Temple of the Gods by Andy McDermott

"Temple of the Gods" by Andy McDermott. This is 8th book of Nina Wild series.

The story starts in Zimbabwe where Eddy spirits away a prisoner in search of his enemy Staiks to prove his innocence.

He then reaches Japan where, the sky scraper he is in, is attacked and destroyed. He manages to save Nina but escapes with the three mysterious purple statutes that can channel earth energy.

Individuals and organizations are trying to obtain the statutes, the sky stone (no one knows where it is) and Nina, essential ingredients of channeling earth energy.

Where is the sky stone? Can Nina find it? Does Eddy save her again? Can Eddy patch up with his father? What happens to sky stone? Who gets control of earth energy?

Andy McDermott's books follow a set pattern. Dr Nina Wild (President of International Heritage Association) and Eddy Chase (ex SIS), who are also husband and wife, go in search of something ancient or some legend. There's always a mysterious organization that tries to stop them for one reason or another. There is lot of fighting, blood bath and numerous deaths. Fights are always action packed. Eddy always gets help from his beautiful female friends who are spread all over the world. Eventually they succeed in their mission.

This book is so full of action that you think you are watching final fighting of a movie for the entire duration. Andy has tried to close a number of open ends from his previous books and has brought an important thread to conclusion. This book is in line with and in the same style as other books of this series, fast paced, action packed and full of witty sarcasm.

A decent book. Read it only if you have read previous books of this series, if you have not read previous books you can not correlate and will not like it.