The Sanctuary
by Raymond Khoury | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780525950295 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780525950295 Global Overview for this book
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IN THE POWERFUL NEW THRILLER A GENETICIST AND A CIA AGENT EMBARK ON A DEADLY QUEST TO FIND THE MOST DANGEROUS BOOK IN THE WORLD AND DISCOVER A SECRET THAT HAS DESTROYED EVERYONE IN ITS PATH FOR CENTURIES.
Naples, 1750, In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. Terir leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses him of being an imposter, and demands to know a secret only the marquis harbors. In the fight that ensues, the false marquis escapes over the rooftops of Naples, leaving behind a burning palazzio and a raging Prince now obsessed with finding his quarry at any cost.
Baghdad, 2003. An army unit on a routine mission makes a horrifying discovery: a state-of-the-art conceled lab where dozens-men, women, children-have died, the subjects of gruesome experiments. The mysterious scientest they were after, a man believed to be working on a bioweapon and known only as the hakeem-the doctor-escapes, taking with him the startling truth about his work. A puzzling clue is left behind: a circular symbol of a snake feeding on its own tail. As the power of the symbo; comes to light, reveling the centuries of destruction left in its wake, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever.
Naples, 1750, In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. Terir leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses him of being an imposter, and demands to know a secret only the marquis harbors. In the fight that ensues, the false marquis escapes over the rooftops of Naples, leaving behind a burning palazzio and a raging Prince now obsessed with finding his quarry at any cost.
Baghdad, 2003. An army unit on a routine mission makes a horrifying discovery: a state-of-the-art conceled lab where dozens-men, women, children-have died, the subjects of gruesome experiments. The mysterious scientest they were after, a man believed to be working on a bioweapon and known only as the hakeem-the doctor-escapes, taking with him the startling truth about his work. A puzzling clue is left behind: a circular symbol of a snake feeding on its own tail. As the power of the symbo; comes to light, reveling the centuries of destruction left in its wake, one unsuspecting woman stands at the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever.
