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The Eight
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The Eight (1988) (edit title/settings)

by Katherine Neville (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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Catherine Velis lives in New York. She is an auditor. After upsetting her bosses by doing the right thing, Catherine is sent to Algeria. While there she enters the Game. The Game is aglobal chess game where the peices are real people. If a piece is taken the person representing that peice... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Catherine Velis lives in New York. She is an auditor. After upsetting her bosses by doing the right thing, Catherine is sent to Algeria. While there she enters the Game. The Game is aglobal chess game where the peices are real people. If a piece is taken the person representing that peice dies. The Game is fought over an ancient chess service owned by Charlemange, the Montglane Service.

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A flock of nuns crossed the road, their crisp wimples fluttering about their heads like the wings of large sea birds.

Table of Contents edit see section history

• The Defense
• Pawn To Queen's Fourth
• A Quiet Move
• Fianchetto
• A Game of Chess
• An Exchange of Queens
• The Knight's Wheel
• Sacrifices
• The Fork
• A Pawn Advances
• The Center Board
• The Middle Game
• The Isle
• Positional Analysis
• The Sound of Desert
• The Magic Mountains
• The Castle
• The Death of Kings
• The Black Queen
• The Lost Continent
• Zugzwang
• The White Land
• The Eighth Square
• The Silence Before the Storm
• The Storm
• The Secret
• The End Game

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in The Eight. (standard series)

Followed by The Fire.

This is book 88 of 99 in NPR's Top 100 Killer Thriller. (community list)

Preceded by Strangers on a Train, and followed by The Lost Symbol.

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  1. Katherine Neville (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Publication Date: December 27, 1988
ISBN: 0345351371
Page Count: 598

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