"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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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.
"Profoundly erudite . . . the ultimate puzzle-book."--The New York Times Book ReviewBinding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: 08/21/2012
ISBN: 9780385337120
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.58w x 0.89d
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 12/05/2014 pg. 73
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 88270 / Rule of Four
Reading Level: 5.9 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 18