The Eight Paperback by Katherine Neville

Product Details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books (1990-01-14)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 624 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780345366238
• Item Weight: 294.84 grams
• Dimensions: 6.76 x 4.13 x 1.14 cm

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....

About the Author

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.