Temple

By Matthew Reilly

Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol - one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose.

Now rival groups are assembling their teams to hunt the idol down, at any cost.

The only clue to the idol's final resting place is to be found in a 400-year-old manuscript. Which introduces Professor William Race, a mild-mannered but brilliant young linguist who is unwillingly recruited to interpret the document that could lead to the idol itself.

So begins the mission that will lead Race and his companions to a mysterious temple hidden in the foothills of the Andes. There they find a carefully contrived sanctuary seething with menace and unexpected dangers. But it is not until the silence of the temple is breached that Race and his team discover they have broken a golden rule . . .

Some doors are meant to remain unopened.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Sep 18, 2009
• ISBN: 9780330515955

Matthew Reilly

Matthew Reilly is the bestselling author of Ice Station, Temple, Area 7, Scarecrow, Contest, Hell Island, Seven Ancient Wonders, Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and Hover Car Racer. Over 7.5 million copies of his books have been sold around the world, and he has also written several screenplays and published several magazine articles. Reilly was born in 1974 and studied law at the University of New South Wales. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

Reviews for Temple

[tysonadams · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I'm a little sad. Not because of this book, this book was great. I'm sad because I've now read all of Matthew Reilly's books at least once. I have to wait for his next book to be published: wait!!

If anything, Temple is probably one of Matt's best books. In typical Reilly style it redefines fast paced and action packed, but this also feels more complete than the Jack West Jnr series. It is also one of his longer books, so plenty of entertainment in this novel to keep you going.

In short, read it.

[empressreece · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoy Reilly's writing style. He really knows how to keep the action going and he creates some crazy fabulous scenes. The Temple was no different - action packed all the way. The only negative I have about it is I thought there one too many groups competing for the supernova and also I thought Race disabling it one time would have plenty. I didn't think another 100 pages was needed to introduce another like 5th?? 10th?? 30th?? competing group (I started losing count after 3) with Race disabling the Supernova entirely again for a 2nd time. Just thought that was way too much.

[archmage-2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Like most of Matthew Reilly's books, this is fast paced, action packed and well plotted... and filled with a love of exclamation marks and examples of writing so bad it makes you cringe. Still, good fun and a quick read.

[brakketh-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Usual Matthew Reilly with a focus on action rather than character development or plot.

[heatherlinc · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not as good as the Scarecrow or Jack West Jr series, but still a rip-roaring adventure!

[alfonso809 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I’ve been having problems working on my review of this one… I had in mind to write one of those reviews where I explain what actually goes down in this book without saying “fuck” “shit” “OMG” and “WTF” and not talking about the weird shit that happened around me while I was trying to read this book… but instead I was going to talk about the non-stopping action, plot twist that left me completely surprised… I was planning on talking about the Nazis!!! I mean Nazis!!!! You have any idea of how hard it is not to say OMFG NAZIS!!!!!! Nazis with super machine guns?? Dude, is really really hard!!! And then the giant cats!!! Rapas!!! Rapas are awesome!!! giant Nazi eating cats!! Can I say shit??? please!!! Let me say shit!!! SHIT!!! NAZI EATING GIANT CATS!!!! THAT’S FUCKING AWESOME!!!!! and then can I take a few lines of my “review” to mention that I saw standing in front of me for like 10 minutes something that can only be described as an Epic Booty!! Dude that chick was like 6 feet tall and was wearing these nice pants… and dude… you should have seen it!!! it was epic!!! I know it has nothing to do with the book… but dude!! I’m telling you it was worth mentioning... still man, the book was what you promised… after I finish reading that book I felt so manly that I decided to go to a steak house and order the biggest more manly piece of meat on their menu… but then I saw a subway and end up eating just a veggie patty sub… booo!!! But still!!! When I got home I told my cousin to be a doll and cook me some steak and potatoes… she laugh at me and told me to be a bitch and make her some yaniqueues… and I made em!!!! Wtf!!! I’m a failure as a man!!!!

[6h9library · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is about a legendary idol which is carved of a meteorite, which could power a nuke that can take out a fith of the eath's mass. It is really fast pace like some overbudget action movies, cool scenes with blood and gore as an added bonus

[chase4720 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Temple was reccomended to me because I was looking at Michael Crichton books at the book store. Matthew Reilly quickly became one of my favorite authors! I am a fan of the classics and a good nonfiction but what I truly love is a fast-paced enthralling novel that I simply can't put down. I love it when a book is so intriguing I simply can't go to bed and every one of Reilly's novels does that. It simply is a great action story and super fun read.

[theoclarke · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Too much, too fast. The twin parallel narratives separated by half a millennium are an ingenious conceit.

[shannonkearns · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

could have used a bit more story and a little more action. while i enjoyed the book it also seemed about 100 pages too long. i don't know, the story was decent, but i could have used more of the background mythology and less random shooting. interesting, but kind of bland overall.

[conformer_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

So silly. So stupid. So slam-bang, so summer-blockbuster, so style-over-substance.So good.No, not really. Not that terribly good at all. The meat of the book is a hastily slapped-together hodgepodge of action movie cliches, good and evil character archetypes, over-the-top fight sequences that just beg to be filmed in bullet time, laughingly unlikely escapes, and paper-thin character development. The story, not that it matters, involves competing military teams, both government and militia, (including some hilarious modern-day techno-Nazis) racing after a Incan idol carved from a meteor that can power a doomsday device.It's also a very phonetically-written book; lots of "blams," "pows," and "thwats." Kind of like the old Batman TV series, only with guns and a lot of blood and exploding body parts.If there is one complaint, other than the absurd execution, Jerry Bruckheimer-grade dialogue, and borderline fetishism with modern machine guns, it's that there aren't a whole lot of scenes that take place in the temple of the title.Dumb fun, but hardly high art.

[skaidon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fantastic. Non-stop action. A times the narrative began to slow and teetered on the edge of boredom, but almost as if Reilly was reading my mind, he changed it up, never letting me fully fall into the doldroms of boredom.Recommended to fans of Indiana Jones-esque adventures!

[oogod · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Another great read from Reilly who is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. As all of his books it action paced from page one. I loved the book within the book.

[vegaheim · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

the first one i read by matt reilly. boy, breathtaking action,things happen in seconds, one can't read as fast as things are happening. this would make a great movie (this book literally exhausted me just reading it! a fast paced movie would be balm on the eyes)

[labelleaurore · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

As soon as you open the book, you don't want to let it down. The amulet carved from a meteorite from a rare and powerful substance is been chase by everybody: German, US, etc...Excellent book, specially the portion of the giant pantherThe ending is breathtaking, a masterpiece in itself!

[pamplemousse_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This had me dreaming of an overseas holiday, because this is quintessentially an "Airport Novel" -- it has all the elements: a search for lost treasure, exotic locations (Peru), lots of carefully enumerated military hardware, conspiracies, Nazis, not to mention continuous, breathtaking and incredible (i.e. impossible to believe) action. Somewhat endearingly, Reilly often uses italics when describing some moment of particularly hard to believe action, as though he can hardly believe it himself. Let it be said that, although this ain't literature, it did have me reading it from start to end in one (long) day. Enthrallingly diverting. Perfect for your next holiday. [Jan 2001]