The Midas legacy by Andy McDermott

"The Midas legacy" by Andy McDermott - Nonstop action!

This book is published by Headline in 2017 and has 624 pages. This is Book 12 of 'Nina Wilde-Eddie chase' series.

Nina and Eddie retrieve a second secret codex of Atlantean explorer Telenor from Temple of Poseidon from sunken Atlantis. A mysterious old lady claims to be Nina's grandmother and gives her research of her mother regarding Midas cave. An important artifact is stolen from Nepal.

What does the codex say? Is the old lady really her grandmother? Where was she for so many years? Where is Midas cave? Who will Nina and Eddie fight this time?

We know the Greek legend of King Midas. Whatever he touched turned to gold. He inadvertently turned his daughter in a gold statue. Here, that Midas is an Atlantean Prince. His cave is special. 

The story is roughly divided in four parts. First part happens in Nepal, second in Greece, third in Iceland and fourth in North Korea. The plan in north Korea is nothing less than a hair brained scheme. It's a non stop action adventure, so the audience remains entertained. 

The standard Andy McDermott formula applies here too. Nina and Eddie search for an ancient site / artefact based on a legend. They find it. There is a billionaire, megalomaniac supervillain trying to appropriate their find. There is a lot of action garnished by Eddie's wise ass cracks and one liners. Lot of violence and too many deaths. One hair brained scheme after another to fight. The schemes succeed!

This book has leaking H2S, Liquid N2, Plutonium Radiation, Missiles exploding, Jump from a airplane without parachute,  Flying truck, jump into a flying airplane. All seemingly impossible, all successful. 

At the end of the book Nina and Eddie say that they will never leave their daughter again. Let's see!

 

Why did I read this book? Author

What I didn't like? Trip to North Korea.

What did I like? Entertaining. 

Read if you have read the series and liked it.