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The Eight (Paperback)
Katherine Neville
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The globally bestselling thriller that paved the way for THE DA
VINCI CODE and countless copycat conspiracy novels. In the 8th
century AD Ibn al'Arabi, the Moorish governor of Barcelona,
bestowed a magnificent gift upon Charlemagne, Holy Emperor of half
of the known world: a chess set with the power to transform the
course of history. New York City, 1970. Catherine 'Cat' Velis, a
computer expert working for one of the world's largest accountancy
firms, is sent on a dangerous assignment to retrieve an object of
immeasurable value from somewhere in the remote reaches of Algeria.
Montglane Abbey, France 1790, Mireille de Remy and her cousin
Valentine are young novices at the fortress-like Montglane Abbey.
With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel
against constricted convent life - and their means of escape is at
hand. Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane
Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne. Whoever reassembles the
pieces can play a game of unlimited power. But to keep the game a
secret from those who would abuse it, the two young women must
scatter the pieces throughout the world...
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The Fire (Paperback)
Katherine Neville
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Twenty years ago Katherine Neville's groundbreaking thriller THE
EIGHT was a global bestseller - a thriller in the style of THE DA
VINCI CODE way before Dan Brown ever got there... In this
long-awaited sequel, Alexandra Solarin, a chess-wizard and the only
daughter of Cat Velis, the heroine of THE EIGHT, arrives at her
mother's Colorado lodge, only to discover that her mother has
disappeared. Finding string of clues, Alexandra is soon joined by a
group of people called there by her mother, including her aunt
Lily, who explains the truth of Cat's past. In 1822, as the
fortress of Sultan Ali Pasha falls to the Turks, the Sultan's
daughter Haidee attempts a desperate journey taking her through
Albania, Morocco and Rome, while carrying an invaluable object and
seeking the one man who can help her: the poet George Gordon, Lord
Byron. Ultimately both Alexandra and Haidee learn that their
missions are even more desperate than they first seem, for both are
players in a dangerous game, a game that began more than a
millennium before either of them were born and that has the power
to affect the fate of human civilization itself.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....
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