Pre-Owned The Thousand (Paperback) 9780141021911

AN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY A MYSTERIOUS BROTHERHOOD A YOUNG WOMAN CAUGHT IN A BATTLE OVER THE FATE OF MANKIND In 530 B.C. a mysterious ship appeared off the rainy shores of Croton in what is now Italy. After three days a man disembarked to address the curious and frightened crowd that had gathered. He called himself Pythagoras. Exactly what he said that day is unknown but afterwards a thousand men and women abandoned their lives and families to follow him. Over the centuries they became a secret society of powerful individuals safeguarding the teachings of one of history s most brilliant mathematicians. But now triggered by a brutal murder in Chicago the brotherhood erupts into civil war and a young woman finds herself at the centre of ancient revelations that could become not just instruments of terror but a threat to modern existence . . . PRAISE FOR KEVIN GUILFOILE- Gripping creepy. Guilfoile does it with more panache than Crichton NEW YORK TIMES A rare treat - a book to savour contemplate and admire STEPHEN WHITE A riveting new novel . . . you ll stay up all night until all the pieces fall into place SARA PARETSKY Guilfoile is a bright new star in the crime fiction universe but so much more than that C.J. BOX Contributor: Kevin Guilfoile