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Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: ??You have something I want. You?? re the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don??t hear from you, you will be childless.? His horrified ex-wife confirms that the threat is real: Their teenage son has been kidnapped. When Malone??s Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes brutally clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want. And what they want is nothing less than the lost Library of Alexandria. A cradle of ideas??historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious??the Library of Alexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend??its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power. Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library??s hallowed halls??and only Malone possesses the information they need to succeed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world??s three major religions to their very foundations. Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government??and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berry??s The Columbus Affai… (altro)
A fun, fast paced read. Great action and a really intriguing storyline about the Library of Alexandria. I was glad to see the return of so many characters from the first novel, and expect to see more of them in the rest of the series. This story sucked me in, and kept me reading up to the end. ( )
Listened to this on audio and perhaps that was a mistake. The story was interesting enough to keep me listening, but by the end of the story I was ready to dig my ears out. ( )
La legendaria biblioteca desaparecida esconde el futuro de tres religiones. Fundada en el siglo III a.C., la biblioteca de Alejandría era la mayor fuente de conocimiento del mundo entero. Pero hace 1.500 años desapareció entre el mito y la leyenda sin dejar rastro arqueológico alguno. Su saber ha sido desde entonces codiciado por académicos, buscadores de tesoros y aquellos que creen que sus secretos esconden la llave del poder. Cotton Malone, el ya célebre agente del gobierno norteamericano, vive retirado en Copenhague, donde regenta una librería de segunda mano. Pero su tranquila vida se ve truncada de repente: su hijo es secuestrado y alguien prende fuego a la librería. Cotton Malone tiene una valiosa información capaz de revelar los secretos de la desaparecida biblioteca de Alejandría, y alguien parece dispuesto a cualquier cosa para conseguirla. En esta ocasión el secreto final es más provocador que nunca: Israel podría no ser la tierra prometida.
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"History is the distillation of evidence surviving the past." Oscar Handlin, Truth in History (1979)
"Since the first Adam who beheld the night and the day and the shape of his own hand, men have made up stories and have fixed in stone, in metal, or on parchment whatever the world includes or dreams create. Here is the fruit of their labor: the Library...The faithless say that if it were to burn, history would burn with it. They are wrong. Unceasing human work gives birth to this infinity of books. If of them all not even one remained, man would again beget each page and every line." Jorge Luis Borges, regarding the Library of Alexandria
"Libraries are the memory of mankind." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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For Katie and Kevin, Two Shooting Stars, who drifted back into my orbit
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George Haddad's patience ended as he glared at the man bound to the chair.
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: ??You have something I want. You?? re the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don??t hear from you, you will be childless.? His horrified ex-wife confirms that the threat is real: Their teenage son has been kidnapped. When Malone??s Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes brutally clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want. And what they want is nothing less than the lost Library of Alexandria. A cradle of ideas??historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious??the Library of Alexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend??its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power. Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library??s hallowed halls??and only Malone possesses the information they need to succeed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world??s three major religions to their very foundations. Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government??and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berry??s The Columbus Affai
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