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The Tower

Valerio Massimo Manfredi

The Tower
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Description: 70 AD. A group of Roman soldiers crossing the Sahara desert is destroyed by a ferocious and mysterious presence hidden in a solitary tower at the extreme borders of the sea of sand. The sole survivor, the Etruscan seer Avile Vipinas, is inexplicably saved by the sound of his silver sistrum. 1930 AD. Nineteen centuries later a young American scholar, Philip Garrett, while investigating his father's disappearance in the desert 10 years earlier, discovers the house of Avile Vipinas in the underground ruins of Pompeii sealed by the earthquake of 79AD.The ancient seer, before his death, had tried to describe the horrific presence in the Tower of Solitude and to make the first faltering steps to its destruction...

Bibliographic Details

ISBN: 1405090855
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: New
Book Type: Remainder

SKU 0711-499
Weight 395.0 g
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Price $19.00
Sale Price $17.10
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