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Overview

He was called by many names—Columb, Colom, Colón—but we know him as Christopher Columbus. Many questions about him exist: Where was he born, raised, and educated? Where did he die? How did he discover the New World?
 
None have ever been properly answered.
 
And then there is the greatest secret of all.
 
From Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author, comes an exciting new adventure—one that challenges everything we thought we knew about the discovery of America.
 
Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan has written hard-hitting articles from hot spots around the world. But when a controversial report from a war-torn region is exposed as a fraud, his professional reputation crashes and burns. Now he lives in virtual exile—haunted by bad decisions and the shocking truth he can never prove: that his downfall was a deliberate act of sabotage by an unknown enemy. But before Sagan can end his torment with the squeeze of a trigger, fate intervenes in the form of an enigmatic stranger with a request that cannot be ignored.
 
Zachariah Simon has the look of a scholar, the soul of a scoundrel, and the zeal of a fanatic. He also has Tom Sagan’s estranged daughter at his mercy. Simon desperately wants something only Sagan can supply: the key to a 500-year-old mystery, a treasure with explosive political significance in the modern world. For both Simon and Sagan the stakes are high, the goal intensely personal, the consequences of opposing either man potentially catastrophic. On a perilous quest from Florida to Vienna to Prague and finally to the mountains of Jamaica, the two men square off in a dangerous game. Along the way, both of their lives will be altered—and everything we know about Christopher Columbus will change.

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In his first stand-alone thriller since 2005, Berry (The Jefferson Key) takes advantage of the enigma that was Christopher Columbus to create a fascinating blend of legends, fables, contested historical facts, and imaginative fiction. Tom Sagan, a disgraced journalist of Jewish descent, is about to commit suicide when he is coerced into a plot to decipher secrets hidden in the coffin of his father. Sagan's estranged daughter, Alle, has fallen into the hands of ruthless Zachariah Simon, a wealthy Orthodox Jew in search of a treasure supposedly hidden by Columbus somewhere in Jamaica. Simon has temporarily allied himself with Béne Rowe, a Jamaican Maroon, descendant of runaway slaves, who has his own reasons for finding the treasure. But does it exist and, if so, what exactly is it? Many will risk their lives to learn the truth. VERDICT Thriller readers—from fans of Dan Brown's ciphers to Clive Cussler's fantastic adventures—will savor this intoxicating amalgam of Taíno (indigenous) myth, Maroon legend, the history of Jews in Jamaica, the peregrinations of Temple treasures following Titus's sacking of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., and Columbus's mysterious deeds in the West Indies. Sure to be another best seller. [See Prepub Alert, 11/7/11; library marketing.]—Ron Terpening, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780345526519
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 5/15/2012
  • Pages: 448
  • Sales rank: 43
  • Product dimensions: 6.52 (w) x 9.32 (h) x 1.40 (d)

Meet the Author

Steve Berry
Steve Berry

Steve Berry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Jefferson Key, The Emperor’s Tomb, The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandria Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy, The Amber Room, and the short stories “The Admiral’s Mark,” “The Devil’s Gold,” and “The Balkan Escape.” He has 14 million books in print, which have been translated into 40 languages and sold in 51 countries, He lives in the historic city of St. Augustine, Florida. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have founded History Matters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving our heritage.

Biography

Steve Berry first burst on the scene in 2003 and 2004 with The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy, a pair of twisty, adrenaline-laced thrillers with intriguing historical mysteries at their heart. Since then, Berry's novels have gone on to gather international momentum, earning spots on The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and BookSense bestseller lists.

A practicing attorney, Berry has been writing since 1990. And although his undergraduate degree was in political science, it was his interest in history that led to him to writing international suspense thrillers. Simply put, the books he liked to read became the books he liked to write. He continues to wrap his novels in fascinating secrets, conspiracies, and mysteries from the past (religious prophecy, ancient manuscripts, lost treasure, Vatican intrigue, etc.), concocting dandy plots his readers love to unravel.

Berry credits the nuns who taught him in Catholic school with instilling the discipline needed both to craft a novel and to find a publisher. Indeed, he claims to be the poster child for stick-to-itiveness: It took him 12 years and 85 rejections to finally sell a manuscript to Ballantine Books! Clearly, his perseverance has paid off. Today, his novels appear in 43 countries and 41 languages worldwide.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 25, 2012

    The historical fabrication was somewhat interesting, but the cha

    The historical fabrication was somewhat interesting, but the characters were pretty much cardboard cutouts. What bothered me most, however, was the lack of copy editing...mistakes abounded, and were a distraction from the story. Are publishers no longer providing the services of copy editors to "polish" the story to remove misspellings, misappropriated pronouns, and unexplained shifts in language such as sometimes referring to distance in feet, and sometimes meters? (And not based on the perspective of the character, whether the unit of measurement reflected the nationality of the character - it wasn't that. It was just sloppy writing!)

    I seriously considered giving up midway through. I stuck it out, but more from my own stubbornness than enjoyment. I did want to find the resolution to the story, but felt the language was fighting me every step of the way.

    I've enjoyed Steve Berry's other books. This one, however, is worth a miss.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2012

    Awful

    I have read all of Steve Berry's books and loved each one of them. Except for this one. It's awful. I am halfway through it and considering ending my misery. The plot is slow, the main male character is an arse, and the female character is annoyingly idiotic. She freezes in shock about something every few pages, gets an American intelligence agent murdered because of her freezing in shock, trusts all the wrong people even though everyone and their grandmothers tell her she's being stupid..... There is not a likeable character anywhere to be found and I have never wanted to slap a fictional character until Alle Beckett. If this hideous stereotype of the stupid, helpless female is what can be expected with Berry's new books, I'm no longer a fan.

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  • Posted May 18, 2012

    Interesting point, but pure garbage.

    Interesting point, but pure garbage.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2012

    SO SUCKY

    Aweful w all caps.. what the f$&*+# was the author thinking? So poed thhat i bought it

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 26, 2012

    So very boring!!!!I couldn't even get thru half the book, I skip

    So very boring!!!!I couldn't even get thru half the book, I skipped over much of that because he kept repeating the same thing over and over... didn' even finish it...I like his other books, and was so looking forward for this one...(very glad I got book from Library and didn't buy it)

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  • Posted May 21, 2012

    This is a great book and I enjoyed the father/daughter dynamic!

    This is a great book and I enjoyed the father/daughter dynamic!
    Miss Cotton Malone stories, but this is a great one

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 21, 2012

    Just got done reading it, and loved it.

    Just got done reading it, and loved it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 20, 2012

    Good book!

    Awesome book


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