540 pages
English language
Published Jan. 21, 2008 by Ballantine Books.
A miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great--in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years--is the coveted prize for a cunning despot unless Cotton Malone, former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer, can beat her to it.
Subjects
- Death and burial
- Cotton Malone (Fictitious character)
- Fiction
- Booksellers and bookselling
- Antiquarian booksellers