NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFormer Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he’s shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who’s saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked you to keep safe. The only problem is, Malone doesn’t … Malone doesn’t have a clue what the man is talking about, since Cassiopeia has left nothing with him. So begins Malone’s most harrowing adventure to date—one that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam then on to one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world: the tomb of China’s First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, which has inexplicably remained sealed for more than two thousand years—its mysteries about to be revealed.
BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry’s The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape.
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Can’t believe I haven’t read Steve Berry’s work before, will definitely read more of his books! This is a great action packed thriller that keeps you guessing. So much interesting factual information about China. You come out of a fun read having learned a lot in the process.
Lots of interesting Chinese history and facts to build a credible fiction.
Steve Berry writes characters that are engaging and intelligent. The story moves at a fast clip with jut enough surprises to keep the readers interest. The research he does makes his stories informative as well. I appreciate his clarification of the facts.
Steve Berry is the best at taking actual historical subjects and creating great mysteries!
I look forward to all his books, especially those featuring Cotton Malone.
Another formulaic book by Steve Berry, but has some interesting history that s reasonably accurate.