Quest by David Wood

Quest is the third book in the Dane Maddock Adventures series. This book finds Maddock and his sidekick Bones hot on the trail of Percy Fawcett's final expedition.

From the publisher:

149 B.C.- Escaping just ahead of the invading Roman legions, a Carthaginian soldier carries an ancient secret to places unknown.

1925- Percy Fawcett launches his final expedition into the Amazon, but what is his true objective?

Dane Maddock is back. Deep in the Amazon, a university group encounters a horror beyond their darkest nightmares and vanishes without a trace. Called upon to undertake a daring rescue mission, Dane and Bones must trace the true path of Percy Fawcett's final expedition, but the secret that lies at the end of the search might be even deadlier than the enemies who seek it. From the streets of London, to remote islands in the Atlantic, to the deadly jungles of the Amazon, Dane and Bones must penetrate a secret lost to history, on their deadliest Quest.

Quest is one of the most entertaining action-adventures I've read this year. It's another of Wood's fast-paced mystery/adventures. The heroes are on a globe-hopping race against a biotech company to solve the mystery of what really happened on Percy Fawcett's last trek into the Amazon. Along the way they must battle not only the bad guys, but dangerous creatures and more mysterious and sinister foes. There's the usual piecing together of clues, legend, history and ancient mysteries, Indiana-Jones style tunnels, traps and temples, and the big finish.

David Wood has given us another classic action-adventure tale in Quest. Don't miss it!

The publisher provided a copy of this book for review.