![]() ![]() She eventually comes into contact with the major historical figures of the day, from Robespierre to Napoleon, each of whom has an agenda. ![]() ![]() In the midst of the French Revolution, a young novice discovers that her abbey is the hiding place of a chess set, once owned by the great Charlemagne, which allows those who play it to tap into incredible powers beyond the imagination. In the 20th century, Catherine Velis is a computer expert with a flair for music, painting, and chess who, on her way to Algeria at the behest of the accounting firm where she is employed, is invited to take a mysterious moonlighting assignment: recover the pieces of an old chess set missing for centuries. Katherine Neville's debut novel is a postmodern thriller set in 1972. Catherine Velis is manipulated into using her unrivalled problem-solving skills to find and reassemble to legendary chess set. The secret of the Eight is a puzzle whose solution has challenged the most brilliant minds known to humanity. A fantasy novel from the author of A CALCULATED RISK. ![]()
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