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A review by topdragon
Indiana Jones and the Interior World by Rob MacGregor
3.0
In this sixth Indiana Jones prequel series novel, Indy travels to Easter Island with Marcus Brody where a mystery connects the whispering moai statues there to the eerie ghost ship of Chiloé Island. This leads Indy to a secret interior world, rumored for centuries in the concept of a hollow Earth and leads to just the sort of adventure one would want from an Indiana Jones novel. In the previous novel, Unicorn horn, Indy had accidentally caused an imbalance between the two worlds when he disposed of a dangerous relic.
While this series continues for another seven books, this is the last one to be authored by Rob MacGregor. I am a long time Indy fan and quite liked the first several books that MacGregor wrote for this series. I enjoyed how he developed the younger Henry Jones, Jr. character, a new professor in London, and how he embarked on several adventures that tied together in a continuing series. I especially liked how the adventures, even though slightly over-the-top, were rooted in historical places or events. But the last couple of novels have been less about interaction with the real world and more about fantastical events and this one continues that trend.
This particular novel is a direct sequel to the preceding volume, [b:Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy|429151|Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy (Indiana Jones Prequels #5)|Rob MacGregor|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320411731s/429151.jpg|418139] with several of those events very important to this one as well. The story here seemed convoluted, with several confusing dream sequences where neither Indy nor the reader can tell what is real and what isn’t. Fantasy elements abound, like dragons, giants, and a disjointed timeline (meaning time passes differently in the interior world than in the exterior one). How much of what Indy experiences is real and how much can be explained away based on hallucinations he was experiencing? I like a good fantasy story as much as the next guy but I prefer Indy’s adventures to be more historically based than fantasy based.
I will be interested to see how the next author to tackle this series, [a:Martin Caidin|99333|Martin Caidin|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1326385701p2/99333.jpg], approaches it.
While this series continues for another seven books, this is the last one to be authored by Rob MacGregor. I am a long time Indy fan and quite liked the first several books that MacGregor wrote for this series. I enjoyed how he developed the younger Henry Jones, Jr. character, a new professor in London, and how he embarked on several adventures that tied together in a continuing series. I especially liked how the adventures, even though slightly over-the-top, were rooted in historical places or events. But the last couple of novels have been less about interaction with the real world and more about fantastical events and this one continues that trend.
This particular novel is a direct sequel to the preceding volume, [b:Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy|429151|Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy (Indiana Jones Prequels #5)|Rob MacGregor|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320411731s/429151.jpg|418139] with several of those events very important to this one as well. The story here seemed convoluted, with several confusing dream sequences where neither Indy nor the reader can tell what is real and what isn’t. Fantasy elements abound, like dragons, giants, and a disjointed timeline (meaning time passes differently in the interior world than in the exterior one). How much of what Indy experiences is real and how much can be explained away based on hallucinations he was experiencing? I like a good fantasy story as much as the next guy but I prefer Indy’s adventures to be more historically based than fantasy based.
I will be interested to see how the next author to tackle this series, [a:Martin Caidin|99333|Martin Caidin|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1326385701p2/99333.jpg], approaches it.