Ancient relics, Magic swords, and Angry Warlords

The Spider Stone by Alex Archer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a fun series, and it keeps getting better. My favorite title out of the first three.

Annja Creed, an archaeologist, becomes something of a hero in the first book when she acquires a mystic sword that materializes when she needs it with just a thought and meets two (possibly immortal) men who teach her a little about the magic still residing in the world. Here in the third novel, she's called in to a mass gravesite dating from pre-Civil War times and becomes involved in the search for an artifact and the treasure it points to on the African continent.

This is a pulp series, with much greater emphasis on action and mystery than character development, which makes it more like an episode in a long-running tv show than, say, a stand-alone movie. But that's cool; those are the expectations I have when I pick up the book, and this is no guilty pleasure. The author worked hard to make a book that's fun to read and succeeded.

Overall, the novel is an excellent mix of real-world danger, ancient mystery, dialogue, and action, and is recommended for readers of this type of series.

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