Book Review: The Ark by Boyd Morrison

A mortally wounded scholar, lying in a pool of his own blood, desperately clings to life.  With his last reserves of energy, he manages to scrawl a cryptic message that can only be understood by one person in the world.  The message leads to a secret that has been kept for millennia, one that could shatter the world if it is revealed.

Anyone who has read a book on a plane or watched a Jean Reno movie in the last ten years will probably recognize that as the opening scene of The DaVinci Code.  No, I’m not reviewing something half the world has read.  I’m reviewing one of the hundreds of books that owe their existence to The DaVinci Code.  The scene above is also the opening of The Ark by Boyd Morrison.  After reading it, I turned to my wife and said ‘this book is going to suck’. Continue reading