{"id":85477,"date":"2018-12-21T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T23:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=85477"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T22:45:10","slug":"matthew_reilly_the_three_secret_cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/12\/21\/matthew_reilly_the_three_secret_cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Reilly returns with The Three Secret Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not every day you get to sit down across from Matthew Reilly. This master storyteller and international mega-bestseller came by to promote his latest book The Three Secret Cities<\/em><\/a>, which is the fifth book in his wildly popular Jack West Jr series.<\/p>\n

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Surely you’ve heard of Jack West Jr? He’s the star of Reilly’s action-packed series – part soldier, part scholar, all hero. Dedicated father, loyal friend and problem solver extraordinaire, Jack West Jr has a whole lot of heart.  And what a great cast of supporting characters! One of the most heartwarming aspects of this series is the way all these gung-ho military types become a tight-knit family unit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Booktopia customers are raving about The Three Secret Cities<\/em>. We can’t remember the last time a book got so many 5 stars reviews, and all of them submitted so quickly after the publication date! The thing about a Matthew Reilly book is that you just can’t read it slowly. Once you get it in your hands, the only question is how quickly you can devour it.<\/p>\n

Check out some of our customer reviews below:<\/p>\n

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Reilly is a fan of big budget action-adventure movies. He often cites Jurassic Park<\/em> by Michael Crichton as one of his greatest inspirations, because it is a book written on the scope of a Hollywood blockbuster (which is probably why it lent itself so well to a movie adaptation). The best thing about writing a book, of course, is that you don’t have to worry about finding the budget for huge explosions and epic set designs. There is no limit to what you can do when all the “special effects” are completely funded by the author’s imagination!<\/p>\n

When it comes to his own writing, Reilly has one simple rule for each new book. “It just has to be better in some way than the book I wrote before,” he explains. “When you’re writing a sequel… the sequel has to do something better.”<\/p>\n

He has certainly achieved this goal with The Three Secret Cities,<\/em> which is Reilly’s most enthralling book to date!<\/p>\n

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Review of The Three Secret Cities by Jayllee Carter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matthew Reilly does it again!<\/p>\n

The Three Secret Cities<\/em> is a nail-biting and gut-wrenching adventure following Jack West Jr and his extremely talented family and friends as they save the world again.<\/p>\n

Reilly, never one to shy away from killing much loved characters, will have readers wiping away tears more than a few times in The Three Secret Cities<\/em><\/a>. (I know I definitely shed tears!)<\/p>\n

From the moment I picked it up, I wasn\u2019t able to put this book down. Reilly blended real historical stories with fiction, creating an exciting and believable world where secret organisations, hidden worlds, myth and legend is brought to life.<\/p>\n

As a huge Matthew Reilly fan, I was beside myself when I came across some small references to Mother and Scarecrow (characters from previous series)<\/p>\n

A per usual, just when you think you know what\u2019s going to happen Reilly does a complete 180, changing the direction of the plot and leaving you on a painful cliffhanger asking, \u201cWhen is the next book coming out?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Three Secret Cities<\/em><\/a> is a great addition to the Jack West Jr series \u2013 a fantastic and thrilling story that I would recommend to any adventure-loving reader.<\/p>\n

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Click the link below to listen to Matthew Reilly chat with Booktopia’s Sarah McDuling and John Purcell about his latest book, The Three Secret Cities<\/em>, his writing process and his inspirations.<\/p>\n