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Format:
Book (large print)
Title:
The third gate : a novel
ISBN:
9780739378359
Edition:
1st large print ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House Large Print, ©2012.
Physical Description:
418 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Series title(s):
Number in series:
BK. 3.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 2012.
Summary:
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god-king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all -- Narmer's crown -- might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer's is the elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts, supposedly possessed of awesome powers. The dig itself is located in one of the most forbidding places on earth -- the Sudd, a nearly impassable swamp in northern Sudan. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation, a series of harrowing and inexplicable occurrences are causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries-old curse. With a monumental discovery in reach, Yale professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions ... and alarm.
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