Orpheus Descent

Orpheus Descent

EnglishEbook
Harper, Tom
HARPERCOLLINS
EAN: 9780062305299
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A cerebral literary thriller in the vein of Dan Brown, Matthew Pearl, and Sam Bourne, The Orpheus Descent follows classical philosopher Plato on a mysterious journey to Italy that will ignite a conspiracy that burns into the present.The greatest thinker in human history, Plato, travels to Italy seeking initiation into the Orphic mysteries: the secret to the Underworld known only to the gods. But the knowledge he discovers is terrifying.Two millennia later, twelve ancient golden tablets secreted in museums around the world hold sacred information known to only a fewthe pathway the dead must follow to the afterlife. And archaeologist Lily Barnes has just found another on a dig in southern Italy. But this tablet is far more valuableand dangerousthan the rest. It holds the key to hell itself.Now, Lily is gone and her husband, Jonah, is desperate to find her. He knows she is aliveand in mortal dangerand hes willing to go to hell itself to find her. But the deeper he descends on this dark and twisting journey, the more Jonahs fear rises, for not everyone who travels where Lily has gone will find their way back. . . .
EAN 9780062305299
ISBN 0062305298
Binding Ebook
Publisher HARPERCOLLINS
Publication date May 27, 2014
Pages 464
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Harper, Tom