Raiders of the Lost Ark (novel)
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| BOOK | |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | |
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| Author | Campbell Black |
| Country | USA |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Released | April 1981 |
| Pages | 181 |
| ISBN | 0-345-29548-X |
The Raiders of the Lost Ark novel was an adaptation of the Raiders film by Campbell Black. It was first published in April 1981 by Ballantine Books. The book, along with the novelizations of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, was republished in 2008 by Del-Ray, and retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
[edit] Publisher's summary
The holiest artifact on earth is filled with dazzling, incredible power. Indiana Jones has to get it before the Nazis do.
Indiana Jones, archeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many an ancient treasure. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one special relic.
With a bullwhip in his hand and a beautiful lady at his side, Jones journeys from Nepal and Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps and snakes, battling rivals old and new, all in pursuit of an ancient artifact said to give invincible power to its possessor.
It's a battle to a startling finish, a finish dictated by the magic, the light—and the power—of the Lost Ark.
[edit] Trivia
- In the novelization Indy at one point recalls some of his previous encounters with Belloq, such as at graduate school, when Belloq plagiarized Indy's essay on stratigraphy, and as a result was awarded the Archeological Society Prize. Later, in the summer of 1934 Indy found that Belloq already had excavated a spot in the Rub al Khali Desert of Saudi Arabia, a place which Indy had spent months planning to dig.
- In the novel Indy recalls the last time he spoke with Abner Ravenwood, discussing Indy's relationship with Marion.
- Also, in the novel, when Indy rescues Marion from the Nazis at the Raven Bar in Nepal, Marion remembers how Indy everyday used to practice with his bullwhip. Indy then recalls how he developed his fascination for the bullwhip, seeing a whip-act in a travelling circus when he was seven years old.
