Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire is a pulp adventure fantasy novel, written by Dan Hanks, following the adventures of Samantha Moxley, an ex-Spitfire pilot that is trying to protect her archeologist sister from the US government, which is trying to retrieve an artifact she has discovered. It's not a secret I'm a big fan of the Indiana Jones series, and with the release of the fifth film, I had a big itch of reading something like; Captain Moxley has fulfilled perfectly that role, adding more depth to what I expected.

As said, our main character and the voice for most of the novel is Sam, the brave pilot who gets involved just for taking care of Jessica, her sister, as a secret section of the US government, directed by a former Nazi, is trying to recover an artifact she found, which might be the key to find the lost knowledge of the Atlantis; they won't hesitate to kill whoever interposes in their way.
With this premise, a crazy run across the world is started, in order to find the secrets that will open the chamber under the Giza's sphinx; our two heroines will be joined by Teddy and Will as the archeological counterparts, enlightening the general tone.

A really fast pacing novel, which hooks you from the start and that becomes an authentic page-turner, which only slows a bit to introduce discussion about archeology and how colonialism has spoiled the colonies of their relics, which usually end up being exposed at the metropolis. Another small subtheme that appears is how some of the Nazi scientists were picked by the American government in order to get a technological advantage over other nations.

As we can expect from a book of this genre, action scenes are a big part of this novel, reinforcing the sensation of adventure (special mention is deserved to the initial ones of Samantha's escaping using a plane). There are multiple winks to the films that were part of the inspiration for this book, such as Indiana Jones and The Mummy (another of my favourite ones)

If you are looking for a novel that features adventure and archeology in the style of Indiana Jones, do yourself a favour and pick Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire. You will absolutely love it!