The Balkan Escape
by Steve Berry
Cassiopeia Vitt (1), Cotton Malone (Novellas and Short Stories — 5.5)
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Steve Berry's first ever eBook exclusive short story finds an adventurer in a strange and forbidding land, in search of a long lost treasure, and very much in harm's way.As a favor to enigmatic billionaire Henrik Thorvaldsen, Cassiopeia Vitt treks into Bulgaria's Rila mountains in search of a buried stash of exceedingly rare artifacts from a bygone civilization: the ancient tomb of a Thracian king. But when her presence is discovered by a shadowy group of Russians secretly mining the area, show more she needs a way out. Who to trust becomes the question, and her life depends on choosing the right option.
Includes a sneak-preview of the Cotton Malone thrillers The Emperor's Tomb and The Columbus Affair.
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This is a short book (30 pages on a Kindle) that describes Cassiopeia Vitt's capture, escape, recapture, re-escape from a natural cavern that tied into a Balkan Rila mountain Thracian burial tomb originating 5000 years ago. This archaeological treasure was unearthed by a Russian excavating crew trying to verify and size a uranium find. Cassiopeia just happened to stumble into this unfortunate situation while looking for evidence of a reputed Thracian site in this area. It is a joy to read of a rich, resourceful, self sufficient heroine like Cassiopeia and follow her exploits while marveling at her chutzpah. It is a useful story as several of the characters reappear in some follow-on stories by Steve Berry. Good, interesting, historical, show more quick read! This background helps understand further character development as the stories and adventures continue. show less
This is a prequel to The Emperor's Tomb and the subject was interesting, but honestly, I'm not too fond of these short adventures stories between books. Too few pages, when you get into the story it’s over.
This is a short story that I wanted to get to in order to satisfy my inner complete-ist on the series front, but I'd be lying through my teeth if I said that it was a must-read or that it was required for a complete understanding of Cotton Malone and his world.
This is a prequel to The Emperor's Tomb and the subject was interesting, but honestly, I'm not too fond of these short adventures stories between books. Too few pages, when you get into the story it’s over.
Steve Berry ought to be embarassaed. DON'T PAY FOR THIS. A one chapter novel, where nothing of interest happens, except the introduction of a character for his novel, The Emperor's Tomb.
It was alright, some of the history behind it was interesting but that’s just it.
This was just a short story where Cassiopeia Vitt is caught in an unfortunate circumstance that could turn very deadly. It is a prelude to the Cotton Malone Emperor's Tomb which hopefully I will get to this month.
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Steve Berry was born in 1955. He is a graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. He was a practicing attorney when he started writing in 1990. His first book, The Amber Room, was published in 2003. His other works include The Romanov Prophecy, The Third Secret, The Columbus Affair, The Patriot Threat and the Cotton Malone show more series. He also writes e-book original short stories including The Balkan Escape, The Devil's Gold, and The Admiral's Mark. He and his wife founded History Matters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding the preservation of our heritage. In 2015, The Patriot Threat made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Cotton Malone (Novellas and Short Stories — 5.5)
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- Canonical title
- The Balkan Escape
- Original title
- The Balkan Escape
- Original publication date
- 2010-09-13
- People/Characters
- Cotton Malone; Cassiopeia Vitt
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- Members
- 248
- Popularity
- 130,215
- Reviews
- 11
- Rating
- (3.24)
- Languages
- Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 4
