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Altar of Bones

Altar of Bones

by PhilipCarter (Author)

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    Hardcover 2011

    $3.24
Synopsis

Siberia, 1939. Pregnant with her first child, Lena Orlova plans a daring escape from a brutal Soviet prison camp to the one place she knows is safe: a cave containing the legendary Altar of Bones, hidden behind a frozen waterfall deep in the icy wilderness. San Francisco, Present Day. Zoe Dmitroff discovers that she is the last in a line of women who have been entrusted with a secret so great many have died preserving it. Propelled into a dangerous quest to discover exactly what she was born to protect, Zoe is soon running for her life from a vicious assassin and an all powerful businessman with chilling plans. Only ex-Special Ops soldier, Ry O'Malley, can help her survive, but with time running out and the web closing in, Zoe will have to make a devastating decision that will transform her forever. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, to the winding maze of Paris's backstreets, from Washington D.C, through America's mid-west all the way to San Francisco, THE ALTAR OF BONES is a gripping global thriller that spans the generations and unearths the dark secret behind one of the biggest conspiracies of all time.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 640
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 26 May 2011
ISBN 10: 0857202065
ISBN 13: 9780857202062

Media Reviews
Will blow your mind! Dan Brown meets Robert Ludlum in this gripping, incredibly fast-paced thriller. -- New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles You won't put it down until you get up to walk around and catch your breath. -- New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell The Altar of Bones is one of the most stunning novels I've ever read. From superbly etched characters to a plot rich with twists and heart-stopping action, Altar is an incredible reading experience you can't miss. -- New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter A corkscrewing, looping roller coaster of a reading experience, it definitely belongs in the hands of thriller fans who crave speed. BOOKLIST Jeff Ayers, March 2011 'The identity of the bestselling international author lurking behind the pseudonym Philip Carter is a secret. My money is on Harlan Coben: the rhythm of the prose is similar, plus there are clues on the jacket and in the dedication. If I'm right it would be ironic because this knowingly ludicrous post-Da Vinci Code conspiracy thriller is more entertaining than anything Coben has published under his own name for years. The secrets of its success are breakneck pacing and what I can only call its generosity. It has something for everyone: a dramatic escape from a 1930s Soviet concentration camp; mythological claptrap about an altar in a Siberian cave which grants eternal youth; acres of Euro-kitsch travelogue dotted with chase sequences; an enterprising hero and heroine in ex-Special Ops soldier Ry O'Malley and attorney Zoe Dmitroff; and a whole new explanation for Marilyn Monroe's death' Guardian 'If ever there was a novel crying out to be made into a blockbuster movie, this is it...' Shots 'A continent-hopping blockbuster laced with ancient curses, feisty females and a near immortal sinister ex-KGB man... [Altar of Bones] is talking straight to Tinseltown' The Times
Author Bio
Philip Carter is the pseudonym of a bestselling international author.