The Alexandria Link: A Novel Audiobook (Free)
- Scott Brick
- Random House (Audio)
- 2007-01-30
Summary:
Cotton Malone retired from your high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of the rare-book dealer. But his noiseless existence is shattered when he receives an private e-mail: “You possess something I’d like. You’ re the just person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You possess 72 hours. EASILY don’t hear from you, you’ll be childless.” His horrified ex-wife confirms which the threat is true: Their teenage son continues to be kidnapped. When about The Alexandria Link: A Novel Malone’s Copenhagen bookshop can be burned to the bottom, it becomes brutally very clear that those accountable will minimize at nothing to obtain what they want. And what they want is nothing significantly less than the lost Library of Alexandria.
A cradle of ideas-historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious-the Library of Alexandria was unmatched in the world. But fifteen century ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend-its huge bounty of wisdom coveted since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to supreme power.
Right now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the span of background, is desperate to breach the library’s hallowed halls-and only Malone possesses the info they need to achieve success. At stake is an explosive historic document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world’s three main religions with their very foundations.
Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His pursuit will lead him to England and Portugal, actually to the highest levels of American government-and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions.
Reward: This release contains an excerpt from Steve Berry’s The Columbus Affair and a Natural cotton Malone dossier.
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