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Author Scott Sigler delivers an adventure on par with ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ but with a focus on anthropology instead of archaeology, and with a backdrop of mining instead a race for historic artifacts.  Genre-wise the compare/contrast gets a little tricky.  ‘Earthcore’ is present-day sci-fi horror, while ‘Raiders’ is… erm… historical… ah…?  Your guess is as good as mine.  (Historical-science-fantasy?  How else does one sum up: “Fire.  Lightning.  The power of God or something.”)  The point I’m trying to make here is that ‘Earthcore’ is every bit as compelling, as fast-paced, and the only thing it lacks is Harrison Ford.

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