![]() The unsuspecting professor is taken to the Peruvian jungles with a group of Green Berets, led by the colonel, as he keeps translating the monk’s tale of helping an Incan prince escape the Conquistadors to track down a mythical object with supernatural powers. Race is given a job to translate some pages of Latin written by a monk who died a few centuries ago. The protagonist, William Race, is a linguist aka a language professor at a university, living a harmless life into his thirties when a US Army Colonel takes him away for a top-secret mission. It’s truly an inspiring read for any creative person, storyteller, and entertainer to understand the awesomeness they can orchestrate through words. ![]() ![]() All the MCU action flicks would appear boring and small scale to anyone who’s read this mind-expanding book that has more action than any studio can afford, and more epic set pieces than what can be found in video games. Though it’s a standalone book, Temple has 700+ pages to throw the readers into an epic that’s bigger than anything that can ever be done in movies. ![]() This outrageously awesome book opened my eyes to the type of entertainment that’s possible through the written medium of storytelling. ![]() It’s been around five years since I read Temple by Matthew Reilly, and it still has a life-changing effect on me. ![]()
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