Codex

368 pages

English language

Published May 2, 2005 by Harvest Books.

ISBN:
978-0-15-602859-2
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OCLC Number:
60449383

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2 stars (2 reviews)

About to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to uncrate and organize a personal library of rare books, Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he realizes that there may be a unique medieval codex hidden among the volumes, a treasure kept locked away for many years and for many reasons. As friends draw Edward into a peculiar and addictive computer game, his obsession deepens as he discovers surprising parallels between the game's virtual reality and the mystery of the codex. An accomplished and entertaining thriller, Codex explores the mysterious power of books in the medieval and modern ages.

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1 star

One of the most unfulfilling books I've read in a long time. If it wasn't for Margaret's amazing retelling of A Viage to the Contree of the Cimmerians. Basically you end the book feeling like you've wasted your time on Codex and wishing the medieval author--Gervase of Landford--actually existed...

Word upon word or under explained storytelling, relationships that make no sense, and people that do stupid things over and over again...I hear The Magician is good, but this really doesn't give me any hope that it will be worth my time.

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