Graham Hancock is british journalist who writes non-fiction books about ancient mysteries, new age and forgotten history - not only I love the subjects he covers but his writing is very engaged & passionate, therefore I actually buy his books without reservations. In the past, I have read "Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization", " The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant" and "Supernatural: Meeting with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind" (the last one was my absolute favorite and could read it again) - now recently I stumbled upon his first fiction novel "Entangled". Actually I should have been more careful when I'm buying books, because, you see, I was not even aware it was fiction - had I knew it, maybe I wouldn't bother.

Hancock's name was the best possible recommendation so I bought the book without realizing (until much,much later) it is not his usual non-fiction work about ancient civilizations/aliens/mysteries. It is actually a fiction work, a novel. My disappointment was so big that I left the books aside for months until I finally decided to check it out. Several things are recognizable Hancock, namely the way he connects ancient civilizations, mysterious Amazon potions and human unconscious mind - he wrote about this in his previous work but here he uses it as a part of his fictional plot. It is a adventure story that connects two characters who live in completely different eras, namely 21 century girl and her stone age counterpart - the only way they can be connected and fight together against mutual enemy is trough drugs or magic potions that alter mind (during these sessions they are both guided by angelic presence but its clear this is just one of the many faces of spiritual being). Since he tries to follow two parallel stories sets in different time zones, Hancock juggles between two different centuries which is a bit annoying as reader is never allowed to relax in one time and simply enjoy the story - just when you start really getting into it, another chapter brings you back to present time and so on. Stone age story (reminiscent of "Clan of Cave Bear") was actually gripping enough to make me skip the other story completely and just read the chapters about Neanderthals. Another thing I disliked was - the language. In his non-fiction work Hancock is very passionate, convincing, energetic and enthusiastic, very well informed and obviously stands behind his words. Here, creating a complete fictional world, he writes very much like script for an action movie - for example, his characters would say "What the fuck?" - a lot of swearing - where non fiction work had a sense of wisdom and adventure, his fiction novel feels a bit adolescent, with swearing, sex and graphic violence. I shouldn't really complain as I read the novel in a few days and couldn't put it down (he leaves the end open for possibility of sequel) but still it wasn't what I expected from Hancock and I wish he continues writing non fiction instead.

Incredibly violent for a book that was supposed to be spiritually enlightening. The plot was a bit boring and the characters weren't all that memorable at all and I'm left with absolutely no desire to read the sequel.

Quite possibly one of the worst books I've ever read.

The premise of the story sucked me in - Two female protags, living in both alternate and parallel timelines. One is living in modern day LA/SoCal, the other is living 24,000 years ago in Spain (she's cro-magnon).

If anything, the author has no idea how experimental science, nevermind human experimental science, IBCs, or IRBs function and UC-Davis should sue him on those grounds alone.

The premise of the story came to the author in a drug (Ayahuasca) filled hallucination, so that should let you know that it's weird, but it was over the top violence (far more than the story really needed, says someone who reads a lot of violent novels) and has the most ridiculous protags ever. The man clearly has no idea how to write believable women (even if one is prehistorical).

The modern day protag does DMT and Ayahuasca while fighting her parents, in an effort to cross timelines to appear in the past to help her counterpart... and she's also fighting SouthAmerican boogeyman... In the meantime, the prehistorical one is fighting an evil guy named Sulpa who is trying to kill all of the magical Neanderthals in one last big bang to get enough power to exist outside of time.

This was to be the first of three books (yes, another trilogy, because no author can not-write a trilogy these days), so it ends on a cliffhanger. Most of what I've read (mostly from the author himself) indicates that the book sold badly and the publication of a sequel isn't likely (not that I'd read it anyway).

A not terribly well written fiction to espouse the author's pseudo-scentific beliefs.

Really enjoyed it, being a Hancock fan and this being his first work of fiction I wondered how it might turn out but I really enjoyed it. I liked the way Hancock entwined the two time frames together and I thought Leoni and Ria's characters were really interesting and complemented each other very well.

The ending troubled me a little I thought it came along too fast unless he wanted to keep it open for a sequel.

Anyway enough rambling. Not sure what genre this would fit in, historical fiction it is not, fantasy it is not, sci-fi it is not but it does have elements of those three genres and I would suspect people who read those types of fiction will enjoy this.

Gave it three chapters. Not for me. Unconvincing female protags.

Ok. Whoa. Lol. What a ride. I think this is between 3-4 stars but I don’t know how to rate it because this was A LOT. I love Graham. I love his work. I was not expecting this. The action never stopped but in a way that drained me a bit probably because I didn’t finish this in one or two sittings which would have been waaay better. I kid you not each chapter left on a serious cliff-hanger. It was one awful thing after the next. I mean the worst of the worst of imaginable things that could happen to people happened. Like worse than what you are thinking haha. Holy cow. So much. I can’t even think. It took me forever and a day to read. I set it down for a week or maybe it was two and then kept trekking along. I struggled with even 50 pages left because it just never let up lol but I felt like it went nowhere. And in the end?! Wtf. Not even an ounce felt resolved. Which is fine to set up a next book but I can’t seem to find another book so I’m assuming it didn’t happen or maybe when my brain is less fried I’ll see that it’s right there ready for me to read. I never became attached to the characters. This doesn’t run like typical fiction but why should it? 90 percent of my friends I would not recommend this to, but if you like Graham and his work I think you could appreciate what he was trying to do here. Just holy graphic lol.