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One part one part and one part . . . a smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs.

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Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two friends are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the a Renaissance text that has baffled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old may finally reveal its secretsto Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it.

As the deadline looms, research has stalleduntil a vital clue is unearthed: a long-lost diary that may prove to be the key to deciphering the ancient text. But when a longtime student of the book is murdered just hours later, a chilling cycle of deaths and revelations beginsone that will force Tom and Paul into a fiery drama, spun from a book whose power and meaning have long been misunderstood.

Profoundly erudite . . . the ultimate puzzle-book.