The Rule of Four Audiobook (Free)

A mysterious coded manuscript, a violent Ivy Little league murder, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide inside a labyrinth of betrayal, madness, and genius.

THE RULE OF FOUR

Princeton. Good Fri, 1999. Around the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries from the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Well-known for its hypnotic power over those who research it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets — to Tom Sullivan, whose dad was about The Guideline of Four obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends upon it. As the deadline looms, research provides stalled — until a historical diary surfaces. What Tom and Paul discover inside shocks even them: evidence that the positioning of a concealed crypt has been ciphered within the pages of the obscure Renaissance text.

Equipped with this last clue, both friends delve into the bizarre world of the Hypnerotomachia — a world of neglected erudition, strange sexual appetites, and awful violence. But just as they begin to realize the magnitude of their breakthrough, Princeton’s snowy campus is rocked: a longtime student of the reserve is normally murdered, shot useless in the hushed halls of the annals department.

An account of timeless intrigue, stunning scholarship or grant, and great imaginative power, The Guideline of Four is the tale of a young man divided between your future’s promise as well as the past’s allure, led only by companionship and love.