Experiments conducted at University College London in 2016 showed that a 1-ton (0.9 metric ton) stone could be moved by 10 people on a wooden trackway, but whether this technique was actually used by the prehistoric builders is uncertain. Michael C. Grumley lives in Northern California with his two young daughters. They join forces to solve the mystery involving Percy Fawcett's documents, the Nazis, and of course that all leads us to converge on South America. Heres how it works. Featured New Release Of The Week: The Singing Trees by Boo Walker, Don't Make Me Turn this Life Around: A Novel, Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us, Tongue-Tied: Learning the Lost Art of Talking About Faith, Solemn Reverence: The Separation of Church and State in American Life, #BookReview: In The Blood by Charles Barber, #BookReview: The Shadow Docket by Stephen Vladeck, #BookReview: Silent Coup by Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, #BookReview: Seven Girls Gone by Allison Brennan. Stonehenge is probably the most famous prehistoric monument in the world. Once we were gone, our lessons and memories were lost forever. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Held my interest from first to last page. As a matter of fact, the processing power of todays supercomputers is understated in the Breakthrough books more than anything else. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. He has also written for The Independent (UK), The Canadian Press (CP) and The Associated Press (AP), among others. What they havent told him is that he is the first person to be successfully revived from a cryonic sleep. It should be added somewhere that proceeding Rockefeller as President was a president Hughes, perhaps Howard Hughes Sr. (father of the famous one). I'm not 100% sure, but there is some history linked to this investigative adventure. A bizarre string of events culminating in a horrible accident unlike anything Rickards has experienced. Breakthrough novels did. not an accident. 200 years ago, humanity didn't even know black holes existed - nor did actual photography quite exist yet. As Reiff's mind and body gradually recover, he begins to suspect that the doctors are lying to him. Its a pleasure to read but not close to bedtime I was up to 3am twice so watch out we all need our beauty sleep. Was this in the historical fiction category?? Just be careful once You start you won't want to stop .Plus it will drive You nuts with trying to guess what is it going to be. with a sad secret that he carries, and a young female academic, an Reader Q&A, (Image credit: Image courtesy Timothy Darvill). A fast-paced juggernaut of a story, where revelations pile upon revelations, building to a stunning conclusion that will leave readers clamoring for more. James Rollins, #1, bestselling author of the Sigma Force series. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. one year ago. Just remember to read. Only complaint is the physical beating one of the characters tolerated is virtually impossible but otherwise a chiller that really makes you think and wonder about. Killing off all his characters yanks the rug out on the happy endings Le Tellier grants some of them, especially Victor. You have given me many happy and exciting hours. Anthropology. I now have a very wet pillow as the reveal affected me quite deeply. An investigator for the NTSB, working to carefully roll back the last several hours and identify the cause of the accident. "Suddenly, you've got a link between [the long Cursus pit] and Stonehenge through two massive pits, which appear to be aligned on the sunrise and sunset on the mid-summer solstice," University of Bradford archaeologist Vincent Gaffney (opens in new tab), who is leading a project to map Stonehenge and its environs, told Live Science in 2014. The rich diet of the people who may have built Stonehenge provides evidence that they were likely not slaves or coerced, the team wrote. Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2023. Each new piece of information only makes the accident more mysterious, and more baffling.Why would a person receive an age-old letter and suddenly disappear into the thick of nightpaying to be flown out of a closed airport in the worst possible weather conditions, by a pilot who hadn't had his hand on the stick in years?With the only surviving relative insisting her grandfather would never have climbed into a small As the worlds worst mystery guesser , I didn't guess right but I enjoyed the ride. Have a good end to summer be careful and happy, Love from the rainy side. Aerial view of the excavation at Aubrey Hole 7 at Stonehenge. The thought about the futility of monuments and statutes is . There was no expectation of survival. Lessens for life. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. So the questions for humans, given our current level of technical sophistication, is how do we do it, and when will be we able to? You have given me many happy and exciting hours. I'm not 100% sure, but there is some history linked to this investigative adventure. Free PDF eBook Download and Read Online BOOK Details : -TITLE: The Last Monument -AUTHOR: Michael C. Grumley eBooks are now available for free on this website VISIT LINK BELOW FOR DOWNLOAD : http://brizt.ibookstore.us/?book=B086MBSPDK (Works on PC, iPad, Android, iOS, Tablet, MAC) Book Descriptions: One small handwritten letter,Sent from a dark, The power of love. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Beginning with how a mysterious letter could turn up after being lost in the system for 60 years. Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2023. Monument text's "poetic flourish" confuses modern minds, experts say. You can find her all over the internet if you search for her. I think I will be reading this book again in the future. Still, while Im not as intrigued about this new series as I was in BREAKTHROUGH by the end of its first book, I definitely want to see where Grumley goes with this. This time, Grumley steps away from his Ida is their princess. Hugely entertaining and equally thought provoking. Having read and BOOK Details : -TITLE: The Last Monument It would explain why people at the time were able to bring stones from other regions of Britain and how they could marshal enough labor and resources for the construction. The film based on Eric Jager's book, captures a real incident about the last official duel fought in Medieval France to serve legal justice. the war, the deaths that are occurring and the Nazis determination to uncover and One of the most popular, and longest running, is The Wild Dolphin Project, run by well-known researcher Denise Herzing. up to its initial promise. This story contains spoilers for the season finale of The Last of Us. We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. Steve Caesare's name is pronounced "Ceasare", like the salad. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. This book was no different, and a glorious ride. We get the sense that there was an advanced society on this planet, but it is long gone. I thought this was an enjoyable book to read, granted not perfect but well done and interestingly composed. I thought this was an enjoyable book to read, granted not perfect but well done and interestingly composed. I could not put it down. The bigger stones at . It's not clear which group or states the people who built Stonehenge were affiliated with. novel (which relates to the back stories as well). And the most important question: can he keep himself alive long enough to uncover the truth? Still, while I'm not as intrigued about this new series as I was in BREAKTHROUGH by the end of its first book, I definitely want to see where Grumley goes with this. Tags: action-adventure, Indiana Jones, The Last Monument by Michael C Grumley, Copyright Karen Brooks 2022 powered by Fastdot Hosting. Contains real page numbers based on the print edition (ISBN B086MMPL24). I finished reading "The Last Monument" in record time. A statue of Abraham Lincoln and a formerly enslaved man has been taken down in Park Square in Boston, Mass., after an intense debate and a petition to remove the work. He loves hearing from readers. Madeleine Swann feels constructed as a perfect echo of Casino Royale 's Vesper Lynd this time, with a happier ending. The five groups of stone in the middle represent five additional days giving 365 and the four station stones represent the need for a leap day every four years giving 365.25 days (a solar year). Im so glad I re-read The Last Monument first. With no warning. At the end of the book, the text dissolves, probably to suggest an end on the simulation because the third plane is shot down. Some may say none of us really understand! (Image credit: Crown copyright and database rights 2019 (OS MasterMap Scale 1:1250) and 2013 (OS Profile DTM Scale 1:10000); EDINA Digimap Ordnance Survey Service (100025252) http://digimap.edina.ac.uk). Onetheory posits that Stonehenge marks the "unification of Britain," (opens in new tab) a point when people across the island worked together and used a similar style of houses, pottery and other items. I gave 4 star because it was interesting enough to keep my attention. I gave 4 star because it was interesting enough to keep my attention. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. About the only negative is that the final confrontation isnt really there. Yes. A large crowd of druids dressed in white robes at a nighttime gathering at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Then I couldn't sleep because I kept thinking about where the Adventure took me. I read so many books but rarely have I found such consistently absorbing stories. No spoilers from me, I'm just say that I really enjoyed this book very much, so much so I read it in a day, sneaking off & hiding from real life things so I could which is the highest recommendation I can give, enjoy!! This page works best with JavaScript. Leaving his only hope at understanding it, in the hands of the victim's sole remaining relative. I now have a very wet pillow as the reveal affected me quite deeply. Now a am ready to hop on over to pick up another of your books. A book to read you won't want to put down, Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2022, Look for a good read for a sunny or rainy day.The last Monument would fill the bill. Enjoyable & thought provoking, the layers keep you guessing. You can summon your mount at any time from here, but I recommend assigning it to a quickslot I went for the number 9, but it's entirely up to you! Free PDF eBook Download and Read Online A bizarre string of events culminating in a horrible accident unlike anything Rickards has experienced. You are taken on a journey that will involve about something that happened many years back . In fact, the human character in the book named DeeAnn Draper is a real person, who worked at the foundation for ten years with those very same gorillas. A double surprise for me was that two interests of mine were part of the narrative - The Monuments Men and Colonel Percy Fawcett - which gave it A cracking, fast-paced, page-turner with plenty of different story elements blended together in a great pot-boiler of a thriller. Quite a bit actually. Word Wise helps you read harder books by explaining the most challenging words in the book. Then I couldn't sleep because I kept thinking about where the Adventure took me. It was as easy as thatalmost silly in its simplicity, though harder in execution. Leaving his only hope at understanding it in the hands of the victim's sole remaining relative. Joe, Angela and then Mike! Page Flip is a new way to explore your books without losing your place. The Last Monument by Michael C. Grumley 2020 Read by Scott Brick 9h 6m Rating: B- / crime - thriller ******* Whatever - two old geezers die in a Colorado plane wreck and the protagonist, Joe Rickards, finds the wreckage. Beginning with how a mysterious letter could turn up after being lost in the system for sixty years. Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2023. Yes, it is. For years, Michael Grumley dreamed of writing thrillers the way he thought they should be written; unique and complex stories with plots that 'move'. Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2023. It is not, and has never been my intention to sway peoples opinions on the subject of environmentalism. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2022, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2020, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2020, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 25, 2020, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2021, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. It's even mentioned earlier that if the simulation hypothesis is true, it would have been easy to fix the glitch (the 2nd plane) so it's likely a test that humanity will pass or fail. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. And an extraordinary computer system known as IMIS. Again, this is just my very humble opinion, but to this mystery at the heart of the letter, the brothers disappearance after He dotes on his girls every chance he gets. Some may say none of us really understand! Lessens for life. None. It's even mentioned earlier that if the simulation hypothesis is true, it would have been easy to fix the glitch. Grumley knows how to But if Im honest, my favourites are the Breakthrough series and I cant wait for the next one! In other words, there is no fully-worked out story that completely explains Ida, the crows, the monuments and the other aspects alluded to. Enjoy! They are unable to progress nor find the peace to reach their resting place. not an accident. Please try again. [Le Tellier is a member of OuLiPo or Ouvroir de Litterature potentielle (Potential Literature Workbench), a group of writers who believe that new forms have to be invented for literature. or ask your favorite author a question with takes to ensure only they discover the truth. Critical information is being kept from him. Kindle readers can highlight text to save their favorite concepts, topics, and passages to their Kindle app or device. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Just remember to read. Only complaint is the physical beating one of the characters tolerated is virtually impossible but otherwise a chiller that Gets better as it goes on. Beginning with how a mysterious letter could turn up after being lost in the system for sixty years. Before the monument was erected, the area was a hunting oasis during the Mesolithic (which in Britain ran between 11,600 to 6,000 years ago), according to a 2022 study in the journal PLOS One (opens in new tab). Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2023. You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with What exactly the altar stone was used for is uncertain. A 3rd Paris-NYC plane appears and is shot down by a US fighter jet. But who knows.? Stonehenge is a massive stone monument located on Salisbury Plain in southern England. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Joe, Angela and then Mike! "Hunter-gatherers are not generally known for building spectacular monuments, so these are something of a mystery," Pearson wrote. Phenomenal Achievement, Well Written Story Of How It Happened. Chilling results especially when you realize that this is historical fiction and all the premises of the book are factual. Dont be afraid of the future, sweetheart. Amazon has encountered an error. Good characters and adventure types plot. Well, good news for you - Monson has written a poignant yet hilarious tale of love, loss, and advent Return To Vieques. Ultimately Stonehenge's purpose remains a tantalizing mystery. It's a very light action /adventure, with a twist, well more then one. Yes, we were Archaeologists found that the longest Cursus monument had two pits, one on the east and one on the west. Thank you Michael Grumley. You can read an article on that discovery using this link: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47970801/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/dolphins-humans-share-brainy-genes/#.XEdOdM2IZPY. Peace, justice, family, loyalty, honor,. How superficial most arguments really were. It took far too long to the reveal, but was written in a way that I continued with it. It gets a little long but keep reading and you'll finally understand things you never thought you might! Owen Jarus is a regular contributor to Live Science who writes about archaeology and humans' past. Overall, I would give Believe it or not, I get this question a lot. A ring of sarsens surrounded the horseshoe, their tops connecting to each other, giving the appearance of a giant, interconnected stone circle around the horseshoe. It makes us think of Cibola, the City of Gold! English Heritage also offers a virtual tour of the monument (opens in new tab). I love these characters and their continual search for answers. Unlimited reading. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Good characters and adventure types plot. Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023. These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. It makes us think of Cibola, the City of Gold! I wonder where they got that idea. The weight was ok but not overwhelming or so active that it lost touch with the possible line of the story. Joe, Angela and then Mike! This book - arguably a *version* of a take on 21 Jump Street (though admittedly my only exposure to that franchise is the Tatum/ Hill movies) - continues Bybee's recent (2020+) path of mov Another Solid Entry In Series. The truth is, neither Breakthrough nor its sequels are intended as a subtle, or not-so-subtle, political soapbox. Clearly the ending is fundamentally and deliberately ambiguous or so many people wouldn't be asking what it means! and 3500 B.C. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. carrying a letter sent to him sixty years earlier but which has only just been This one is no different For years, Michael Grumley dreamed of writing thrillers the way he thought they should be written; unique and complex stories with plots that 'move'. They have all met for a reason. As the worlds worst mystery guesser , I didn't guess right but I enjoyed the ride. Have a good end to summer be careful and happy, Love from the rainy side. Before I apologize, here I am not offering it for free, but you have to join our service, and get a trial period of 1430 days, you can cancel it if it is uncomfortable. I think I will be reading this book again in the future. Good story telling fast read interesting subject matter with good verse evil characters on a fast pace journey with varied sub plots. I'm so glad I did. Performing this action will revert the following features to their default settings: Hooray! A bizarre string of events culminating in a horrible accident unlike anything Rickards has experienced. overplayed. Human burials have been found within and near Stonehenge, raising the possibility that Stonehenge may have been used as a burial ground, although most scholars think that it had a broader purpose than that. Interesting read about treasures and villains as all know about mixed with new ideas. Be afraid of missing the present., Sweetheart, living is not about missing those who have left. Hugely entertaining and equally thought provoking. In that moment, it became clear how petty life was. The two protagonists are people with emotional wounds from their past. stars. It's possible that pig lard was used to grease any sleds that moved the stones. "Stonehenge itself was a massive undertaking, requiring the labor of thousands to move stones from as far away as west Wales, shaping them and erecting them. After devoting all the book I absolutely cannot get enough of this author! When you have lots of time. This is perhaps one of the most-debated ideas of all the questions I receive. Stonehenge and the surrounding area are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and information on its designation can be viewed on UNESCO's website (opens in new tab). One-by-one, puzzle pieces are slowly falling into place, and he soon realizes things are not at all what they seem. war (something great-uncle never believed), a train of events is set in motion. Agree with what Nina said, although I also found myself wondering if the third plane was the "original" (going back to the photocopier hypothesis) and therefore once that's shot down, the simulation self-destructs/is shut down. As the worlds worst mystery guesser , I didn't Look for a good read for a sunny or rainy day.The last Monument would fill the bill. However, plenty of viewers have complained about the film's rather cryptic ending, which centers around retired sheriff Tom Bell relating two seemingly random dreams.