From the New York Times best-selling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner comes a "literally breathtaking" new sci-fi series about a death-defying mission on an alien planet.When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution humanity has been waiting for. The Undying's advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and their message leads to the planet Gaia, a treasure trove waiting to be explored.For Jules Addison and his fellow scholars, the discovery of an ancient alien culture offers unprecedented opportunity for study . . . as long as scavengers like Amelia Radcliffe don't loot everything first. Despite their opposing reasons for smuggling themselves onto the alien planet's surface, they're both desperate to uncover the riches hidden in the Undying temples. Beset by rival scavenger gangs, Jules and Mia form a fragile alliance . . . but both are keeping secrets that make trust nearly impossible.As they race to decode the ancient messages, Jules and Mia must navigate the traps and trials within the Undying temples and stay one step ahead of the scavvers on their heels. They came to Gaia certain that they had far more to fear from their fellow humans than the ancient beings whose mysteries they're trying to unravel. But the more they learn about the Undying, the more Jules and Mia start to feel like their presence in the temple is part of a grand design -- one that could spell the end of the human race . . .
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Unearthed (Unearthed, 1)
By Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
From the New York Times best-selling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner comes a "literally breathtaking" new sci-fi series about a death-defying mission on an alien planet.When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution humanity has been waiting for. The Undying's advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and their message leads to the planet Gaia, a treasure trove waiting to be explored.For Jules Addison and his fellow scholars, the discovery of an ancient alien culture offers unprecedented opportunity for study . . . as long as scavengers like Amelia Radcliffe don't loot everything first. Despite their opposing reasons for smuggling themselves onto the alien planet's surface, they're both desperate to uncover the riches hidden in the Undying temples. Beset by rival scavenger gangs, Jules and Mia form a fragile alliance . . . but both are keeping secrets that make trust nearly impossible.As they race to decode the ancient messages, Jules and Mia must navigate the traps and trials within the Undying temples and stay one step ahead of the scavvers on their heels. They came to Gaia certain that they had far more to fear from their fellow humans than the ancient beings whose mysteries they're trying to unravel. But the more they learn about the Undying, the more Jules and Mia start to feel like their presence in the temple is part of a grand design -- one that could spell the end of the human race . . .
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Reviewed by Natália Oliveira<blockquote><b><i>“When we allow ourselves to explore, we discover destinations that were never on our map.”</i></b></blockquote> I don't know how I feel about this book. I love Amie Kaufman's & Megan Spooner's Starbound series to DEATH and I CAN'T FREACKING WAIT for Obsidio, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff's Illuminae Files trilogy final book this month, so I was pretty excited and with high expectations for this book - because, honestly, another trilogy from these two amazing writers AND it's a Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft IN SPACE! What's not to be excited about? And sure, the book is fun and entertaining. I liked the whole concept (even though at times I would be a little confused) and it was a quick read - I found myself enjoying the mystery & puzzle solving aspect of the story. But I though the 'challenges' were too easy, the whole thing didn't make much sense and, idk, although I loved the main characters, I wasn't as invested in them. The plot twists weren't as surprising as in the previous trilogies and some I could see coming a mile away. The ending, though, had a "The Arrival" kind of feel that left interested in knowing what will happen next. But what I think really threw me off was the romance aspect. In the Starbound trilogy, the romance between the main characters were nicely done, it felt natural and well timed. Here, it felt insta-lovey and forced, and it dominated too much of the book, eclipsing some other, more important aspects. I think the authors kind of inverted the order of the things with Mia and Jules - if they started out distrusting and kind of hating each other (like it happened later on) and then, due to everything they went through together, they started developing feelings, I think I would have digged it and it would be more believable. But right off the bat, both of them felt too lovey dovey towards the other, and it messed up the dynamic and the tone of the novel. Still, on it's own, both characters are realistic and relatable and I loved them both (just not together, at least not in this first installment). Well, let's see where this is headed in the second and final book! Crossing my fingers that Amie and Megan will manage to surprise me and make me fall for this series as much as I did the Starbound & Illuminae trilogies!