JP Jones said:
I finished AotD about a week ago and... well... it sucked. So could anybody inform me of an Indy book that doesn't suck so I can pick it up?
JP, I'd start with MacGregor's Peril at Delphi and go on through there. The Caidin books have their charm, and there's just two of them, so I wouldn't skip them. And then the McCoy's. 12 in all, the Bantam novels are.
And, yes, this novel was pretty mediocre. I read it over a couple of nights a few weeks back. I enjoyed Gruber and Yamada somewhat, but the Boukman material I couldn't find a way into. The trek through the jungle serving as the bulk of the narrative was acceptable, albeit largely uninteresting. (Seven Veils and Dinosaur Eggs have always been a couple of my least favorites, based on their similar trek structures.) Mac was undeveloped. I did like that Perry gave some attention to Indy's advancing years in the context of his feelings towards Marie. The final reveal of Gruber and Yamada's fates was a nice note.
All in all, I think it works decently as a minor adventure, one without all of the spectacle of some of his others. From that perspective, I like it: like, say, Unicorn's Legacy, or the Indiana Jones Adventures Volumes, they aren't all grand in scope. I appreciate its existence more than its actual content, which isn't much of a compliment, but one I'll stand by.