The Emperor's Tomb
Hearing that his old friend Cassiopeia Vitt is in trouble, Malone follows the few clues he has and realises that they are in the middle of something huge, involving Russian and US oil interests and a centuries-old secret. After stumbling across two dead bodies and into the crosshairs of his...
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Hearing that his old friend Cassiopeia Vitt is in trouble, Malone follows the few clues he has and realises that they are in the middle of something huge, involving Russian and US oil interests and a centuries-old secret. After stumbling across two dead bodies and into the crosshairs of his former boss, Malone finds himself in a race to unravel the mystery of an emperor's tomb, a sinister society, and a deadly battle between two ruthless men for supremacy in China - and the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781444709360 (1444709364)
Publish date: April 1st 2011
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Action,
Suspense,
China
Series: Cotton Malone (#6)
I've been lucky lately in that Rollins, Thor, and now Berry have put out their best work in their latest releases (next to last for this Berry work). I enjoyed this Berry novel more than any of his others. The characters were much stronger and easier to identify with in this book than other Berry bo...
A thriller set in China, involving the Chinese, Russians and Americans. Alliances are necessary, but is everyone who they claim to be. In addition to the page-turning allure, this book is also informative: concerning the history of China and other scientific discoveries and inventions. This, I find,...
wartka akcja, szybkie zwroty, przygoda przez duże P :) ale w sumie nie to mnie ujęło... bardzo podobało mi się wyjaśnienie na końcu książki, co jest prawdą a co fikcją literacką, duży plus za to właśnie! byłam zdumiona, jak wiele prawdy, faktów autor umieścił w książce, czegoś się dowiedziałam, miło...
Cotton Malones life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen is never boring, hell, I wonder if he even have time to be an antiquarian book dealer since he spends much of his time traveling around the globe saving things and people. In this book he has to save his close friend Cassiopeia Vitt and...
I adore Berry's books, however, this one was not my favorite. While the mystery was good and I as a reader was never quiet sure who was playing who and who was working for whom, I had a hard time getting into the historical stuff. I think it is because it's Eastern history and that's not a favorite ...
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