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Title: Not to be taken too seriously
Review: The Codex is the type of book you grab to read on the plane or on a beach. It is a light-weight thriller with an improbable, but interesting, premise and good action sequences in the Honduran rainforest. While there are quite a few things left unexplained (e.g., Hauser ends up with a whole lot more equipment than he seemed to be carrying earlier in the book) and a number of things that just don't seem too realistic, the pacing is fast, the adventure is compelling, and there is enough humor tossed in that you know you aren't supposed to be taking things too seriously. The things that moves this up from middle-of-the-road action fare are the two jungle characters and the fact that Preston manages a credible way to escape once or twice when you are convinced he has written himself into a corner. Not as good as his earlier book, RipTide, in my opinion, but a rollicking good read. Donald J. Bingle, Author of Forced Conversion.
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