In 1805 the great American wizard Benjamin Franklin commissions an expedition to journey across the entire continent of North American and find a way to the Pacific. Lewis and Clark set off into the wilderness and quickly discover that wild animals and hostile tribes are not their biggest problem. Something evil is growing across the heart of America and it has raised monsters and the living dead to wipe the expedition out. Then a young woman named Sacagawea stumbles into their camp. Maybe she can help Lewis and Clark survive the troubles ahead.
I was desperately short of reading material and recently paid so a quick trip up to Forbidden Planet Southampton was inevitable. as it turned out, I actually bought more books on the way to Southampton and then back from Southampton than I did was up there. In fact, I bought just the one book and it's the one shown up at the top of this page.
The premise looked interesting plus the cover had a half-naked woman squaring up a sea-serpent and yes, I really am that shallow. So was it worth the trip?
Well, some books make me immediately want to go back and buy every other book in the series and honestly "Uncharted" isn't really one of those. But I did enjoy this while I was reading it and if there's ever a sequel, I would be interested in picking that up too.
It's an entertaining read with decent characters, enough action to keep things moving along some some ideas that work rather well. A definite bonus is that "Uncharted" gets the whole story done in one medium sized volume. In an era where most writers thing a trilogy is the absolute minimum, having a tale that can be devoured in one sitting is a joy.
To ask the question again: Was it worth the trip? I'd say yes.
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