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Are you ready to save the world? The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning 6 explosive books, 2 secret-filled card packs, and a website that places readers right in the action.

Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world's... read more

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  • Amy Cahill: A 14 year old who loves books, and has a nervous stutter around crowds.Co-leader of the Madrigal branch
  • Dan Cahill: A 11 year old who has a photographic memory, likes ninjas, and causes trouble.Co-leader of the Madrigal branch.
  • Fiske Cahill: Add a description of this character.
  • Nellie Gomez
  • Reagan Holt
  • Natalie Kabra: Daughter of Isabel Kabra. Sister of Ian Kabra
  • Alistair Oh: Head of Ekaterina House, and inventor of the Microwaveable burrito
  • Ted Starling: Part of the original 39 Clues hunt but was forced to drop out.
  • Ned Starling
  • Jonah Wizard: A famous pop star who is Amy and Dan's cousin.
  • Phoenix Wizard: Jonah Wizard's cousin.
  • Hamilton: Reagan's brother, Hamilton helps Dan and Amy
  • Evan: Amy's boyfriend.
  • Sinead Starling
  • William Mcintyre: Grace's old lawyer
  • Ian Kabra: Older Brother of Natalie Kabra
  • Grace Cahill: Grand mother of Amy and Dan Cahill. Madrigal.
  • Dan Cahill: Formerly a very easygoing person, Dan Cahill in this series is a bit more withdrawn and serious.
  • Medusa: Greek mythology monster
  • Tomas: One of the 5 branches of the Cahill family
  • Caravaggio: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian pronunciation: <kara'vaddʒo>; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting.<1>
  • Saladin: Grace's cantankerous old cat. Loves red snapper. Breed: Egyptian Mau
  • Gideon Cahill: The first Cahill who created the Master Serum.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Fiske Cahill loved the early morning —the glorious moment when the sun’s rays broke over the mountaintops.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue.1
1.12
2.25
3.38
4.45
5.52
6.62
7.70
8.75
9.83
10.90
11.98
12.105
13.111
14.117
15.121
16.126
17.135
18.140
19.147
20.157
21.169
22.181
23.191
24.195
25.206
26.214
27.222

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 4 in The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers. (standard series)

Followed by A King's Ransom.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Gordan Korman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 30, 2011
ISBN: 9780545324090
Page Count: 224

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The Maze of Bones
  • One False Note
  • The Sword Thief
  • Beyond the Grave
  • The Black Circle
  • In Too Deep
  • The Viper's Nest
  • The Emperor's Code
  • Storm Warning
  • Into the Gauntlet
  • The Black Book of Buried Secrets
  • Vespers Rising
  • A King's Ransom
  • The Dead of Night
  • Shatterproof

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Maze of Bones
  • One False Note
  • Vespers Rising
  • The Sword Thief
  • Beyond the Grave
  • The Black Circle
  • The Viper's Nest
  • In Too Deep
  • The Emperor's Code
  • Storm Warning
  • Into the Gauntlet
  • The Black Book of Buried Secrets

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Maze of Bones
  • One False Note
  • The Sword Thief
  • Beyond the Grave
  • In Too Deep
  • The Viper's Nest
  • The Emperor's Code
  • Storm Warning
  • Into the Gauntlet
  • The Black Book of Buried Secrets
  • Vespers Rising

Books Influenced by This Book edit see section history

   
  • A King's Ransom
  • The Dead of Night
  • Shatterproof

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