| The Venetian Betrayal Contributor(s): Berry, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345485785 ISBN-13: 9780345485786 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: The latest "New York Times" bestseller by the author of "The Alexandria Link" is a gripping international thriller that sends globe-trotting Cotton Malone on a perilous quest for the truth about the mysterious death of Alexander the Great. Available in a tall Premium Edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Cotton Malone |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 4.1" W x 7.3" (0.70 lbs) 576 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 122147 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: " Steve Berry] has a genuine feel for the factual gaps that give history its tantalizing air of the unknown."--The New York Times Book Review After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum, Cotton Malone--former Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer--learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of a campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design, buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. Born from the ashes is a new Eastern European nation whose ruthless leader will soon draw Cotton into an intense geopolitical chess game against a shadowy cabal of power brokers. The prize lies buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great--in a tomb lost to the ages for more than two thousand years. Trekking from Denmark to Venice to Central Asia, Cotton and Cassiopeia are determined to solve an ancient puzzle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people--depending on who finds the lost tomb first. "There's nothing tastier than a globe-spanning mystery. . . . Berry's books excel at bringing out fascinating tidbits of history." --Richmond Times-Dispatch |
