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The Alexandria Link

A Novel

By Steve Berry

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780345485762

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Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: “You have something I want. You’re the only person on earth who knContinue

Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: “You have something I want. You’re the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don’t hear from you, you will be childless.” His horrified ex-wife confirms that the threat is real: Their teenage son has been kidnapped. When Malone’s Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes brutally clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want. And what they want is nothing less than the lost Library of Alexandria.

A cradle of ideas–historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious–the Library of Alexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend–its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power.

Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library’s hallowed halls–and only Malone possesses the information they need to succeed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world’s three major religions to their very foundations.

Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government–and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions.


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  • The Alexandria Link By Steve Berry

    What would the fallout be if someone could prove that the modern state of Israel is in the wrong place that it occupies a territory far distant from the one divinely promised the Jews and specified in the original version of the Old Testament? What i ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - THE ALEXANDRIA LINK by Steve Berry

    • About the Book • Read an Excerpt • Author Interview -- February 2, 2007 Anyone who has ever experienced that reverent rush when stepping into a library has no doubt mentally genuflected at the mention of the Library of Alexandria, a repository of k ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Thu, 2 Sep 2010

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  • Very similar to his other book that I read in pace and content. Addicting stuff, but I am going to move away from the Berry, Brown area of writing for a while.

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  • Conspiracies Run by Amazingly Wealthy Individuals

    I love books about the Illuminati, but I was listening to this book on tape. It just was not working for me. I may have to go back and read the actual book.

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  • English Books
  • Mass Market Paperback 512 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0345485769
  • ISBN-13: 9780345485762
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Pub date: Nov 27, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 710 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Others and eBook
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