"One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose and one part A Separate Peace... a smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs." -- San Francisco Chronicle

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Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets -- to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it.

As the deadline looms, research has stalled -- until a vital clue is unearthed: a long-lost diary that may prove to be the key to deciphering the ancient text. But when a longtime student of the book is murdered just hours later, a chilling cycle of deaths and revelations begins -- one that will force Tom and Paul into a fiery drama, spun from a book whose power and meaning have long been misunderstood.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Dustin Thomason's 12.21.

"Profoundly erudite... the ultimate puzzle-book." -- The New York Times Book Review

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• Publication Date: May 11, 2004
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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• Print Length: 464 Pages
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