The Emperor's Tomb (with bonus short story The Balkan Escape)
A Novel
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4.0 • 430 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he’s shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who’s saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked you to keep safe. The only problem is, Malone doesn’t have a clue what the man is talking about, since Cassiopeia has left nothing with him. So begins Malone’s most harrowing adventure to date—one that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam then on to one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world: the tomb of China’s First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, which has inexplicably remained sealed for more than two thousand years—its mysteries about to be revealed.
BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry's The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cotton Malone teams with old heartthrob Cassiopeia Vitt on a dangerous mission to retrieve a priceless Chinese lamp from the third century B.C.E. in Berry's rousing fifth thriller to feature the ex-federal agent (after The Paris Vendetta). Two high-ranking Chinese government ministers, hard-liner Karl Tang and more liberal Ni Yong, both of whom are vying to be China's next premier, covet the lamp. Tang, in particular, has left a trail of bodies in his own quest for the lamp, which, unbeknownst to Malone and Vitt, contains the secret to how the country will surmount its biggest obstacle to future economic growth, its dependence on foreign oil. Berry layers his narrative with well-chosen, if sometimes overly detailed, doses of Chinese history. His action sequences, particularly a shootout inside the vast network of an underground tomb, often take too long to resolve, though the payoff in the end a goose-pimple raising showdown in a remote monastery is worth the wait.
Customer Reviews
Very interesting
I enjoyed the book though I found that it a little hard to stay focused at times. I truly love to be taught new things from the books that I select and this one certainly came through for me on that score. I will read some of his other books in the future.
Very good read
The book was engaging start to end and even as a first time reader of Steve Berry's books was not hard to follow. It's loaded with history and twists like a mystery novel. Characters are interesting.
The Emperor’s Tomb Review
Quite an interesting investigative story that was connected to the country of China. I learned a lot about China’s past history and it kept me reading this excellent book. Keep up the good work.