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THE HIDDEN OASIS
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| By: |
Paul Sussman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£17.99 |
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£13.13 |
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£4.86 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0553818732 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780553818734 |
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| Publisher: |
RANDOM HOUSE USA INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2009 |
| Pages: |
656 |
| Description: |
Egypt 2153 BC Eighty priests set out under cover of darkness into the western desert, taking with them a mysterious object swathed in cloth. Three unconnected events Or so it seems until Freya Hannen arrives in Egypt for the funeral of her sister, a desert explorer who has inexplicably taken her own life... |
| Synopsis: |
Egypt 2153 BC Eighty priests set out under cover of darkness into the western desert, taking with them a mysterious object swathed in cloth. Four weeks later, having reached their destination, they calmly slit each other's throats... Albania, 1986 A plane takes off from a remote airfield, bound for the Sudan. On board a cargo that will forever change the Middle East. Somewhere over the Sahara the plane disappears... The western desert, the present day A group of Bedouin discover a mummified corpse half-buried in the dunes. With it are a roll of camera film and a miniature clay obelisk inscribed with a curious hieroglyphic sign... Three unconnected events Or so it seems until Freya Hannen arrives in Egypt for the funeral of her sister, a desert explorer who has inexplicably taken her own life...For Freya it is the start of a terrifying, life-or-death adventure - one that will lead her and Egyptologist Flin Brodie deep into the forbidding wastes of the Sahara. Their goal: one of archaeology's greatest mysteries and the astonishing secret at its heart... |
| Illustrations: |
2 b & w maps and line illustration |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Bantam Books Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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