Indy comes to suspect that Dorian intends to use him as a pawn in an underground political battle versus the king, so he stays on guard against potential traps.
In a matter of days they're walking the dusty roads and ruins of Delphi, center of an intellectual culture that flourished thousands of years ago. Indy isn't sure why his professor wants a language student on an archaeological dig, but he accepts her offer. Dorian Belecamus proposes he join her on a field excavation to Delphi, Greece, home of the ancient Oracle.
is a linguistics graduate student at the Sorbonne when Dr. Indy isn't yet the suave veteran of archaeological conquest he is in the films, but he comes into his own rapidly as he learns on the job in this book. Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi probably could be canonical, and thus we find ourselves on hand for the career launch of perhaps the greatest adventurer in film history as he embarks on his first major quest, one that could get him killed barely out of college. and Marcus Brody sync with what we know of them, and the events of the story contradict nothing in the movies. Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi is set more than a decade before Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it fits the film franchise narrative as far as I can tell: mentions of Henry Jones, Sr. The copyright is assigned to Lucasfilm, Ltd., so the books appear to be a cooperative venture with George Lucas's company.
DELPHI, INDIANA MOVIE
I guess the next book in the series is the true test as I believe there are currently 13 books in the series, I guess we shall have to hold my breath and dive in again.Īre these young-adult Indiana Jones prequel novels part of the movie franchise canon? Indications are they could be. This is a worthy addition to the lore of Doctor Jones - however its not a record breaker and without the fame of the films I suspect it would have disappears in to the mists of time (see what I did there). But more importantly the events in the book set Jones on the path that leads him not only to Archeology but also to the encounters we know so well in the films. Well for starters this book was first published in 1991 so yes it could be seen as a cash in but at the same time (2 years) after the last Crusade so it wasnt really that far out of step with the films. So what of the prequel - surely there is some place for this story, apart from as a blatant cash in. However the story feels like Indiana and although this book was set in the 20s (more on that in a second) you can already see the famous character starting to develop. Okay so now my comments but without spoilers- this book does not have the same spectacular set pieces as say Raiders do however the action is fast paced and set in a cinematic way (you can sort of image them racing through the streets of Greece for example). So I started this book and gave it a go - waiting to be disappointed (sorry but I was) and all the time I was getting more and more involved in the story. However like many things that "bolt on" to something you hold so dear there is always that danger that it will at best take you places you do not want to go - at worst it ruins it all for you (remember the experience of the official Stargate book where they could not even get the characters names right). Now to set the scene - I love the original Indiana Jones films (I am still not sure of the Crystal skull - but I digress) and so when I heard of these official prequel books I had to give them a go. Will Indy find the source of Pythia's powers-or will he find himself sacrificed at Dorian's altar, a victim of her deadly ambition and desire? But Dorian has designed an even more sinister fate for young Indy: she means to make him her lover, her priest, and her pawn in a plot to kill the king. Their adventure spans the globe from Chicago to Paris to Greece, where, bullwhip in hand, Indy descends into the bottomless pit of the serpent god and finds a sacred stone that holds the key to the oracle's prophecies. He's brash, he's reckless, and he's fallen under her spell.
Dorian Belecamus, a beautiful and bewitching archaeology professor, sees an opportunity to do more than dig into the past: this is her chance to seize control of her country's future-by becoming the Oracle of Delphi! And she's found just the man to help her consummate her scheme. An earthquake, rending the earth beneath the ruins, has now heralded her return. For sixteen centuries the Order of Pythia has awaited the reappearance of the ancient oracle of sacred knowledge at Delphi.