A review by ljjohnson8
The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry

4.0

This was Steve Berry's sixth Cotton Malone adventure, and I think it was one of the best. The author narrowed his story more than he has in the past - not so many characters and far-flung secondary plots - and I think it was the better for it. Cotton is - once again - roped into a mission against his will (he is retired, you know). This time he attempts to come to the rescue of the beautiful and mysterious Cassiopeia Vitt, who has been abducted by some very bad people. (But then again, do good people abduct and torture others?) It's all China (with a little Antwerp thrown in) in this book and Berry does an excellent job of making the various locales come alive. There's lots of mysterious artifacts, a secret ancient society (how many of those are there?!?), close calls with death, double/triple/quadruple crossing, running, shooting, acts of garguantuan courage, etc. Great start to the new year.