The Rule of Four: A Novel - Ian Caldwell

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pdf | 9.27 MB | English| Isbn:9780440334958 | Author: Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason | Year: 2004

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"One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose and one part A Separate Peace . . . a smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs."-San Francisco Chronicle

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets-to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it.

As the deadline looms, research has stalled-until a vital clue is unearthed: a long-lost diary that may prove to be the key to deciphering the ancient text. But when a longtime student of the book is murdered just hours later, a chilling cycle of deaths and revelations begins-one that will force Tom and Paul into a fiery drama, spun from a book whose power and meaning have long been misunderstood.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Dustin Thomason's 12.21.

"Profoundly erudite . . . the ultimate puzzle-book."-The New York Times Book Review

Category:Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Awards, Fiction Subjects, Settings & Atmosphere - Fiction, Thrillers, Literary Styles & Movements - Fiction, Character Types - Fiction, Academic Settings - Fiction, Arcane and Academic Thrillers, Occult - Fiction, Students and Scholars - Fiction, Publishers Weekly's Best Fiction of 2004, Washington Post's Best Fiction of 2004

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