The Resource The showstone, Glenn Cooper
The showstone, Glenn Cooper
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Resource Information
The item The showstone, Glenn Cooper represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Algosh, Iraq, 1989. During an archaeological excavation Hiram Donovan uncovers a piece of meticulously knapped obsidian. Instinct tells him to hide it from others on the dig, so he sends it back to his wife in America with a note: John Dee, British Museum/Scrying stone? Days later Hiram is murdered with it made to look like an accident. But there was a witness. Decades later, on his death bed, the witness confesses to what he saw. Shortly afterwards, Cal Donovan - Professor of Archaeology at Harvard and Hiram's son - is told his mother has been killed. Upon finding the parcel still unopened alongside his father's mysterious note referencing Queen Elizabeth's astrologer and alchemist, Cal sets out to discover the truth. What he finds are fanatics determined to obtain the mystical stone, but for what purpose ...?"--Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First world edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780727888938
- Label
- The showstone
- Title
- The showstone
- Statement of responsibility
- Glenn Cooper
- Subject
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- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAlchemy
- Alqūsh (Iraq) -- Fiction
- trueAngels
- Antiquities -- Fiction
- trueApparitions
- trueCollege teachers
- trueCrystal-gazing
- trueDemons
- Donovan, Cal, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Harvard University -- Professional staff -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Iraq
- Iraq -- Alqūsh
- Iraq -- History -- 1979-1991 -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- truePriests
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- 1979-1991
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Algosh, Iraq, 1989. During an archaeological excavation Hiram Donovan uncovers a piece of meticulously knapped obsidian. Instinct tells him to hide it from others on the dig, so he sends it back to his wife in America with a note: John Dee, British Museum/Scrying stone? Days later Hiram is murdered with it made to look like an accident. But there was a witness. Decades later, on his death bed, the witness confesses to what he saw. Shortly afterwards, Cal Donovan - Professor of Archaeology at Harvard and Hiram's son - is told his mother has been killed. Upon finding the parcel still unopened alongside his father's mysterious note referencing Queen Elizabeth's astrologer and alchemist, Cal sets out to discover the truth. What he finds are fanatics determined to obtain the mystical stone, but for what purpose ...?"--Publisher description
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10807942
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cooper, Glenn
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A Cal Donovan thriller
- Series volume
- 0004
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Donovan, Cal
- Harvard University
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Antiquities
- Alqūsh (Iraq)
- Iraq
- Iraq
- Iraq
- Label
- The showstone, Glenn Cooper
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1090472742
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First world edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780727888938
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090472742
- Label
- The showstone, Glenn Cooper
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1090472742
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- First world edition.
- Extent
- 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780727888938
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090472742
Subject
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAlchemy
- Alqūsh (Iraq) -- Fiction
- trueAngels
- Antiquities -- Fiction
- trueApparitions
- trueCollege teachers
- trueCrystal-gazing
- trueDemons
- Donovan, Cal, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Harvard University -- Professional staff -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Iraq
- Iraq -- Alqūsh
- Iraq -- History -- 1979-1991 -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- truePriests
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- 1979-1991
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