The Charlemagne Pursuit: A Novel
Dec 2008 · Cotton Malone Book 4 · Ballantine Books
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NEW YORK TIMES BESETSELLER • “Those who relish suspense in the Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the series.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told that his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic. But what he now learns stuns him: His father’s sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica.
Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer and Christl Falk are also determined to find out what became of their father, who died on the same submarine–and they know something Malone doesn’t: Inspired by strange clues discovered in Charlemagne’s tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the Americans. Now Malone discovers that cryptic journals penned in “the language of heaven,” conundrums posed by an ancient historian, and his father’s ill-fated voyage are all tied to a revelation of immense consequence for humankind. As Malone embarks on a dangerous quest with the sisters, he will finally confront the shocking truth of his father’s death and the distinct possibility of his own.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berry’s The Columbus Affair and a Cotton Malone dossier.
As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told that his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic. But what he now learns stuns him: His father’s sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica.
Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer and Christl Falk are also determined to find out what became of their father, who died on the same submarine–and they know something Malone doesn’t: Inspired by strange clues discovered in Charlemagne’s tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the Americans. Now Malone discovers that cryptic journals penned in “the language of heaven,” conundrums posed by an ancient historian, and his father’s ill-fated voyage are all tied to a revelation of immense consequence for humankind. As Malone embarks on a dangerous quest with the sisters, he will finally confront the shocking truth of his father’s death and the distinct possibility of his own.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steve Berry’s The Columbus Affair and a Cotton Malone dossier.
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March 21, 2010
Started reading The Charlemagne Pursuit while en route to Germany. The detail of the book inspired me to visit the Cathedral at Aachen (Dome) while overseas. During the tour, the guide lead us up the circular staircase - exactly as described in the book. In fact, almost all of the details were dead-on.
During a series of business meetings during that same visit to Germany, I met an individual who had worked in the US Navy as a member of a research submarine, complete with undercarriage and manipulating arms - yep, it was NR-1. Got a chance to see some archival footage from the NR-1 'decomissioning' in 2008.
Dan Brown could only hope to write as enjoyable a book as this - the first 180 pages of the Da Vinci Code were pure tedium (immediately after slogging through that one, I had to sink my teeth into a Wilbur Smith just to regain my faith in the genre of the historical novel). Steve Berry's research is excellent, and his style is suggestive enough to keep the reader riveted. Good job, Mr. Berry.
Alfredo Martinez
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June 3, 2014
I really enjoyed this book , it introduced me to cotton& cassiopia. Also love mr berrys books
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July 3, 2009
One of Steve Berry's best. "What if" always came to my mind.
About the author
Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Lincoln Myth, The King’s Deception, The Columbus Affair, The Jefferson Key, The Emperor’s Tomb, The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandria Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy, and The Amber Room. His books have been translated into 40 languages with more than 18,000,000 copies in 51 countries.
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