This latest globe-trotting Cal Donovan thriller entry will appeal to fans of Dan Brown and Lincoln Child.
During an archaeological excavation Hiram Donovan uncovers a piece of meticulously knapped obsidian. Instinct tells him to hide it, so he sends it back to his wife in America, but days later Hiram is murdered. Decades later, his son Cal Donovan finds the parcel still unopened and sets out to discover the truth behind the mystical stone.
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This latest globe-trotting Cal Donovan thriller entry will appeal to fans of Dan Brown and Lincoln Child.
During an archaeological excavation Hiram Donovan uncovers a piece of meticulously knapped obsidian. Instinct tells him to hide it, so he sends it back to his wife in America, but days later Hiram is murdered. Decades later, his son Cal Donovan finds the parcel still unopened and sets out to discover the truth behind the mystical stone.
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Mysticism, angels, evil spirits: Harvard Professor Cal Donovan investigates a scrying stone linked to the death of his parents.
Algosh, Iraq, 1989. During an archaeological excavation Hiram Donovan uncovers a piece of meticulously knapped obsidian. Instinct tells him to hide it from others on the dig, so he sends it back to his wife in America with a note: John Dee, British Museum/Scrying stone? Days later Hiram is murdered with it made to look like an accident. But there was a witness.
Decades later, on his death bed, the witness confesses to what he saw. Shortly afterwards, Cal Donovan - Professor of Archaeology at Harvard and Hiram's son - is told his mother has been killed. Upon finding the parcel still unopened alongside his father's mysterious note referencing Queen Elizabeth's astrologer and alchemist, Cal sets out to discover the truth.
What he finds are fanatics determined to obtain the mystical stone, but for what purpose...?
Critic Reviews
“There's no denying that Cooper can serve up an exciting adventure. His name on a book guarantees two things: an elaborate story with plenty of twists and turns, and a swift pace that carries the reader through to the end”
Booklist on The Debt
Cooper's intelligent, heart-pounding homage to Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code will appeal to fans of action, thriller and conspiracy genres Booklist on Sign of the Cross
The solid writing elevates this above other Da Vinci Code-like suspense novels Publishers Weekly on The Resurrection Maker
Cooper's best thriller yet matches a well-constructed plot with believable characters . The action builds to a surprising and satisfying conclusion Publishers Weekly on Near Death
An imaginative thriller . An interesting take on a familiar theme Publishers Weekly on The Devil Will Come
About the Author
Glenn Cooper graduated with a degree in archaeology from Harvard and was formerly the Chairman and CEO of a biotechnology company in Massachusetts. His previous thrillers, including the bestselling Library of the Dead trilogy, have sold six million copies in more than thirty languages worldwide.
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