After I finished the book, I KNEW it would make a great movie (provided they didn't screw it up). And now (2002), it looks like it's finally happening. The movie is being filmed as I type (literally? well, maybe). I was drawn in to the journeys of the archeologists. It's a wonderful story and the action scenes do come alive in the story. I could nearly hear the swords clanking and smell the powder burning. Don't see the movie without reading the book first.