Book Review: The Secret on Ararat

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

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Tim LaHaye , Bob Phillips
Class/Genre:   Fiction   Apocalyptic Fiction   Religious Fiction
Series: Babylon Rising # 2
Bantam, Sep 2004, $25.00, 384 pp.

Biblical archeologist Michael Murphy searches the world to find artifacts mentioned in the bible. When he is not exploring the globe, he teaches biblical archeology at Preston University. After passing a test set for him by his nemesis Methuselah, Michael wins the prize of a chunk of wood that he believes came from Noah’s Ark to Dr. Isis McDonald of the Parchments of Freedom Foundation to examine.

The Seven, a cabal of powerful people whose strategic goal is world domination, learns what Murphy apparently found. They send assassin Tallon to the Foundation to steal the wood. They also provide an anonymous donation to the Foundation to fund an expedition if Murphy leads it to search for Noah’s Ark on Mt. Ararat. Of course, if Murphy succeeds the cabal plans to pilfer anything valuable and kill those on the quest. Murphy agrees to lead the trek, but every time he finds solid information the people who provide it die. On the mountainside, Murphy and he crew fight the elements, Tallon and other minion of the Seven while searching for remnants of the Ark.

Tim LaHaye’s new series “Babylon Rising” is an exciting thriller in the tradition of Indiana Jones. Murphy is an ideal hero, an adventurer seeking to do the right thing yet a person still grieving the murder of his wife. Through his trials and tribulations he firmly believes in God and lives his life accordingly. The Seven is an intriguing opponent as readers learn more about them in THE SECRET ON ARARAT and look forward to additional insight in the third installment of this series

Harriet Klausner

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