Book Tunes (1)

Book Tunes is a new meme that will be held on Fridays and the point is to share the book your reading and a song you think represents it. This is hosted by Amber at Downtherabbithole.

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From Goodreads

Here is the most explosive adventure yet from the New York Times bestselling author of Atlantis and The Lost Tomb—a whiplash-inducing novel that sends marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his team on a treasure hunt . . . and a race against time to stop a terrifying threat.
 
Greece, 1876. Renowned archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann unearths the tomb of legendary King Agamemnon and makes a mind-blowing discovery. Determined to keep it secret until the time is right, he dies before it can be revealed to the world.

Germany, 1945. The liberation of a concentration camp reveals clues to the lost antiquities stolen by the Nazis. But the operation is covered up after a horrific secret surfaces. 

Northern Aegean, present day. Jack Howard, head of the International Maritime University, and his team discover the wreckage of the legendary Greek fleet from the Trojan War, sending shockwaves around the world. But the biggest surprise is yet to come, for Jack is on the trail not only of Agamemnon, but of Schliemann’s true discovery—and a mystery so explosive that it leads to the kidnapping of Jack’s daughter and a confrontation with a new and evil foe.

Deep Within My Soul Lyrics

by Sissel

Deep within my soul

The land is rising up

A bright and golden streak of land

That once was my home

The forest of calmness 

The paths that goes 

Through heather and arable land 

To the sea outside

The sound of the wind and dreams

The scent of soil and sea

The backs that straighten

When the storm deflects

Deep within my soul

It whispers each night

About a hidden and other land

That once was myself

The ocean stays back

The swells beats

Hour after hour

Against the land outside

The remainders of a memory

And the shadows from a song

Blend themselves with earth and sky 

In each sunset 

Deep within my soul

A sound trembles

From another landscape

That once was me

Deep within my soul

The land is rising up

A bright and golden streak of land

That once was my home

(Instrumental)

Deep within my soul

It whispers each night

About a hidden and other land

That once was myself

(Deep within my soul)

The land is rising up

A bright and golden streak of land 

That once was my home

(Deep within my soul)

It whispers each night

About a hidden and other land

That once was myself

(Deep within my soul)

The land is rising up

A bright and golden streak of land

That once was my home

Reading through the pages that showcased underwater scenes and ongoing archaeological diggings from Jack Howard's teams brought quite an exciting tapestry for me. Just like the song when I listened to it, there was hint of other-worldliness, which I guess I described old civilizations. There was also a cinematic feel to the song that was right with the book.

The story presented a re-discovery of Troy and other connections stemming from it. Presently, I'm at a chapter where Rebecca, Jack's daughter sought a meeting with one of her father's mentors, Hugh (his last name slips my mind at the moment). Hugh and several other characters in the story had gone through the first World War and the gravity of that experience (or any war for that matter) always make me think that it can isolate the veterans. Some veterans who were lucky enough to return to their lives before the WW were left with the chance to impart or share lessons whatever they might be to the next willing ear. While Hugh wasn't imparting life lessons, he shared vital information in connection to the present expedition had recently unearthed. I felt this song lends an emotion from something in a distant past and then weaving the present where Rebecca comes in. She is the youngest team member so in a way, the torch is given to her.                                                   

The remainders of a memory
And the shadows from a song
Blend themselves with earth and sky
In each sunset

This book is under my a read-a-thon challenge. What song fits the book you are reading right now?