The Five Greatest Warriors
Australian first edition cover
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| Author | Matthew Reilly |
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| Cover artist | Wayne Haag |
| Country | Australia 
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| Language | English |
| Series | Jack West Jr. |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Pan MacMillan |
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Publication date
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20 October 2009 5 January 2010 15 January 2010 (announced) |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 451 |
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| Preceded by | The Six Sacred Stones |
| Followed by | The Four Legendary Kingdoms |
The Five Greatest Warriors is the third thriller novel in the Jack West Jr. series, by the Australian writer Matthew Reilly.
The book is the third in an Indiana Jones-style action series. The preceding book was The Six Sacred Stones which ended in a cliffhanger with archaeologist and ex-soldier Jack West Jr. and his team searching for the last four "Vertices of the Machine".
The series is published by Pan Macmillan and this book was first released on 20 October 2009 in Australia.
The Six Sacred Stones began the story of Jack West Jr's quest to rebuild the mythical 'Machine' before there is an uninterrupted line between Earth and a zero-point field (The 'Dark Star'), which will wipe out all life on Earth. In order to complete the Machine, West had to locate six oblong diamonds known as 'the pillars', and place them in six underground Vertices at their allotted times. Two pillars had to be placed in December 2007, the remaining four in March 2008, immediately before the arrival of the 'Dark Sun'. However, due to the knowledge of the Machine having been lost over the millennia, West first had to locate the Six Sacred Stones, which give him the information about the Machine he needs. By the end of the book, two pillars had been placed, and the various sacred stones had passed between many groups.
Jack West Jr is the main protagonist of the book. He is Australian and codenamed Huntsman. He is the son of Jonathan West Sr, codenamed Wolf and half brother of Rapier. He was last seen falling into the abyss with the Japanese-American Marine A.J.Isaki (Switchblade).
The second sub-group was in an airfield in Botswana, as they were unable to reach the Second Vertex in time. The group is composed of Prof. Max Epper (aka. Wizard); Zoe Kissane (aka. Princess); Sky Monster (no-one knows his real name); Lily West (Jack West's adopted daughter aka.Eowyn); Ono (a Neetha tribesman from the Congo) and Dr Diane Cassidy (an anthropologist studying the Neetha). The items they have with them are the Seeing Stone of Delphi, and a Neetha inclinometer. They were last seen escaping from a group of South African F-15's
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