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Atlantis Fallen
by C.E. Murphy
I went into this book cold (my first book by this author). Five minutes into it, two things are obvious: one, there is a lot of backstory that is never explained (what the hell is the relation between Emma, Lorhen, and Cathal?) and two, this was an obvious ripoff of Highlander (not the movie, but the subsequent TV series with Adrian Paul). Except our hero, Lorhen (or Logan) plays the role of Methos who is hiding among the watchers. There are echoes of Jennifer Fallon's Tide Lords series. If you haven't seen Highlander, or not read the Tide Lords series, is there anything in this book? It is well-written, and you sort of care about Logan. But his insane Atlantean girl-friend? Not so much. And her motivation for finding Atlantis and killing Logan (not necessarily in that order) is not really thought through very well. Yes, she is crazy but that seems like a deus ex machina cop-out to me. Overall, well-written enough to merit 3 stars but not original enough to merit more than that.