The Third Gate (Random House Large Print) - Softcover

Child, Lincoln

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073937835X ISBN 13: 9780739378359

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 2012

Synopsis

Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all Narmer s crown might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer s is the elusive double crown of the two Egypts, supposedly possessed of awesome powers.
The dig itself is located in one of the most forbidding places on earth the Sudd, a nearly impassable swamp in northern Sudan. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation, a series of harrowing and inexplicable occurrences are causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries- old curse. With a monumental discovery in reach, Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions . . . and alarm.
In the hands of master storyteller Lincoln Child, "The Third Gate" breaks new ground and introduces a fascinating new protagonist to the thriller world."

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Review

"Lincoln Child's novels are thrilling and tantalizing."
--Vince Flynn

"By mixing fact and fiction as well as science and the occult, Lincoln Child once again has created an offbeat thriller that is both exciting and thoughtprovoking."
--The Free Lance-Star

"Bestseller Child ("Terminal Freeze") more than succeeds in making a mummy's curse terrifying in this superb supernatural thriller...Child evokes fear through understatement...Readers will hope to see more of [lead character] Logan in a sequel."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Ample gadgetry, New Age soul-shifting, and pyrotechnics sufficient to employ a stable of stuntmen when brought to film: Child's newest is the sort of thing to delight all those who got wrapped up in "The Mummy. "Think, a Dan Brown-ian adventure amongst Pharaohs ready with a pocket full of curses."
--Kirkus

"Its characters are well drawn, and the mystery is nicely handled, keeping readers guessing as to whether something supernatural is going on here. Of the author's solo novels, this could be the best so far."
--Booklist
"From the Hardcover edition."

Lincoln Child s novels are thrilling and tantalizing.
Vince Flynn
"By mixing fact and fiction as well as science and the occult, Lincoln Child once again has created an offbeat thriller that is both exciting and thoughtprovoking."
--The Free Lance-Star
"Bestseller Child ("Terminal Freeze") more than succeeds in making a mummy's curse terrifying in this superb supernatural thriller...Child evokes fear through understatement...Readers will hope to see more of [lead character] Logan in a sequel."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Ample gadgetry, New Age soul-shifting, and pyrotechnics sufficient to employ a stable of stuntmen when brought to film: Child s newest is the sort of thing to delight all those who got wrapped up in"The Mummy. "Think, a Dan Brown-ian adventure amongst Pharaohs ready with a pocket full of curses."
--Kirkus
"Its characters are well drawn, and the mystery is nicely handled, keeping readers guessing as to whether something supernatural is going on here. Of the author s solo novels, this could be the best so far."
--Booklist

"From the Hardcover edition.""

Book Description

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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 073937835X
• ISBN 13: 9780739378359
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 418