The Eight
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New York Times –Bestselling Author
A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret power that could topple civilizations. To keep the set from falling into the wrong hands, two novices, Valentine and Mireille, embark on an adventure that begins in the streets of Paris and leads to Russia, Egypt, Corsica, and into the heart of the Algerian Sahara.
Two hundred years later, while on assignment in Algeria, computer expert Catherine Velis finds herself drawn unwillingly into the deadly "Game" still swirling around the legendary chess set—a game that will require her to risk her life and match wits with diabolical forces.
"Fascinating." — Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A feminist answer to Raiders of the Lost Ark ." — Washington Post Book World
"A powerful experience that has had enormous influence on many later thrillers that combine history with contemporary events." — New York Times– Bestselling Author David MorrellThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville including rare images from her life and travels
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Neville's novels, which have been published in more than eighty countries, have been enriched by her twenty-year career as an international computer executive and consultant, which took her to live in six countries on three continents and twenty-six of the United States. She has also worked as a portrait painter, a commercial photographer, and a model. To learn more, visit her at www.katherineneville.com.
