Product Description: A violent storm, a dying Arctic explorer, and a curious wooden box make Indy the target of fanatical Nazi agents. Inside the box are a slice of Icelandic stone with mythological powers and a journal hinting at the existence of an underground civilization near the top of the world. Indy and Ulla Tornaes, a beautiful Danish scientist, set out into the Arctic wastes, racing against Nazi explorers, to search for the lost city. Their quest will lead them to a massive cavern beneath the snow, portal to the legendary Ultima Thule—the key to Hitler’s mad plan for world domination.
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Rating: - A satisfying read
Page 262: "Not only are you smart and strong, but you are beautiful as well. A very rare combination in any individual."
That was Indy referring to the beautiful Danish scientist, Ulla Tornaes who specializes in underground science. For the latest adventure, Indy needs her expertise. Ulla is a lady with an attitude and she doesn't believe it was indeed Indy that she's rescued and fished out of the underground cave in an earlier part of the story. She keeps referring him as Mr Jones and refuses to call him Dr Jones. What's even funnier is that she thinks Indianapolis Jones is the real famed adventurer even when Indy tries his best to tell her that HE is the Indiana Jones she's kept raving about. She refuses to listen to him until later when his pilot friend, Clarence confirms Indy's identify. I have enjoyed the funny exchange between that two.
In this instalment, Indy is forced to traverse the Artic to retrieve a canister that contains the crystal skull. With a team of military folks, they fly the B-18P (P for Polar), also affectionately called the Penguin by Indy's copilot friend, Clarence. The name seems to rub off on the others too. But that's all right. Indy forges a close friendship with one of the seven members named Sparks, a 17-year-old radio genius (also the youngest). Sparks has a deep respect and awe for Indy. The adventure gets even more treacherous when Indy, Ulla and Sparks are separated from the rest of the team, floating away in a large chunk of ice. Remember Alecia Dunstin, the beautiful red-haired psychic whom Indy loves? She appears in this story but this time on the Nazi's side.
It is a satisfying read and one that gets me glued to my seat. I'm halfway through THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX which is the last book in the series. I have totally enjoyed this one.
Rating: - Ultima Thule
A dying man comes knocking on the door of Indiana Jones and tells him a fantastic story and makes Indy promise to protect the secrets contain within a small box the dying man gives him. However, Indy is already going on a field trip for Marcus Brody to the New Mexico desert to seek out a lost treasure of gold. As Indy travels to New Mexico, he's ambushed by Nazis on the train who are trying to get the box he still carries with him. After a brief meeting with the dead man's only known relative in Kansas, Indy moves on to the desert where he finds his gold filled cave as well as Ulla Tornaes, a Danish spelunker. All this eventually leads Indy, Ulla, and a makeshift team of military personnel to follow the clues of a diary and the piece of rock in the box into the Arctic and the legendary subterranean realm of Ultima Thule... and yes they are racing the Nazis to get there but the Nazis have a special guest with them that is of great interest to Indy.
Overall, not bad but not good. Ulla is quite annoying, Indy is a little too laid back. but the supporting cast helps a little. As an adventure for Indy, it's a fun enough jaunt across the globe and Indy still is trying to find the Crystal Skull he ran across several books ago so that continuous sub-plot continues to link several of these books. Worth reading for the early adventures of Indiana Jones.
Rating: - Great Indy adventure!!!
Great book!!!Action packed,with a great mystery and lots of indy style humor.Not as good as Philoshophers stone,maybe,but still one of the best Indy books.
Rating: - Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth
The characters were shallow, the plot thin, and the action inconsistent with the plot. However, most of the Indiana Jones series are written as simple Saturday afternoon serials, where the belief factor is put on hold. It seems that most books on comic book/film characters are weak and with weak plots. I will not purchase another Indiana Jones book, once was sufficient for me to realize they are written more for Middle School readers than for adults.
Rating: - Fate of Atlantis???
This book is freaken' awesome. For all of those Indiana Jones fans like me this book is kind of like Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
- Ultima Thule
- Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth
- Fate of Atlantis???
