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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345366239

ISBN-139780345366238

eBay Product ID (ePID)154334

Product Key Features

Book TitleEight : a Novel

Number of Pages624 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Suspense, General, Thrillers / Historical, Thrillers / Technological

Publication Year1990

GenreFiction

AuthorKatherine Neville

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight10 oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN87-091363

TitleLeadingThe

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 From the Trade Paperback edition., "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, "Readers thrilled byThe Da Vinci Codewill relish the multi-layered secrets ofThe Eight." -MATTHEW PEARL, author ofThe 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 From the Trade Paperback edition.

Edition DescriptionReissue

SynopsisComputer 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....