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Steve Berry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Balkan Escape, The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandria Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy , and The Amber Room . His books have been translated into 37... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Cotton Malone: The protagonist, former Justice Dept and Magellan Billet agent, currently running a bookstore in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Cassiopeia Vitt: Cotton's friend who is helping Lev Sokolov find his kidnapped 4 year old son. Welathy, intelligent woman.
- Karl Tang: Legalist and minister with the Chinese Communist Party
- Ni Yong: Confucian and director of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China charged with rooting out corruption and malfeasance.
- Pau Wen: Once an overseer of a number of museums and collections in China. He appropriated a number of national treasures to save them from the Communist Party and fled China for Belgium.
- Stephanie Nelle: Director of the Dept of Justice's unit, Magellan Billet
- Viktor Tomas: Random asset working for Karl Tang. He is half-Bosnian and half-American which causes him to speak without an accent. He once worked for the Croatian security forces. Most recently, he was head of the Central Asian Federation.
- Ivan: Russian agent assisting Stephanie Nelle
- Lev Sokolov: Russian Geologist whose son is taken and held as ransom.
Setting & Locations edit
- Copenhagen, Denmark: The location of Cotton's bookstore
- Pakistan
- Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
- Chongqing, China
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Shaanxi Province, China: Site of underground vaults containing 8,000 life-sized terra cotta soldiers, 130 chariots and 670 horses tightly knitted into a battle formation.
- Gansu Province, China
- Lanzhou, China
- Halong Bay, Vietnam
- Beijing, China
First Sentence edit
A bullet zipped past Cotton Malone.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Part 1 - Three Days Earlier
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Part 2
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Part 3
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Chapter Fifty-Four
Chapter Fifty-Five
Chapter Fifty-Six
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Chapter Fifty-Nine
Chapter Sixty
Part 4
Chapter Sixty-One
Chapter Sixty-Two
Chapter Sixty-Three
Chapter Sixty-Four
Chapter Sixty-Five
Chapter Sixty-Six
Chapter Sixty-Seven
Chapter Sixty-Eight
Chapter Sixty-Nine
Chapter Seventy
Chapter Seventy-One
Chapter Seventy-Two
Chapter Seventy-Three
Chapter Seventy-Four
Chapter Seventy-Five
Chapter Seventy-Six
Chapter Seventy-Seven
Chapter Seventy-Eight
Chapter Seventy-Nine
Chapter Eighty
Chapter Eighty-One
Chapter Eighty-Two
Glossary edit
- Confucian: Follower of Confucius and its central belief that man should seek to live life in a good way, always behaving with humanity and courtesy, working diligently, honoring family and government.
- Legalist: One who believed that naked force and raw terror were the only legitimate bases for power.
- Biotic oil: Oil from decomposing organic matter
- Abiotic oil: Oil that is naturally produced by the earth. Distinguished from biotic oil in that it contains diamondoids, tiny specks of diamonds.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 10 in Cotton Malone. (standard series)
Preceded by The Devil's Gold, and followed by The Jefferson Key.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Steve Berry (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2010
ISBN: 0345505492
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 2010
ISBN: 0345505492
Page Count: 480
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3602.E764E46 2010
- Dewey: 813
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