The Venetian Betrayal: 3 (Cotton Malone) - Softcover

Berry, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345485785 ISBN 13: 9780345485786

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2008

Synopsis

"[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

About this title

Review:

'Pure intrigue. Pure fun.' (Clive Cussler on Steve Berry)

'A major twist... the puzzles are so much fun... radical thinking of the Gospels that's sure to spark some lively debate . . . pretty grabby stuff' (Wall Street Journal on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY)

'Complex and fast-moving thriller writing, delivered with a great deal of dash, and shades of The Da Vinci Code' (Good Book Guide on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY)

Sexy, illuminating . . . my kind of thriller. (Dan Brown on THE AMBER ROOM)

'Writes with the self-assured style of a veteran' (Dan Brown)

'Not to be missed. Anagrams and complicated symbology... a complex, well-written, and extremely readable story.' (Library Journal on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY)

Steve Berry is a writer on the rise. (David Morrell, author of NIGHTSCAPE and CREEPERS)

Conspiracies and plots abound . . . Berry handles his thriller tradecraft skilfully, [and] his descriptions are stellar. (Booklist on THE THIRD SECRET)

International intrigue, swashbuckling action, indestructible hero from the American South. . . . Not to be missed. (Kirkus Reviews, on THE ROMANOV PROPHECY)

Book Description:

A pacy international thriller with a historical twist, from the New York Times bestselling author

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0345485785
• ISBN 13: 9780345485786
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 576