A Dan Kotler Archaeological Thriller - The Coelho Medallion

I really enjoyed this book. Somewhere along the lines of Dan Brown or James Rollins genre, it fits well. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys an archaeological thriller. Kevin Tumlinson is one of my new favorite authors

I just finished reading The Coelho Medallion and found it very enjoyable. The story captures your imagination and you feel that you were there with the group.
I will read any of Kevin Tumlinson's books again.

WoW. I finished this book last night. Borrowing it from my daughter by her suggestion. Fast paced with detailed description of his characters and overall settings makes this book deserving of 5 stars. I feel Kevin is achieving more confidence with each book he writes. I will be recommending this book to many of my friends.
Great story Kevin!

Genre is great, but story-telling is a horrible and total knock off of American Treasure kind of story. The book is offered for free on the author's homepage... total rip off and I'm positive the "best-selling author" is a total lie!!! Do not buy.

A medallion has been discovered that could rewrite American history and shock the research community to its core. While this is happening, a group of terrorists are also after the same artifacts that have been recently discovered and their reasoning is completely lost on everyone including the FBI. Dan Kotler is a researcher and a jack-of-all-trades looking into this recent change in historical fact when he stumbles across the real reason for the terrorists peaked interest in the Coelho Medallion.

The Coelho Medallion was narrated by Richard Rieman who does a great job. He allowed me to get completely immersed in the story which is pretty awesome considering I was driving to and from work when I was listening. His narration provides the perfect timing and "feel" to grab the user and keep them interested.

I love stories like this. I have no idea what genre they actually are, but the action-packed-treasure-hunting-with-lots-of-clues-and-intrigue genre I guess. But in all honestly, the way that Tumlinson set this story up really hooked me. It wasn't a slow burning book by any means. It lit a gas fire from the start and didn't burn out until the book was finished.

The main character Dan Kotler was really fun and easy to follow along. He was the perfect mix of egotistic and actual real and helpful kind of person that was needed for this role. The supporting roles around him were also well thought out and executed. Everyone in this book felt real and necessary.

Overall, The Coelho Medallion was an enjoyable action-packed ride from beginning to end. Tumlinson's writing was reminiscent of Dan Brown and Boyd Morrison.

You won't see me say this too often, but I really hope that I see more books from this series.

This book was gifted to me by Audiobook Boom!

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As a frequent reader of Kevin Tumlinson's books, I was asked to get this book and give a review. Overall, this book definately rates the 5-Stars I have given it. Since this is a first book in a new genre, I'll simply say that it was very slow and hard to get into in the beginning. Kevin did a good job of tying in two of the prolog segments into the book. The middle vignette about Hal was not, in my opinion, properly tied into the rest of the story line. The fact that the end of that vignette tells us that the awe inspired post that Hal placed on his Facebook page becomes forgotten with the advent of life and children, just doesn't "cut it" with me.
The rich mixture of archeology nerds, terrorists, an ego-centric waning billionaire, Vikings, indigenous Native American tribes, the DEA, and the FBI make for a really good thriller. I personally would like to see other books featuring the pairing of Dan Kotler and Agent Roland Denzel. This could be a really exciting series of books.

Loved it. I read the books slightly out of context but it didn't seem to matter. This book was awesome. Usually I can guess at the way the story will go, but this one kept me guessing. That's the way I like it. Thank you Kevin Tumlinson for a great series. Now on to #3.........

The Coelho Medallion is an excellent, well-written book. Kevin Tumlinson is obviously a gifted storyteller. At 522 pages, this is one hefty book. Fortunately, the outstanding plot, believable characters, and fast-paced action, make it a great read. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because the book contains an inordinate amount of typos. More about that later.

The protagonist is a likable, highly-educated adventurer named Dan Kotler whose research into ancient Viking American history pushes him headlong into an exciting archaeological adventure. An adventure involving thugs, trusted friends, artifacts, terrorists, lost cities, and the FBI. Sure you have to suspend your level of disbelief here and there. That's true with just about any epic adventure story whether independently or traditionally published. And that includes movies. I mean if authors or directors kept it 100% real, the dramatic part of the story would go something like this:

The bad guys burst into the room, shoot and kill the good guys, and escape with the loot. The end.

Not a very entertaining story. But certainly "plausible" for those scenarios when the bad guys outnumber the good guys. Anyway, let's move on to the typos.

A few typos here and there is no big deal. Every author does it. But too many typos, and the reader gets knocked out of the flow of story. And that's something you definitely don't want. Especially with the first book in a series. Here a few examples:

Page 13: "For the. First time, he was feeling..."
Page 14: "It was a series of clicks that Hank immediately recognize, and it sent goosebumps..."
Page 17: "Her nostrils flairs. Her eyes were wide with fear."
Page 92: But I believe someone does. And I think that somehow has pull.
Page 126: "Kotler know, though, that he would certainly have..."
Page 133: "Both of some have paid a price for this..."
Page 177: "The "dead man's fall," as it was called it in forensics..."
Page 182: "Got it," Sarge said, taking a cigar out of the beast pocket of his vest..."
Page 400: "He took great pains to move through the office as discretely as possible, swinging by his disk to snag his laptop..."
Page 472: "'What is it!' Cantor shouted again, pushing one of the against aside as the other..."

All quick and easy fixes for a copy-editor. Even for an El Cheapo copy-editor or writing buddy. Granted, the author has something called the Typo Reporter where readers can submit typos. That's great. But who knows how long that process will take? In the meantime, he could be losing sales on the next books in the series. And that would be sad because this guy can write. Fortunately, the second book in the series, (The Atlantis Riddle) is essentially free of typos. Which means that hopefully, Mr. Tumlinson will apply that same process with the Coelho Medallion. Once those typos are cleaned up, this becomes a FIVE STAR book.

Note: I received this book for free from a book promotion site called Instafreebie / Prolific Works and this review is based on that version. It's possible that the current Kindle version has already been corrected. Hopefully so, because it's a superb books, aside from the typos.

Genre is great, but story-telling is a horrible and total knock off of American Treasure kind of story. The book is offered for free on the author's homepage... total rip off and I'm positive the "best-selling author" is a total lie!!! Do not buy.