I love this series. The action is always great, plot is always interesting and I love the characters. ( )

Great follow up to Valhalla! That book had me worried for a while, so glad I was able to pick this up quickly after I'd finished Valhalla Prophesy. ( )

Thia is my first Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase book. I hadn't even heard of them until I got this book for early reviewers and found out it was a series. That being said, not having read the other books did not hinder my enjoyment this book. The characters mention the other exploits, but just in passing.

The books was kind of slow to start, even with the long action sequence in the first chapter. However, it did keep getting better and better and by halfway through I couldn't put it down. The book was Indiana Jones meets Dirk Pitt meets the Goonies meets National Treasure. Lots of action, quick wrap-up.

The only thing that bugged me was that the edition I had, the blue cover with the dagger, was taller than a normal paperback and that made it hard to hold. The book was long page-wise, so making it physically shorter would have given it more pages and made it harder to hold that way. Was there filler? Yes, but not so much as to annoy this reader. Well, maybe the car chase in Italy.

Overall, I would recommend it to anyone who likes action novels or Indiana Jones. ( )

Kingdom of Darkness by Andy McDermott is a highly recommended adrenaline packed thriller for action/adventure junkies.

This tenth addition to the Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase series opens with Nazi's finding a jar that descendants of Andreas, the cook for Alexander the Great, have hidden away. It contains the secret of immortality that Andreas found in the Kingdom of Darkness.

Then the action jumps to the present day. Nina and Eddie are in Hollywood when a young man approaches them, telling Nina, “Dr. Wilde, I must give you this. They must not be allowed to raid Alexander’s tomb!” He manages to show Nina the plans and tells her "...they are going to break into the tomb and steal the statue of Bucephalus. You have to stop them!”

Eddie is naturally alarmed, but Nina explains to him that the papers show a plan of Alexander the Great’s tomb, in Egypt. The young man manages to tell Nina that the "Oberkommando” is behind the planned theft and that he needs the statue to lead them to the Spring of Immortality. Then, suddenly the young man is killed by a mysterious gunman. The chase is on, as Eddie tries to find out the identity of the gunman.

After the dust settles (barely) Nina and Eddie are off on another globe-trotting adventure to discover the statue and the location of the rumored Spring of Immortality. This time there are real Nazi's, and plenty of action and ground to be covered in order to untangle the truth behind the myth of Alexander the Great's tomb. To add to the stress, Nina is not well, but she and Eddie are as devoted to each other as ever and Eddie is still quick witted and full of one liners.

Nina and Eddie are well established characters at this point, but that shouldn't deter anyone in just picking up this book and reading it. It can stand alone because, let's face it, we're reading these books for the action-packed plot more than anything else. McDermott knows what his fans want at this point and he delivers. (There is a series changing event in this one.)

Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Random House for review purposes.
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Kingdom of Darkness I found out is the 10th in a series of books featuring Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase. This is the first in the series I have read. Character back story or previous escapades didn't hamper the reading of this book. I found the characters intriguing as well as the plot. But, it was really long and you are left with a lot of "filler" it seemed to me. It's a fun book just don't expect to much out of it and take for what it is. ( )