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In the tiny African nation of Eritrea, the American spy satellite Medusa has crashed but not before its sensors revealed an underground kimberlite pipeline, the telltale sign of a huge load of diamonds. The mine turns out to be King Solomon's Lost Mine, but with it is a tale of heartbreak—-it was children who worked and died in the mine for 400 years, leading to many local myths of curses. It is also practically on the border with a very unfriendly Sudan. Throw in two warring Israeli show more factions, a hidden monastery guarding an ancient secret, an evil Italian businessman with his own army, and an incredible amount of derring-do and you have one terrific action novel. In the Medusa Stone by Jack DuBrul readers will find an intricate tale filled with action and intrigue. DuBrul is only thirty years old but he is already being compared to the very best in the spy and thriller genre.. show less
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Enjoyed the main character -- Phillip Mercer. Had to google some of information about the history and the region. Would recommend this books to friends.
Fantastic story...my reading interests are nowhere close to this subject, but it's awesome so far.
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Jack Du Brul was born in Burlington, Vermont on October 15, 1968. He is the author of the Philip Mercer series and is currently working with Clive Cussler on co-authoring the New York Times bestselling Oregon Files series. Jack's novel, Lighting Stones, made the iBooks bestseller list in 2015 (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Medusa Stone
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Philip Mercer; Selome Nagast; Harry White; Dick Henna; Giancarlo Gianelli; Habte Makkonen
- Important places
- Asmara, Eritrea
- Dedication
- For Lou,
my editor, my traveling partner,
my best friend, my mother - First words
- Seated on his back for the last three hours and strapped to four and a half million pounds of explosives, Air Force Captain Len Cullins listened impatiently to the monotonous drone of the launch director.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"In that case, promise me that for our last week together, I am your sole quest." He did.
- Blurbers
- Cussler, Clive
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- Members
- 328
- Popularity
- 96,868
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.75)
- Languages
- 5 — Bulgarian, Czech, English, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- ASINs
- 3
