr. is thrust into a deadly ancient tournament of survival in an explosive thriller adventure where the fate of the world hangs in the balance—from internationally bestselling author Matthew Reilly.
Jack West, Jr. and his family are living peacefully on their remote farm when their world is suddenly torn apart. Kidnapped and imprisoned deep underground, Jack awakens in a labyrinthine cell—only to face a masked attacker charging at him with a blade. He soon learns he’s been chosen, along with a group of elite soldiers and warriors, to compete in a brutal series of deadly games designed to fulfill an ancient ritual tied to lost civilizations and mythic prophecy.
As the world-saving mission unfolds, Jack must navigate diabolical underground labyrinths, confront relentless assassins, and survive impossible trials in a high-stakes survival competition. The truth behind it all lies within the Four Legendary Kingdoms—a powerful, secret organization that may control the fate of humanity itself.
Jack West Jr. faces his most perilous challenge yet—and discovers he might not be the only hero capable of changing the course of history.
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In bestseller Reilly's silly fourth thriller featuring Jack West Jr. (after 2009's The Five Greatest Warriors), a runaway galaxy that's traveling at 10 times the speed of light threatens to destroy Earth. West, after learning that he's one of those five warriors (along with Jesus, Napoleon, Moses, and Genghis Khan), survives "a terrible showdown against his father in a giant underground shrine beneath Easter Island." He settles into a quiet life of domesticity on his outback farm in Australia, only to get the bad news about the runaway galaxy and immediately be kidnapped by a representative of one of the four eternal kingdoms that rule the world. West lands in a hellish arena where he's forced to participate in a brutal battle to death against human and not-quite human adversaries, including minotaurs who are really Neanderthals in bull masks. Diagrams resembling screenshots of video games don't enhance the text, which is further marred by banal dialogue ("I've never found myself in a place calling itself the Underworld, ruled by a guy calling himself Hades, fighting for my life against guys in bull and lion helmets").
