Cotton Malone The Venetian Betrayal: A Cotton Malone Novel, (Paperback)

<b>"[Steve Berry] has a genuine feel for the factual gaps that give history its tantalizing air of the unknown."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p> After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum, Cotton Malone--former Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer--learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of a campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design, buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. Born from the ashes is a new Eastern European nation whose ruthless leader will soon draw Cotton into an intense geopolitical chess game against a shadowy cabal of power brokers. The prize lies buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great--in a tomb lost to the ages for more than two thousand years. Trekking from Denmark <br> to Venice to Central Asia, Cotton and Cassiopeia are determined to solve an ancient puzzle whose solution <br> could destroy or save millions of people--depending on who finds the lost tomb first. </p><p><b> "There's nothing tastier than a globe-spanning mystery. . . . Berry's books excel at bringing out fascinating tidbits of history." <i>--Richmond Times-Dispatch</i></b></p>

• Cotton Malone The Venetian Betrayal: A Cotton Malone Novel, (Paperback)
• Author: Ballantine Books
• ISBN: 9798217298990
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-08-18
• Page Count: 512