The Rosetta Key Audiobook

" The Rosetta Key has the flavor of an Indiana Jones type movie. I didn't read book one of the series and perhaps I would have appreciated book 2 better had I read that first. Regardless, it was a good book but not a great book. Ethan Gage is the main character. He calls himself a savant. He is an adventurer in the late 1700s. He finds himself in Egypt and Israel in search of the book of Thoth as well as his lost love (from the previous book) Astiza. Although the book was an okay read, I probably needed to see it as a movie to appreciate the action. Gage finds himself in situations that you think that no one could possibly survive and yet he does. Time and time again be prepared for death threats by unusual means. I've always wondered why the bad guy doesn't just kill their nemesis instead of having him slowly die by bizarre methods from which he manages to get away anyway. In the beginning of the book he is already in front of a firing squad and we read the words being said, "Ready, Aim, FIre". I think that is my only frustration with an otherwise action packed novel. i particularly enjoyed the side characters more than the main character. Many of them were former enemies that became friends. Mohammed and Ned were interesting people. I also enjoyed Jericho and his sister, Miriam. I would loved to have read more about them in the novel. One thing that I do appreciate about this book is the way the author infused real historical events within the novel. It is a good read when I find myself wanting to learn more about the history of what I've read. Thank goodness I live with a "historian" of sorts who gave me great background knowledge of Napoleon as well as what was going on in the Americas at that time. I particularly enjoyed reading the Afterword in which the author stated which facts were historical and which were just made up for novel purposes. Did you know that Notre Dame Cathedral was located on a site of a Roman temple to Isis? I didn't. I applaud the fact that William Deitrich did his research before writing this historical fiction adventure. "

" Great book with lots of fun Indiana Jones kinds of adventures. I liked the setting of 1799 as well. "

" A surprisingly enthralling read. I picked it off the shelf because I was intrigued by the first sentence and ended up flying through it in two days! There is a sort of humor in the writing which I really enjoyed. "

" Nothing special, but enjoyable, with some loose history references "

" Ethan Gage is an American in the Middleeast during the time of Napolean. He is searching for the woman he loves and a mysterious treaasure. Constantly changing sides during a raging war, he tries to avoid various factions looking to kill him. He uses fundamentals of electricity that he learned from Ben Franklin as a defensive tool. "

" I really liked this book better than the first. It captured the reader right off the bat. It was a good adventure and kept my interest throughout the entire book. Although, I was a bit disappointed at the ending. It alluded to a continuation but not really a cliff hanger like the first. But I enjoyed reading it. "

" Book #2 of the Ethan Gage Trilogy finds our hero moving on to new adventures. He finds that the strange artifact that he won in a card game in Paris, France, is actually some kind of key. After a hair-raising chase in the Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), he has floated away from danger in an observation balloon after dropping (accidentally) his girlfriend in the Nile River. He zips back/forth between the French army, the British fleet, and the native tribal armies somehow managing to survive each adventure. This book got a little crazy at times and wasn't as tight in the plot as book #1. But still an amusing read and good for some "fun" reading time. "

" This was second in a series. I'm done now. "

" So much ridiculous and overly detailed action, the story became boring. Ethan Gage is described by other characters several times throughout the book as "shallow". Very true. "

" Pretty cheezy overall. I like the genre, but the writing was underwhelming, and the book was plodding. "

" This was a very fun experience that definitely kept me on my toes, but I felt that it dragged on and I often found myself wishing it would finish soon. "

" Main character is great although the story was not as good as the first book. Had to keep forcing myself through it a bit only cause I care about the characters so much and I want to continue through the story. Some real interesting historic details interwoven in though. "

" Not my kind of book. Nothing new in the borrowed action plots "

" Kind of went on and on at points... unbelievable at other times. "

" Good read, quick story, learned about Napoleon's battles in Egypt/Middle East "

" Well written and I enjoyed it. Although very unlikely story as the lead character Ethan Gage escapes a firing squat three different times and escapes 4-5 different attempted at his execution. Entertaining however unlikely it is. "

" Have really gotten tired of mediocre adventure novels written to capitalize on the thrillers written by Dan Brown. This story is preposterous from beginning to end. "

" An entertaining story of the Discovery of the Rosetta Stone. Ethan Gage is a rapscallion, but endearing hero. "

" Our intrepid hero is accompanying Napolean's army into Egypt...fun historical read as Gage unravels some of the mysteries of history while rubbing elbows witht he "notables' of his time...Fun as the 1st one!!! "

" I found Ethan Gage anything but sympathetic. He seems to have multiple personalities and the plot construction is perverse. Jeff Woodman's voice is irritating. "

" A fun, although not terribly original, historical fiction adventure novel. "

" Listened to this one on CDs mainly. Reverted to the book near the end. Wish the book actually had an end. Obviously a third book is planned. Nice story, but pretty unbelievable. "

" An Indian Jones type of story set in Egypt, Israel and France, late 19th century. Entertaining. Suspend disbelief before opening the book. "

" Flaboyant American adventurer hunts for loot once in Pyramids during Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt and Middle East in 1790s. "

" A fun, although not terribly original, historical fiction adventure novel. "

" I enjoyed this book, but not as much as some other thrillers i have read. "

" The second book in the series. The characters are better developed. The author spins an interesting (and improbable) story about events in Napoleon's career. "

" I listened to a lot of this in the car. There were a few parts that we had to turn the volume down. There was more swearing than I would like. The story-line was interesting, but we stopped listening to it for these reasons. "

" Not as good as the first one, but still lots of fun! Plenty of adventure, and close calls. Still following Napoleon's exploits in Egypt and the Middle East. "

" It was slow in places, but picked up enough every now and then to make it fairly easy to get through. Not sure I'm keen on reading another by Dietrich though. "