Winner: 2023 Reader's Favorite SILVER Award
Reader's Favorite: - Guy Morris does not lose a minute in this high-octane tale
- Refreshing and well-crafted.
- It’s often difficult to balance action and violence in a thriller – this one has the perfect mix
- It’s often difficult to balance action and violence in a thriller - this one has the perfect mix.
- One of the most thrilling, heart-pounding stories I have ever read.
- Every bit as good as any of the similar religious conspiracy blockbusters in the marketplace.
BookTrib:
- While top-notch action and adventure are abundant in The Last Ark, the thing that makes each of Guy Morris’s novels so hard to put down is the way the author incorporates real-life technology, organizations, military weapons, and historical facts that are meticulously researched and carefully rendered.
- Another gripping story that is successful on so many levels. History, religion, politics, espionage,
- If Indiana Jones had the technological savvy of Elon Musk
Red Headed Book Lover: - The perfect action thriller read that is guaranteed to keep you engaged from start to finish.
- A shocking and brilliant tale with many plot lines that are flawlessly weaved together in an incredible way that explores politics, action, religion.
- Captivated me from the first page thanks to the book’s sharp literature and strong opening.
- Fast-paced writing style, beautifully detailed descriptions, and flawless character integration.
- Riveting tale keeps the pages turning of their own accord.
- A sensational, thrilling as well as chilling story that will provoke your thoughts as well as entertain you.
WOWJI Reviews: A beacon of innovative storytelling, illuminating the genre's potential with an intricate narrative structure and a keen sense of dramatic timing
A labyrinth of suspense and intrigue, filled with compelling characters, geopolitical machinations, and theological mysteries that pull you into its vortex and refuse to let go.
Morris has an uncanny ability to ground his narrative in real-world issues, giving the reader a palpable sense of the global stage on which the drama unfolds.
Morris touches on spiritual themes that resonate on a universal level.
"The Last Ark" is a thrilling rollercoaster ride that showcases Morris's narrative prowess and his ability to weave a multitude of elements into a coherent and engaging whole.
If Dan Brown and Tom Clancy were to partner together, it would like The Last Ark - GoodreadsSLVIA . . . decades ago, an AI program escaped the NSA Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and has never been re-captured . . . true story.Following a brutal massacre, the Ethiopian Ark of the Covenant – a revered religious artifact – sells on the international black market. Soon afterward, the death of an aging Saudi King spurs a flawed Saudi-Israeli peace deal, promoted by a polarizing former US president under criminal indictment and seeking political asylum.
Elsewhere, an assassin from the fanatical Solar Temple murder cult hunts down NSA fugitive Derek Taylor while he searches for an escaped US Defense artificial intelligence called the SLVIA. Breadcrumbs direct Taylor from Portugal to the Vatican, and then Israel to discover a mysterious copper scroll with an incredible ancient secret.
As a Temple Mount ceremony transforms into a blasphemous political theater - sparking fears of a modern-day Anti-Christ - Taylor learns the woman he loves, who once betrayed him, has fallen into the hands of the Russian oligarch who may have killed her father.
Now, Taylor faces an impossible choice; one that could change the world order, and likely cost him his life.
Retired from a 36-year leadership career with Fortune 100 software, high-tech and global energy, Guy Morris has also been a published song writer for Disney Records, screenplay writer for Sojourn Entertainment, a patented inventor, a Coast Guard charter captain, a PADI diver, adventurer, and now, an author of intelligent, well-researched thrillers. Since his 2021 debut as an indie-author, Guy has released three pulse-pounding thrillers inspired by true stories, actual technologies, true global politics and history. Multiple Kirkus recommendations compared his style to Dan Brown. Guy's books have earned BookTrib's Best 25 Favorite Books of 2021, Reader's Favorite 2021 Gold Award, 2021 finalist for IAN Book of the Year, and semi-finalist for Cinematic Book. His articles have been published in Mystery & Suspense magazine. Guy has presented, moderated or served as a panelist for the Greater Los Angeles Writer's Conference.
