Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol - one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose. Now rival groups are assembling their teams to hunt the idol down, at any cost. The only clue to the idol's final resting place is to be found in a 400-year-old manuscript. Which introduces Professor William Race, a mild-mannered but brilliant young linguist who is unwillingly ...
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Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol - one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose. Now rival groups are assembling their teams to hunt the idol down, at any cost. The only clue to the idol's final resting place is to be found in a 400-year-old manuscript. Which introduces Professor William Race, a mild-mannered but brilliant young linguist who is unwillingly recruited to interpret the document that could lead to the idol itself. So begins the mission that will lead Race and his companions to a mysterious temple hidden in the foothills of the Andes. There they find a carefully contrived sanctuary seething with menace and unexpected dangers. But it is not until the silence of the temple is breached that Race and his team discover they have broken a golden rule . . . Some doors are meant to remain unopened.
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Fair. No dust jacket. About The Book: -Four centuries ago, a precious idol was hidden in the jungles of Peru. To the Incan people, it is still the ultimate symbol of their spirit. To William race, an American linguist enlisted by the U.S. Army to decipher the clues to its location, it`s the ultimate symbol of the apocalypse...Carved from a rare stone not found on Earth, the idol possesses elements more destructive than any nuclear bomb--a virtual planet killer. In the wrong hands it could mean the end of mankind. And whoever possesses the idol, possesses the unfathomable--and cataclysmic--power of the gods...Now, in the foothills of the Andes, Race`s team has arrived--but they`re not alone. And soon they`ll discover that to penetrate the temple of the idol is to break the first rule of survival. Because some treasures are meant to stay buried. and forces are ready to kill to keep it that way...-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Ebury Press in 2000 booksalvation have grade it as Acceptable and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse The text is in English.
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Very good. No dust jacket. About The Book: -Four centuries ago, a precious idol was hidden in the jungles of Peru. To the Incan people, it is still the ultimate symbol of their spirit. To William race, an American linguist enlisted by the U.S. Army to decipher the clues to its location, it`s the ultimate symbol of the apocalypse...Carved from a rare stone not found on Earth, the idol possesses elements more destructive than any nuclear bomb--a virtual planet killer. In the wrong hands it could mean the end of mankind. And whoever possesses the idol, possesses the unfathomable--and cataclysmic--power of the gods...Now, in the foothills of the Andes, Race`s team has arrived--but they`re not alone. And soon they`ll discover that to penetrate the temple of the idol is to break the first rule of survival. Because some treasures are meant to stay buried. and forces are ready to kill to keep it that way...-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Ebury Press in 2006 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse The text is in English.
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Very good. Some Pen Marks Visible All items inspected and guaranteed. All Orders Dispatched from the UK within one working day. Established business with excellent service record.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Macmillan/Pan Books, 2000. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small dent on the edge of the cover and spine) with Dj(a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings, map. Nice and clean pages as new with light shelf wear on the outer edges, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.616pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable book. Heavy book.
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Very good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Not my favourite Matthew Reilly book but a good adventure all the same and quite blood thirsty . The language isn't great although the "F" word is used less in this book than some of his others .
