The Dakota Cipher - (Ethan Gage Adventures) by William Dietrich (Paperback)
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Highlights
- "The Dakota Cipher is a supple, elegant thriller that carries the reader triumphantly from one exciting climax to the next.
- Author(s): William Dietrich
- 448 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
- Series Name: Ethan Gage Adventures
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About the Book
"With President Thomas Jefferson's blessings, Ethan and Magnus embark upon an expedition into the western wilderness--keeping their eyes open for woolly mammoths. But another prize secretly impels them: the mythical hammer of the Norse god Thor, allegedly carried to North America more than a century before Columbus. Across a landscape no white man has ever traversed, Gage's skill will be tested as never before--as he braves unimaginable peril en route to the most incredible discovery of all time"--Publisher marketing.Book Synopsis
"The Dakota Cipher is a supple, elegant thriller that carries the reader triumphantly from one exciting climax to the next."
--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Jefferson Key
Ethan Gage is a fearless adventurer who has crossed paths (and, sometimes, swords) with the likes of Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin--and whose unabashed derring do puts even Indiana Jones to shame. Now Gage is back for a third time in William Dietrich's The Dakota Cipher, an ingenious page-turner that carries our hero to the American wilderness in search of an almost unthinkably powerful ancient artifact. No stranger to thrilling action himself, New York Times bestseller James Rollins, author of Black Order, The Last Oracle, and Altar of Eden, is a dedicated fan of Dietrich's Ethan Gage novels, and proclaims that, "The Dakota Cipher should be read by anyone who loves adventure at its grandest."
From the Back Cover
Ethan Gage wants to enjoy the fruits of victory after helping Napoleon win the Battle of Marengo, but an ill-advised tryst with Bonaparte's married sister has made that impossible. So now, with President Thomas Jefferson's blessings, Ethan and a mystic Norwegian, Magnus Bloodhammer, embark upon an expedition into America's western wilderness--dodging hostile Indians and a British seductress as they search for the mythical hammer of the Norse god Thor. The prize, which was allegedly carried to North America more than a century before Columbus arrived, leads them across a landscape no white man has yet traversed. Here Gage's skills will be tested as never before--as he braves frontier peril en route to the most incredible discovery of all time.
Review Quotes
"Superb. . . . Dietrich combines a likable hero surrounded by a cast of fascinating historical characters. . . . Readers will cheer." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
