Dourado | 
 enlarge | Author: David Wood
Publisher: Gryphonwood Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 251542
Media: Paperback
Pages: 228
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 097957384X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780979573842
ASIN: 097957384X
Publication Date: October 17, 2007
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Product Description
A sunken treasure. An ancient Biblical artifact. A mystery as old as humankind. On January 25, 1829, the Portuguese brig Dourado sank off the coast of Indonesia, losing its cargo of priceless treasures from the Holy Land. One of these lost relics holds the key to an ancient mystery. But someone does not want this treasure to come to light. When her father is mysteriously murdered while searching for the Dourado, Kaylin Maxwell hires treasure hunter and former Navy Seal Dane Maddock and his partner Uriah "Bones" Bonebrake, to locate the Dourado, and recover a lost Biblical artifact, the truth behind which could shake the foundations of the church, and call into question the fundamentally held truths of human existence. Join Dane and Bones on a perilous adventure that carries them from the depths of the Pacific to ancient cities of stone as they unravel the mystery of the Dourado.
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 Heard a lot about this... March 30, 2008
ZMoney (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I heard a lot about this book from other people who like the same genre as I do. It has some promise but just never really gets rolling to where I really just wanted to keep reading. Not a bag pickup if you can find it cheap somewhere.
A gripping adventure that leaves you wanting more! December 6, 2007
Megalith (Atlantis)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Two ex-Navy SEALs search for a lost Biblical artifact. That's the plot of David Wood's Dourado, a gripping action-adventure that leaves you wanting more.
Dane Maddock and Uriah "Bones" Bonebrake are former Navy SEALS who are hired by the daughter of their former commander, to find the wreck of the Portuguese ship Dourado, upon which a Biblical artifact was thought to be lost. The story begins with the unraveling of the mystery, followed by the search for the ship, and then takes off from there.
Wood's work is reminiscent of a couple other authors in the field. The opening historical prologue and the mystery centered around a shipwreck are akin to that of Clive Cussler, while the almost non-stop action is akin to a Matt Reilly novel.
Dourado has a strong back-story, and the pacing is good. The setting changes frequently, with a battle with modern-day Caribbean pirates, a shootout in the streets of Charleston, a dive in the Pacific, and an adventure in the Middle East to name a few. The Biblical archaeology and speculative angles add depth and interest to the story. The main characters are good, especially Bones, who is tough and funny and altogether believable.
The pacing of Dourado is also its weakness. There were times when I wanted the author to slow down and give a little more explanation or more development to secondary characters. There is a suggested love interest, but nothing really happens.
Overall, I would recommend the book for those who love the action-adventure genre. Dourado is a fast-paced adventure with action to spare. Dane Maddock is a hero cut from the Dirk Pitt mold, and "Bones" Bonebrake is the best sidekick around. If you like your thrillers with a touch mystery and Biblical archaeology, Dourado is the book for you.
Inconsistent September 16, 2007
Callie (Virginia, USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
While the plot is absorbing, and the action on-going, I was disturbed by the several inconsistencies of the plot. Without revealing them to future readers, there were a few occasions where one character was doing something, and two sentences later, that same action was attributed to a different character. The editing, also, left a great deal to be desired, in that the book was riddled with typos, incorrect grammar, and incomplete sentences, all of which should have been picked up by the editor at the time of the book's review. All in all, while I enjoyed the plot and story action, I was held back from full absorption in the book by these errors. Hopefully, Mr. Woods, who definitely has a talent for writing, will turn out better-edited books without glaring character errors in the future.
 Back to the drawing board June 5, 2006
Gorgon
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
While the author clearly offers some interesting channels of thought, the whole picture needs to be shaped up quite a bit to justify more than a 2-star rating.
While the storyline has some interesting ideas to offer, the characters are flat and see no development throughout the story. The language is rather coarse at times, and the book features so many typos that it can be considered a miracle in itself given these modern days of automatic spellchecking.
With regards to the progression of the story, many areas are opened up and left unexplained. Likewise, large gaps occur in the timeline.
 An excellent read! December 27, 2005
C. D. Fricke (Columbus, OH USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is fast paced and is an "I simply cannot put this book down until I know what is going on" kind of book. I kept thinking, okay next chapter I will take a break and get busy, then come back to it later this evening; but as one chapter ended I had to go to the next. It is an excellent read and it is superbly written!
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