Product Description

A hidden treasure. A forgotten truth. 

 

Cotton Malone is in trouble. His son has been kidnapped and his bookshop in Copenhagen attacked, all because he is the only man alive who knows the whereabouts of the Alexandria link – the means of locating the most important cache of ancient knowledge ever assembled:  the legendary Library of Alexandria, which vanished without trace fifteen hundred years ago.

 

Now, Malone is forced to join the search for a forgotten truth hidden within that vast literary treasure – a truth that, if revealed, will have grave consequences, not only for Malone, but for the balance of world power . . .

(20080101)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46945 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
'Dan Brown-style adventure, full of colour and energy' (Good Book Guide 20080101)

'Pure intrigue. Pure fun.'

(Clive Cussler on Steve Berry 20080101)

'A major twist... the puzzles are so much fun... radical thinking of the Gospels that's sure to spark some lively debate . . . pretty grabby stuff'

(Wall Street Journal on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY )

'Complex and fast-moving thriller writing, delivered with a great deal of dash, and shades of The Da Vinci Code'

(Good Book Guide on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY )

'Sexy, illuminating . . . my kind of thriller.' (Dan Brown on THE AMBER ROOM )

'Writes with the self-assured style of a veteran'

(Dan Brown )

'Not to be missed. Anagrams and complicated symbology... a complex, well-written, and extremely readable story.'

(Library Journal on THE TEMPLAR LEGACY )

'Steve Berry is a writer on the rise.' (David Morrell, author of NIGHTSCAPE and CREEPERS )

'Conspiracies and plots abound . . . Berry handles his thriller tradecraft skilfully, [and] his descriptions are stellar.' (Booklist on THE THIRD SECRET )

'International intrigue, swashbuckling action, indestructible hero from the American South. . . . Not to be missed.' (Kirkus Reviews, on THE ROMANOV PROPHECY )

About the Author
Steve Berry lives on the coast in Georgia, USA, with his wife and daughter. He is a lawyer who has traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, and Russia. His first two novels, THE AMBER ROOM and THE ROMANOV PROPHECY, were US bestsellers; his third and fourth, THE THIRD SECRET and THE TEMPLAR LEGACY, were both New York Times bestsellers. His books have been published in 39 countries and translated into 37 languages. (20080101)

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Customer Reviews

Book No 5 by Steven Berry deserves 5 stars
I have read all of Steve Berry's thrillers. Steven Berry had become better and better with each of his novels. And "The Alexandria Link" is no exception from this rule. From page one the reader gets hooked and swept into the story. There is not a single moment of boredom waiting for you, the story develops sytematically and the surprises are not coming out of the blue. The personalities are well descripted, develop from the presvious book and one feels very comfortable with them. One can understand. Till the very last the suspense is kept.

I would love to have given it more than 5 stars....

You will enjoy this book!!!

Fast Moving Action
Steve Berry lives on the Georgia coast in Camden County. He's a lawyer who, for twenty-five years, has helped people both in and out of the courtroom.

The author has come up with what I believe is another first rate adventure novel, that places his main character Cotton Malone and his family in grave danger. Cotton is faced with a baffling truth, long ago taken from the shelves of the greatest library ever assembled in one place, the legendary library of Alexandria.

The library stood for over 600 years and in its prime held virtually all of the knowledge known to man at that time. Fifteen hundred years ago it vanished without leaving a trace. Rumours abound about what happened to the building and its contents. Some say that the Romans set fire to it during a naval battle, but no trace of the library has ever been found.

When Cotton Malone's ex-wife appears on his doorstep, panicking because their son has been kidnapped and then minutes later Malone's bookshop is attacked, all because he is the only living being who knows the whereabouts of the Alexandria link, the key to locating the missing library. But finding that lost key could have grave consequences not only for Malone but for the balance of world power.

Entertaining but predictable
There's always a point in a Steve Berry novel where you can see exactly how things are going to pan out, and here it's particularly early on. Perhaps it's just that I've read a few similar books recently, but I found most of the plot twists pretty clearly telegraphed.

And when Steve Berry introduces the hero's estranged ex-wife, there's a feeling we've been here before and you just know that before long they'll come to rediscover their love for each other despite themselves.

Still, putting that to one side, this is a reasonably entertaining treasure hunt/ancient conspiracy novel. This time we have some lost texts saved from the Library at Alexandria, with a link to the Poussin paintings.