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The Fire: A Novel by Katherine Neville
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The Fire: A Novel (edition 2008)

by Katherine Neville

Series: Montglane Service (2)

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2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family's ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother's birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot. 1822, Albania: Thirty years after the French Revolution, when the chess service was unearthed, all of Europe hovers on the brink of the War of Greek Independence. Ali Pasha, the most powerful ruler in the Ottoman Empire, has angered the sultan and is about to be attacked by Turkish forces. Now he sends the only person he can rely upon-his young daughter, Haidee--on a dangerous mission to smuggle a valuable relic out of Albania, through the mountains and over the sea, to the hands of the one man who might be able to save it.… (more)
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Title:The Fire: A Novel
Authors:Katherine Neville
Info:Ballantine Books (2008), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 451 pages
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The Fire by Katherine Neville

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    PghDragonMan: Both works feature mystic orders carrying secret information. Both are founded on just enough history to leave you wondering if really could be true.
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    Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco (PghDragonMan)
    PghDragonMan: Numerology, arcane science, secret societies and foreign languages bind these two works together.
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    PghDragonMan: The two books are connected by the Montglane Service and The Game
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El fuego
Katherine Neville
Publicado: 2008 | 470 páginas
Novela Aventuras Intriga

Hace veinte años comenzó la partida. Ha llegado el momento de realizar la siguiente jugada. El juego vuelve a empezar. Colorado, 2003: Alexandra Solarin recibe una inesperada invitación a la fiesta de cumpleaños de su madre, Catherine Velis, quien nunca antes había celebrado este día. Años atrás, la propia Cat, junto a su marido, había repartido por diferentes países del mundo las fabulosas piezas del ajedrez de Montglane para que nadie nunca pudiera reunirlas y hacerse con el secreto poder que contienen. Cuando Alexandra llega a la casa familiar en las Rocosas, la vivienda está vacía. Su madre no aparece pero sí una serie de invitados igualmente inesperados. Algo sumamente importante está ocurriendo y Alexandra acepta el reto de seguir las misteriosas pistas que ha preparado su madre. La búsqueda la llevará desde Colorado hasta las lejanas tierras de Rusia y el mismo corazón de Washington, ciudad donde reside, y se encontrará en medio de un juego ancestral cuya existencia ni sospechaba. Los invitados a la fiesta serán sus compañeros de viaje; sin embargo, no todos jugarán de su lado. Porque, si bien todos persiguen las piezas del ajedrez, no todos lo hacen con las mismas intenciones. Una novela que te marcará la vida igual que lo hizo «El ocho». El juego vuelve a empezar.
  libreriarofer | Mar 20, 2024 |
This sequel was disappointing. It seemed like Alexandra and Haidee (when she was even in the story) were just tossed around by the other characters for most of the book with no idea what was going on. Very different from Cat, Lily, and Mireille's agency in the first book.

Also the romantic aspects and dialogue were a bit cringeworthy. ( )
  hissingpotatoes | Dec 28, 2021 |
Her book "The Eight" is one of my favorites. this followup is horrid, tedious, flat, and not fun and worst of all, the ending is unfulfilling. ( )
  JohnKaess | Jul 23, 2020 |
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
I wanted to read the first book in the series before I read this second one. I bought it and started it, but haven't been able to get into it enough to finish it yet. My mother read both and enjoyed them. Although our tastes in books tend to be different, I will try to get back to the books in the future.
  wphilbrook | Jun 5, 2020 |
Not bad, interesting story...got a little tired in the middle. ( )
  leebill | Apr 30, 2020 |
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Solarin gripped his little daughter's mittened hand firmly in his own.
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"...what game was it?" "An ancient Game,...that was based upon a rare and valuable bejweled Mesopotamian chess set that once belonged to Charlemagne. It was believed to have certain dangerous powers and to be possessed by a curse."
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2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family's ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother's birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed clues, followed swiftly by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious assortment of houseguests, indicates that something sinister is afoot. 1822, Albania: Thirty years after the French Revolution, when the chess service was unearthed, all of Europe hovers on the brink of the War of Greek Independence. Ali Pasha, the most powerful ruler in the Ottoman Empire, has angered the sultan and is about to be attacked by Turkish forces. Now he sends the only person he can rely upon-his young daughter, Haidee--on a dangerous mission to smuggle a valuable relic out of Albania, through the mountains and over the sea, to the hands of the one man who might be able to save it.

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