Tom Sagan is staring down the barrel of a gun. He has lost everything he
ever loved: his job, his wife, his daughter, his reputation. What hurts most is that he knows his Pulitzer Prize-winning career as a journalist was sabotaged. He was set up, but he can’t prove it. They – whoever they are – have beaten him. So he decides to end his life. But before he can pull the trigger, an enigmatic stranger appears. ZachariahSimon has Tom’s estranged daughter at his mercy. What he wants is something only Tom can supply. It’s the key to a five hundred-year-old mystery, one with explosive consequences in the modern world. On a perilous quest that takes them from Vienna, to Prague and finally to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, the two men square off in a dangerous game. Along the way, both of their lives will forever be altered – and everything we know about Christopher Columbus will change.
ever loved: his job, his wife, his daughter, his reputation. What hurts most is that he knows his Pulitzer Prize-winning career as a journalist was sabotaged. He was set up, but he can’t prove it. They – whoever they are – have beaten him. So he decides to end his life. But before he can pull the trigger, an enigmatic stranger appears. ZachariahSimon has Tom’s estranged daughter at his mercy. What he wants is something only Tom can supply. It’s the key to a five hundred-year-old mystery, one with explosive consequences in the modern world. On a perilous quest that takes them from Vienna, to Prague and finally to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, the two men square off in a dangerous game. Along the way, both of their lives will forever be altered – and everything we know about Christopher Columbus will change.
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Action-packed, fast paced and engaging
Ingeniously plotted . . . Berry offers plenty of twists and vivid action scenes in a feat of historical imagination
Berry builds on actual historical facts to create a no-holds-barred thriller guaranteed to increase the pulse of the reader
Berry raises this genre's stakes
For those in need of a comparison, think Jack Bauer and the hit television series 24, with twists, turns, schemes and counter-schemes manifesting themselves by the second . . . Berry's on a roll
As always with Steve Berry, you're educated about significant things while your knuckles are turning white and the pages are flying by
I love this guy
Steve Berry writes with the self-assured style of a veteran
An exciting blend of Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code . . . this compelling tale features pirates, politics and ancient tribes
'Ingeniously plotted . . . Berry offers plenty of twists and vivid action scenes in a feat of historical imagination'
'Berry builds on actual historical facts to create a no-holds-barred thriller guaranteed to increase the pulse of the reader'
'[a] page turner'
A top-notch, gripping, intelligent thriller in the very finest traditions of the genre
You don't just read a Steve Berry novel. You live it.
Steve Berry always finds intriguing ways to link the past to the present in his fast-paced thrillers.
All the Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history - plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy.
Sexy, illuminating...my kind of thriller
In Malone, Berry has created a classic, complex hero
'Pure intrigue. Pure fun.'