no stars, only review
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I read another Preston and Childs book and really enjoyed the adventure. It was like a crazy roller-coaster ride with scientists. So I looked for early books in the series. Turns outs, it's not a series so much as it's a style.

This is the tale of a mysterious meteor located in an extremely isolated location, a scientist's obsession with interstellar meteors, and a rich man's ...uh...well, riches. The team heads down to Chile to retrieve the largest asteroid known to man, and encounters plenty along the way...some to be expected, perhaps even cliche, while there are enough surprises to keep you hooked.

I previously likened the archeologist to Daniel Jackson and I'm going to reiterate that here...this is not only something that Daniel would do, it's kind of what his specialty is.