Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry

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Genre - Thriller


This book is about man's insatiable quest for power and domination of the world around him. The new Central Asian Federation is planning to take over as much of Asia and Africa as possible, via the use of biological warfare. The leader of the Asian Federation, Irina Zovastina is obsessed with Alexander the Great. She plans to surpass Alexander as history's ultimate conqueror. This story bounces from the cities of Venice and Copenhagen as well as the newly formed nation of the Central Asian Federation, which has risen from the ashes of the U.S.S.R. In the bid to stop Zovastina Cotton Malone formally of the American Millgelian Billet is once again called on to help old friends, Cassiopeia Vitt and Henrik Thorvaldsen. Cotton narrowly escaping the blazing inferno of a museum, which he later learns is not an isolated incident. Museums around the world are being burnt to the ground, to mask a more sinister plan. The characters become embroiled in a plot they don't understand and are inadvertently set on a quest to find Alexander's tomb. They must unravel a thousand year old riddle to save the present day world.

This book is fast paced and is un-put-downable.


---- Reviewed by Tegan, Guest

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