Review: Ancient Deceptions by Joanne Pence, narrated by Bolton Marsh
I am a huge fan of adventures! From the Indiana Jones movies to the Uncharted series of video games, to the old Clive Cussler novels, I crave adventure on a regular basis, so that’s why I also love Joanne Pence‘s Michael Rempart novels!
Ancient Deceptions is book number 4 in the deeply captivating and highly entertaining Ancient Secrets series of thrilling action-adventure novels written by USA Today best-selling author Joanne Pence. Over the last few years, I have fallen in love with Joanne’s beautiful writing and with her intriguing characters. After I listened to the first three audiobooks, I have been eagerly awaiting the release of Ancient Deceptions.
The action of Ancient Deceptions follows once again esteemed world-renowned archeologist Michael Rempart as he is pulled into another dangerous adventure featuring alchemy, magic, demons, the occult, and other paranormal events. Michael has to tackle unexpected happenings in his personal life, dark family secrets, and a threat that goes back to St. Petersburg in the early 1900s.
What follows is a race against the clock which sees Michael traveling from the United States to St. Petersburg and, after that, to a remote dig site in the Carpathian mountains of Ukraine. He is searching for answers to questions that haunted him for decades but all he finds is danger, mysteries, and of course, deception.
This fourth audiobook in the Ancient Secrets series is brought to life by actor and narrator Bolton Marsh. He does a good job with the narration, reading in a pleasant and clear voice. Mr. Marsh handles expertly all the action scenes, matching perfectly the narrative’s urgency with his own emotion and intensity. He also manages to assign different voices and accents to all the main characters and by doing so, he helps the listener differentiate between who exactly is speaking at a specific time.
The audio production is top-notch most of the time, with just a few barely unnoticeable edits here and there. It’s almost never a good thing to see a series changing narrators, but I think that Mr. Marsh handled himself very well and his performance for Ancient Deceptions was more than satisfying.
Joanne Pence is an extremely talented author who delights and entertains her readers with thrilling and captivating stories. Although each of them can be experienced as a standalone adventure, I think that those who have knowledge of the entire Ancient Secrets saga will find Ancient Deceptions even more engaging and fascinating. If you are looking for unforgettable adventures filled with secrets and deception, I highly recommend this entire series because it features some of the most well-written characters since Indiana Jones.
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