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Loading... The Venetian Betrayal (2007)by Steve Berry, Steve Berry
None. 1   MrsLee | Mar 12, 2011 |  Quick paced story told in snappy short chapters which end leaving you wanting to know more but then jump to another character in the story. It jumps to and fro and eventually all characters meet up. There are some unbelievable bits and it is rather spoilt by the unrealistic involvement of the cavalry (  ) NeilT | Jan 23, 2011 | A fascinating insight into the life and times of Alexander The Great. The political scenes in the story were a bit heavy going at times but other then that this book is a great read. ( ) Thasc | Aug 25, 2010 | Enjoyed (  ) hamiltonpam | Jul 26, 2010 | A good basic "save the world" type of book this! Alexander the Great is the pivotal point of the story and the grip he has over Zovastina who wants to find his secret burial place and rule the world in the modern day much as he did in the 300 BC's. Zovastina does this by forming a coalition with other Asian Federation countries to form the new Central Asian Federation. She runs on the platform of wanting to give these countries the power they deserve and the lifestyle they never had. In reality she wants her country to expand to epic proportions. With this in mind she joins up with the Council of 10. A group of Venetian business men who work outside governmental rules to try and make their businesses succeed. All seems good until we see that both groups want different things and follow their own agendas. Which leads to Cotton Malone and his friends trying to find the coins of Alexander the Great and the cure behind the virus' which are being generated. Virus' which will help with the plan to expand the Asian Federations grip. Well if this does not grab you attention to read it then I am lost what to say! It is a book to lose yourself in and is one of a series - so there are more where this one came from :-) (  )1 StuartAston | Jun 13, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0345485777, Hardcover)In 323 B.C.E, having conquered Persia, Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia, then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting place–unknown to this day–remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. And Cotton Malone–former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer–will be drawn into an intense geopolitical chess game.After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum, Cotton learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design, buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. And from the ashes of the U.S.S.R., a new nation has arisen: Former Soviet republics have consolidated into the Central Asian Federation. At its helm is Supreme Minister Irina Zovastina, a cunning despot with a talent for politics, a taste for blood sport, and the single-minded desire to surpass Alexander the Great as history’s ultimate conqueror. Backed by a secret cabal of powerbrokers, the Federation has amassed a harrowing arsenal of biological weapons. Equipped with the hellish power to decimate other nations at will, only one thing keeps Zovastina from setting in motion her death march of domination: a miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great–in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years. Together, Cotton and Cassiopeia must outrun and outthink the forces allied against them. Their perilous quest will take them to the shores of Denmark, deep into the venerated monuments of Venice, and finally high inside the desolate Pamir mountains of Central Asia to unravel a riddle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people–depending on who finds the lost tomb first. (retrieved from Amazon Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:49:37 -0400) A miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great--in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years--is the coveted prize for a cunning despot unless Cotton Malone, former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer, can beat her to it.… (more) |
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As for the story, the action and descriptions were fun, the premise of finding a cure for aids and all the political and corporate power struggles involved rang true. The weird search for Alexandar's tomb I could swallow, but I think a real archaeologist would have a fit about what the characters (several of them trained and smart enough to know better) did when the tomb was found. As to the characters themselves, by the end of the story I was hoping for death on all fronts. There was not one character I cared about in this story, they all were intensely annoying. (