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The Tower - Hardcover

Valerio Massimo Manfredi

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9781405052016: The Tower
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1405052015 ISBN 13: 9781405052016
Publisher: Clearway Logistics Phase 2-3, 2006

Synopsis

In 70 AD, a group of Roman soldiers crossing the Sahara desert is destroyed by a ferocious and mysterious presence hidden in a solitary tower at the extreme borders of the sea of sand. The sole survivor, the Etruscan seer Avile Vipinas, is inexplicably saved by the sound of his silver sistrum. Nineteen centuries later, young American scholar Philip Garrett is investigating his father's disappearance in the desert 10 years earlier when he discovers the house of Avile Vipinas in the underground ruins of Pompeii, sealed by the earthquake of 79 AD. The ancient seer, before his death, had tried to describe the horrific presence in the Tower of Solitude and to make the first faltering steps to its destruction ...Who is the ancient civilization - older than the oldest known - that created this tower? What is its purpose? After conquering the ancient world with his bestselling novels of antiquity, Valerio Manfredi has written a page-turning period thriller with an ancient twist.

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About the Author

Valerio Massimo Manfredi is professor of classical archaeology at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan. He has published nine works of fiction, including the 'Alexander' trilogy, which has been translated into 24 languages in 38 countries. He has written and hosted documentaries on the ancient world and has written screenplays for cinema and television.

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Publisher
Clearway Logistics Phase 2-3
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1405052015
ISBN 13 
9781405052016
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288
Rating
  • 3.21 out of 5 stars
    1,139 ratings by Goodreads