![]() a gripping adventure tale of greed and lust for power.” -Rocky Mountain News mind-boggling.” -Newsday “Extraordinarily absorbing. ![]() A big, juicy quest novel with something for everyone: computer lore, chess, the occult, ancient curses.” -New Woman “Fascinating. ![]() and comes up with gold.” -People “Neville’s classy thriller is multilayered in time. The Eight’s plotting and execution are masterfully handled.” -The Detroit News “With alchemical skill, Neville blends modern romance, historical fiction, and medieval mystery. “A gutsy, multi-genre leap through history, full of puzzles and mysteries. With two unbelievable heroines, nonstop suspense, espionage, murder, and a puzzle that seems the key to the whole Western mystical tradition, this spellbinder soars above the level of first-rate escapist entertainment.” -Publishers Weekly Neville has great fun rewriting history and making it all ring true. In other words, Katherine Neville’s big adventure novel is great fun!” -SUSAN ISAACS “Even readers with no interest in chess will be swept into this astonishing fantasy-adventure, a thoroughly accomplished first novel. Praise for THE EIGHT “A feminist answer to Raiders of the Lost Ark.” -The Washington Post Book World “This is a Quest with something for everyone: ancient curses from the Fertile Crescent Russian chess masters sexy, savvy American computer whizzes Napoleon and Robespierre brave nuns valiant Jewish diamond merchants magic numbers secret hiding places the music of the spheres.
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