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Bill Napier Splintered Icon
St. Martin's Paperbacks 20050801 0312936680 / 9780312936686 MM Very Good
0312936680 0312936680 From Publishers Weekly In this suspenseful Da Vinci Code knockoff from British author Napier (Nemesis), Harry Blake, an antiquarian book dealer specializing in old maps and manuscripts, agrees to help Sir Toby Tebbit translate a 400-year-old journal, written in code, that Sir Toby has inherited from a heretofore unknown relative in Jamaica. The manuscript chronicles the adventures of a young cabin boy, James Ogilvie, who traveled to the Americas as part of a secret mission for the Elizabethan crown. When a mysterious woman approaches Blake about buying the journal, he refuses to sell. Later, Blake returns to the Tebbit household to discover that Sir Toby has been brutally murdered. Teaming up with rival historian Zola Kahn and Sir Toby's daughter, Debbie, the trio soon join a race to determine the meaning behind Ogilvie's encrypted text. A trail reaching as far back as the Crusades leads toward a holy relic that could be worth millions--or could be the key to a worldwide terrorist plot. Deftly mixing history, science and fiction, Napier keeps the action escalating toward a satisfying climax. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review "Incredible...extraordinary...a really terrific novel." --Jeff Long, New York Times bestselling author of The Descent "Intriguing and imaginative. An inventive piece of storytelling." --Steve Berry, National Bestselling Author of The Amber Room "Napier nimbly twists two separate tales into a thrilling novel of exploration, discovery, and ultimately survival. Fans of Dan Brown take note, this is a one sitting book." --Jack DuBrul, USA Today bestselling author of The Medusa Stone "Outrageously exciting. A cunningly devised tale."-Literary Review "A gripping read."-Scotsman "A nail-biting page-turner."-Edinburgh Times "A fascinating primer on code-breaking and the importance of calendars in human history." -Irish Independent
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