The Eight
A Novel
Published on 14. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-345-36623-8 (ISBN)
Description
Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 105 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-345-36623-8 (9780345366238)
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Katherine Neville | Susan Denaker
The Eight
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Person
Katherine Neville is the author of The Eight, The Magic Circle (a USA Today bestseller), and A Calculated Risk (a New York Times Notable Book). The Eight has been translated into more than thirty languages. In a national poll in Spain by the noted journal El País, The Eight was voted one of the top ten books of all time. Neville lives in Virginia and Washington, D.C.