Ruins

The X-files: Ruins is a fun, quick read that any fan of the show should find entertaining. It is well written by Kevin J. Anderson who also wrote the bestselling `Ground Zero' prior to Ruins. His style has a nice flow to it and he is able to transfer Dana Scully and Fox Mulder to text in a near perfect fashion. So if you're worried about this book because of its writing do not threat, because unlike most tie-in authors Anderson seems to have a real grip on his quality and what pleases viewers of the show. The plot centers on (of course) FBI special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who handle strange and mysterious cases known as "The X-files." Scully is the skeptical one who tries to rationalize the abnormal occurrences in the files while UFO-phile Mulder seems to believe in just about every paranormal concept imagined (due to his sister being abducted by aliens when he was young.), but I'm sure if you're reading this book you're already familiar with one of TV's most iconic pairings. At the beginning of this adventure there seems to be little to do between Mulder and Scully other than to exchange idle chit-chat. That is until they discover that the daughter of a famous archeologist has gone missing while excavating a new site in Central America, but due to unknown circumstances they have had no contact with her in well over a week. Needless the say the old man is greatly concerned and summons to help of Agents Mulder and Scully to follow him to Central America to find his daughter. Along the way of course we discover the region is full of leftover beliefs from the long forgotten days, drug lords rage war across the region over each other's operations, and rebellion is brewing as determined rebels take artifacts from their ancestor's temples in order to fund their operation. Just another day in a chaotic world, but it only gets better once our agents get down there and discover in the hot, humid forests that human sacrifices are still practiced in this region and rumors of large feather-headed serpents slinking through the forests come up. Could this be the ancient God's returning for revenge? The pair will have to discover the truth when the venture to the previously un-excevated ruins of the lost city of Xitaclan; a place known for strange disappearances. Mulder (as usual) brings aliens into the picture believing them to be the "Gods" worshipped by the ancient Central American civilizations (Mayan, Inca, Aztec, etc.) were in fact aliens. This also leads him to believe extra terrestrials are behind the disappearance of the archeologists and all the strange occurrences around the Xitaclan temple. Scully doesn't have long to debate Mulder's irrational explanation for they are soon thrown into the middle of just about every Central American conflict and they even manage to get the US military involved. It becomes a fight against time as Mulder tries to discover the secrets of Xitaclan, and the whereabouts of the missing gi

This book is an excellent choice for a sci-fi fan who loves the 'unexplained' or the 'unknown'. The book is based on the television show The X-Files. Mr. Kevin J. Anderson uses the usual characters Mulder and Scully as FBI agents investigating unusual cases. A small area in Pleasanton, California at the Nuclear Research Facility, a nuclear scientist, Dr. Emil Gregory is experimenting with what he called the Bright Anvil Project. He was also a minor technician for the Manhattan Project half a century ago. Peace protesters constantly bother him outside of his office; at the same time the Energy Department is very anxious to see his developments. Something goes wrong late one evening lights flicker, an intense humming sound grows, smoke and heat become so unbearable that it hit him in all one swoop and the doctor was charred to a radioactive cinder along with his whole laboratory and research. This case is brought to the FBI, because of its being on Federal lands, so Mulder and Scully travel down to Little Pleasanton to investigate this bizarre incident. As agent Scully did an autopsy on the Doctor's body she finds strange problems with the way the body was burnt verses the reports and usual burning cases. Was it sabotage by protestors, was it accidental, did the doctor go too far with his work that it killed him, or is it unexplainable...I highly recommend this book, it's excellent.

This book is an excellent choice for a sci-fi fan who loves the 'unexplained' or the 'unknown'. The book is based on the television show The X-Files. Mr. Kevin J. Anderson uses the usual characters Mulder and Scully as FBI agents investigating unusual cases. A small area in Pleasanton, California at the Nuclear Research Facility, a nuclear scientist, Dr. Emil Gregory is experimenting with what he called the Bright Anvil Project. He was also a minor technician for the Manhattan Project half a century ago. Peace protesters constantly bother him outside of his office; at the same time the Energy Department is very anxious to see his developments. Something goes wrong late one evening lights flicker, an intense humming sound grows, smoke and heat become so unbearable that it hit him in all one swoop and the doctor was charred to a radioactive cinder along with his whole laboratory and research. This case is brought to the FBI, because of its being on Federal lands, so Mulder and Scully travel down to Little Pleasanton to investigate this bizarre incident. As agent Scully did an autopsy on the Doctor's body she finds strange problems with the way the body was burnt verses the reports and usual burning cases. Was it sabotage by protestors, was it accidental, did the doctor go too far with his work that it killed him, or is it unexplainable... I highly recommend this book, it's excellent.

When I first got the book, I just got it because it was X-files. I decided to read it last out of the three I got that day, because it didn't look as interesting as Ground Zero and Antibodies. I was so wrong! It had so much action, I loved it! I stayed up all night reading it! It was the last Kevin Anderson book I've read; I'm looking for more. MORE X-FILES BOOKS!!! I hope he's writing one right now...

I suppose being the die-hard X-Phile that I am sort of makes me a bit biased. Yeah, well it certainly doesn't hurt. If you've seen the show enough you can almost hear the voices of our paranormal protagonists speaking their written lines here. I found it to be one of the more far out plots that the X-Files has supplied us with, but since the X-Files movie is due in '98 all we can hope is that THIS will be it. This seems to be way too "big production" to be made as a special TV episode, so it would be well suited to the big screen. I enjoy Anderson's X-Files book much more than the other author (can't even think of his name but he did "Goblins" and "Whirlwind"). Anderson seems to really know his stuff about the show, keeping all the character's personalities the way they should be, unlike "the Other Author" who includes unknown characters and even has the audacity to leave out Skinner! Stick with Anderson's books and you can't go wrong. I loved it. P