The joy of writing
One of the joys Matthew Reilly gets from writing thrillers is to travel. His research takes him to plenty of exotic places – the pyramids in Egypt, Easter Island and the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico. No matter what evil is pursuing his heroes – and there is always plenty lurking – his plots captivate the reader’s imagination in part because of their ancient and evocative settings.
Right from the opening pages, his latest book, , dumps readers into a life-and-death fight against evil in a sacrificial ceremonial chamber cut into the Rock of Gibraltar. Before we can draw breath, we’re swept up into a new theatre of action, as the younger brother of the King of the Underworld is rescued from an abandoned royal prison in Algeria. Capping it all, an order of nuns in Moscow’s Red Square become victims of a dreadful atrocity. All
