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Shadows of the Stone Benders (The Anlon Cully Chronicles) Paperback – May 14, 2016

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For fans of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels, a riveting archaeological mystery.

World-renowned scientist Anlon Cully is unexpectedly swept into the thick of a suspense-riddled adventure when his archaeologist uncle, Devlin Wilson, dies under suspicious circumstances.

Prior to his "accidental" fall off a New Hampshire mountain trail, Devlin made the discovery of a lifetime - unearthing undeniable proof that a technologically advanced society thrived on Earth long before archaeologists thought possible!

The key to this shocking evidence lies in a set of mysterious stones forged by a long forgotten race of ancient mariners. Instilled with formidable powers to build, communicate, fight and heal, the stones draw the ruthless attention of villainous thieves hell bent on their acquisition by any means possible...including murder.

Aided by friend Pebbles McCarver and police detective Jennifer Stevens, Anlon follows traces of bewildering clues left by his uncle in a dangerous chase to unravel the stones' secrets before the killer strikes again and escapes with the priceless artifacts.

Peppered with the thought provoking intrigue of a Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child thriller, Shadows of the Stone Benders leaves readers questioning the technological prowess of modern man and the belief that Neolithic humans were nothing more than unsophisticated cave dwellers.
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    The Anlon Cully Chronicles
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  7. ISBN-13
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"The archaeology-driven mystery, while difficult to unravel at times, will appeal in equal measures to fans of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels and History's theory-filled Ancient Aliens TV series. Donoghue leaves enough loose ends hanging to make readers feel compelled to pick up the next volume. This novel, packed with action, intrigue, sexual chemistry, and a lot of archaeological research, gets its series off to a promising start." - Kirkus Reviews

"This is the perfect example of good fiction that takes history, science and science fiction, and blends them with a mystery within a mystery and adds some thriller and police procedural spices into the mix, for a book that you just can't put down!...If you are looking for a book that tests your knowledge of history and science, while keeping you highly entertained this Summer, this is it!" - Nicole Henke, Bless Their Hearts Mom Blog

"A compelling story line that involves the reader in a fantastic tale. Not only is it a mystery and mild romance but also has a science fiction twist thrown in for good measure.The main character is not invincible but flesh and blood like the reader. I foresee this being a very successful series that will attract an array of dedicated readers from young adults to seniors. All of whom will be delighted and look forward to the next installment. I have given this book a 4.5 star rating. I would recommend it to anyone who likes to be entertained by a story with a flair for the unknown." - Frank Peters, Book Him Danno Blog

About the Author

K. Patrick Donoghue is the author of two series; the Anlon Cully Chronicles, an archaeology-based mystery-thriller series, and the Rorschach Explorer Missions, a new sci-fi thriller series.

Patrick's inspiration for the Anlon Cully Chronicles is rooted in his long-standing interest in ancient civilizations. In particular, a series of still-unexplained archaeological discoveries that suggest at least one advanced society thrived on Earth long before consensus views. In similar fashion, Patrick takes a contrarian/alternative view toward deep space exploration, the existence of extraterrestrial life and ancient aliens in the Rorschach Explorer Missions.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Leaping Leopard Enterprises, LLC (May 14, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 316 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0997316403
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0997316407
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.03 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.79 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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K. Patrick Donoghue is the author of three series: the Anlon Cully Chronicles, an archaeology-based mystery-thriller series, the Rorschach Explorer Missions, a sci-fi thriller series, and the Unity of Four, a futuristic medical thriller series.

Patrick’s inspiration for the Anlon Cully Chronicles is rooted in his long-standing interest in ancient civilizations. In particular, a series of still-unexplained archaeological discoveries that suggest at least one advanced society thrived on Earth long before consensus views.

In similar fashion, Patrick takes a contrarian/alternative view toward deep space exploration, the existence of extraterrestrial life and ancient aliens in the Rorschach Explorer Missions.

He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and two sons.

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Indiana Jones meets the DaVinci Code
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Indiana Jones meets the DaVinci Code
This book is a thriller that seems like Indiana Jones meets the DaVinci Code. It starts with the murder of an archeologist, Devlin, who has been working on proving the civilized society started much sooner than originally thought. The archeologist's nephew, Anlon, comes to handle the funeral and estate and is instead pulled into the mystery of the artifacts in the victim's possession and the ones he was looking for at the time of his death. As more murder and robberies occur, it becomes clear that there are people that do not want the research or the artifacts to become public and that they are all in grave danger.I enjoyed the relationship and background building did with all the main characters but I wish that the plot and the background involving the stones and the alternate theory of civilized society was focused on more. It felt like the characters were jumping to conclusions that I would have never figured out about the mysteries of the stones and the murders. I hope the sequel will have more plot information.I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley for review consideration.
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Libby Gandy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good easy read!
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
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I like the fact these are likeable characters and easy to follow plot! So far I’m loving it!
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Steamguy
4.0 out of 5 stars Good storytelling, and well worth your time
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2017
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This is the first time in quite a while that I've really enjoyed a pure-fiction book. It is very much in the Dan Brown genre of imaginative fiction. Too many of the offerings lately have been "post-apocalyptic": bleak, useless, depressing stuff. Here we have a great trip through our modern world, brightened by the discovery that there was an advanced civilisation many thousands of years before ours.

The author uses *Indiana Jones* as an example of the storytelling style, and to a degree, that's true. Once the stage is set, the very good plotting draws you in for page-turning fun and escape. To be literal about it, *Indiana Jones* took us to exotic locations, and this book does not; but where it does take us is to a place where we can vacation from the real world for a while.

The characters are believable, and grow and change as the story unfolds, something I always appreciate. At each of their cores, they are human, and not some set of super-beings. They each have their strong and weak points, which both advance and hinder their progress through the plot, which wends and weaves the story in both their advances and setbacks.

Well done.

I have found one considerable downside, however: This otherwise excellent book suffers greatly from a serious lack of good proofreading. Several giant blunders in punctuation are often and repeatedly committed, throwing one off the otherwise terrific rhythm of its pacing and plotting. They are unfortunately rampant throughout the book. Some examples: "worshiper of the town's Catholic church", "Thank you for sharing Anabel", and many others.

I give this book five stars for its imagination, storyline, pacing, and plotting. But I must subtract one star for the atrocious punctuation. I work as a professional Technical Writer and proofing is an integral part of the job. I wish I could offer my services to folks like this, as it would improve the quality of the work tremendously.

Don't let this stop you from buying the book; it is a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ingenious and gripping
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel, initially skeptical around the premise of other civilizations that could direct us in pursuing our own, and their methods of communication that seemed impossible. Yet the author, has mastered a way to make the unbelievable become believable so the reader not only believes the theories and story line but, in the case of the "memories," wants to experience them right along with the characters.

At times, the extreme details explaining the stones and their connections and capabilities were a bit too long, but that could be more this reader's issue; others may find them the best part of the story.

The three primary characters are extremely well developed so that their responses to events and to each other are totally believable. They're people the reader accepts and wants to know better.

The plot and the characters draw the reader into their world as they try to understand what is going on, who the perpetrators of the original two murders are, and who is defying their attempts. This novel is definitely
well worth reading, particularly if you enjoy sci-first, fantasy and/or mysteries. All the elements are there.
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Cricket
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting adventure
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2023
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The overall story is what kept me going until the end but the story is fractured. It bounces from the perspective of the bad guys and the main characters and the first half of the story and is very slow. I don't mind the change in perspective but he doesn't pull it off. The slow start makes it a clunky read. The main male character for a very intelligent PhD comes across as not very bright and doesn't have much depth. I like the strong female characters that support him, they're interesting and do have depth. The female leads do address his inability to process the facts as well as they can but it really didn't work.

There are a lot of blank spaces in the storyline overall which is very pronounced in the epilogue. You can see a big gap in the storyline there, I felt like I missed some pages some how. Pebbles talks about using one of the stones to communicate with one of the creators of the stones, which is the first we learn that they know how and have used them. We learn that all of the people his uncle worked with and trusted stole and\or double crossed him. It feels like there are many story variations created during editing that did not line up correctly, leaving us with a patchy book to read. But the overall story premise is so unusual that I'm hoping they've worked out the bugs in the next volume. I struggled with my score for this book. Five stars for the interesting storyline, but the poor editing and bouncing between different perspectives which they did not pull off well forced me to give this book a less than stellar score.
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A1 Shopper
4.0 out of 5 stars easy read!
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2024
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Quite a few twist! Well written. Pretty exciting.!
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Elizabeth Duckworth
5.0 out of 5 stars First book for this author and it's a winner!
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017
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After being "stuck" on TEOTWAWKI, TSHTF, Financial Armageddon, Plague and EMP, for the past two or three years they are all beginning to sound alike. This book was and honest to goodness Mystery, with more twists and turns than a pretzel, lots of interesting characters that the author
really brings home for you to meet. The characters are very well developed even one who is already dead at the start! The story begins at Tahoe where I was born and raised (so maybe I'm a little biased) and quickly moves on to Stockbridge, MA of which I am also intimately acquainted obviously, so is the author because the settings and descriptions are so accurate which oft times they are not. This book is fun and has everything , great characters, hateful villains, a bit of sci-fi in the archeology, love, jealousy, hate and greed. Mr. Donoghue deftly weaves his story to a thrilling conclusion. Just when I thought I wouldn't read about my new found friends again I find at the end that we will meet again in April.
I'm not much on sequels but in this case I've already pre-ordered. Many thanks to the author, you made my two day bout with a nasty flu much easier to get through.
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bill
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2018
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I quite enjoyed this book but I doubt if I will read any more of the series. I found it very hard (impossible?) to relate to the characters, or even to properly visualise them. I did not believe in them and that spoiled an otherwise quite good story. Faced with the unbelievable, most of the bit players simply did not bat an eyebrow. The main characters expressed surprise, but..... Regularly, just when characters were on the cusp, they decided to leave it until later while they had a beer or a nap! It may be that the characters develop in the sequels, but, unfortunately, I will never find out.
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Darklldo
4.0 out of 5 stars good or bad must be worth reading and in this ...
Reviewed in Australia on March 16, 2018
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I think any author who gets 516 reviews, good or bad must be worth reading and in this case I have to agree. Yes, there are some weak points, but overall the story line is good.
I would have preferred to be able to go 'on site' more, I became somewhat claustrophobic being inside the house so much but, then again, I did appreciate good grammar (despite it being American grammar), it made reading a pleasure.
I wasn't sure I would go on to get the next two books but I find I have bought the second one, so I must be more intrigued than I expected to be.
Yes, definitely worth reading.
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RakRD
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting author, good read.
Reviewed in Canada on July 18, 2019
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Pretty good story line, my first read of this author. Will read more of his.
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J. Chorvat
4.0 out of 5 stars Beware of being 'stoned'
Reviewed in Australia on January 22, 2020
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A fast riveting story. The main characters are well formed and likable. The use of stones is an amazing concept. I can't wait to read more from this series.
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