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The Rule of Four [Abridged]
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Author
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Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason. Read by Josh Hamilton.
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Publisher
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Simon & Schuster
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Format
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5 audio CDs, Abridged
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ISBN
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9780743552127
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Pages/Publication Date
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6 hrs/2004
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Daedalus Item Code
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93928
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This item is not available.
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Description
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On the campus of Princeton on Good Friday, 1999, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a strange, erotic Renaissance text apparently full of ciphers and hidden clues that have baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the ancient tome may finally yield its secrets to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future career depends on it. Their research stalls until an ancient diary surfaces, offering proof that the location of a hidden crypt has indeed been embedded in the text. But someone else wants the secret to stay hidden, and another scholar of the book has been found shot to death on campus. "Comparisons to The Da Vinci Code are inevitable," said Publisher's Weekly, "but Caldwell and Thomason's book is the more cerebral—and better written—of the two." The authors, friends since childhood, imbue this erudite and fast-paced thriller with the atmosphere of their Ivy League alma maters as it follows Tom, Paul, and their two roommates in a deadly mind game against a brilliant and murderous foe. "Josh Hamilton gives a splendid reading.... He moves easily between the Princeton students of today and the high scholarship of yesteryear."—AudioFile
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