The Eight
Katherine Neville
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
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 valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publish Date
June 23, 1997
Pages
624
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 1.5 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780345419088
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About the Author
Katherine Neville is the author of The Eight, The Magic Circle (a USA Today bestseller), and A Calculated Risk (a New York Times Notable Book). The Eight has been translated into more than thirty languages. In a national poll in Spain by the noted journal El País, The Eight was voted one of the top ten books of all time. Neville lives in Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Reviews
"Readers thrilled by The Da Vinci Code will relish the multi-layered secrets of The Eight."
--MATTHEW PEARL, author of The Dante Club "A BIG, RICH, TWO-TIERED CONFECTION OF A NOVEL . . .
A ROUSING, AMUSING GAME."
--San Francisco Chronicle "A fascinating piece of entertainment that manages to be both vibrant and cerebral . . . Few will find it resistible."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review "With alchemical skill, Neville blends modern romance, historical fiction, and medieval mystery . . . and comes up with gold."
--People
--MATTHEW PEARL, author of The Dante Club "A BIG, RICH, TWO-TIERED CONFECTION OF A NOVEL . . .
A ROUSING, AMUSING GAME."
--San Francisco Chronicle "A fascinating piece of entertainment that manages to be both vibrant and cerebral . . . Few will find it resistible."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review "With alchemical skill, Neville blends modern romance, historical fiction, and medieval mystery . . . and comes up with gold."
--People
