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Originally Posted by frui
Hi, RCR. I've read The Doomsday Key and Subterranean by James Rollins. I think it's good, but It's easy to put them down to do other things.  |
Are you interested in older western adventure books too, Frui?
I suspect Allan Folsom is more like (in the good ways) Dan Brown than the below suggestions, but you might enjoy these all the same.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars Series
The main character (of most of the stories) is a man from Earth that is inexplicably transported to Mars, where he finds seemingly non-stop adventures amidst the number of different peoples of Mars (some gigantic and arguably "barbarian", others more like earth men in appearance and living in martial kingdoms, others still have stranger forms of political organization).
Very action/adventure oriented... and genuinely exciting. Arguably sci-fi/fantasy... a bit of a mix between the two perhaps.
H. Rider Haggard's African Stories
Basically adventures in not yet fully discovered/explored/civilized Africa and its dangers and mysteries back in colonial times. Not the most politically correct books, but if you can get past that, they can also be rather gripping adventures. And there are probably a few dozen novels in this batch... which would keep you reading for a while, if you like them.
- Ahi