This is probably one of the weakest books Clarke ever co-authored. It reads almost like a movie script and not a very good one at that. The bits of science fiction in there are diluted among the intrigue and conspiracies of a band of treasure hunters and journalists. I don't really feel like saying much more about this book, which is at best cheap entertainement for a lazy summer afternoon (really cheap since I bought the hardcover by $1).
Just don't make the mistake of assuming that all books written by these two guys together are like this, because they're really not. This is definitely the black sheep among their other works (which include the amazing Rama series).
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