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The Emperor's Tomb Audio CD – Audiobook, November 23, 2010

by Steve Berry (Author), Scott Brick (Reader)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,285 ratings
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The tomb of China’s First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, has remained sealed for more than 2,000 years. Though it’s regarded as one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, the Chinese government won’t allow anyone to open it. Why?
 
That question is at the heart of a dilemma faced by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone, whose life is shattered when he receives an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he sees Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who’s saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked you to keep safe. The only problem is, Malone doesn’t have a clue what the man is talking about, since Cassiopeia has left nothing with him. So begins Malone’s most harrowing adventure to date—one that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam then on to China, a vast and mysterious land where danger lurks at every turn.


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    English
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    Random House Audio
  3. Publication date
    November 23, 2010
  4. Dimensions
    5.07 x 1.1 x 5.9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    0739329200
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0739329207
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“Sexy, illuminating . . . my kind of thriller.” —Dan Brown, on The Amber Room
 
“Steve Berry gets better and better with each new book.”—The Huffington Post, on The Paris Vendetta
 
“Pure intrigue, pure fun.”—Clive Cussler, on The Amber Room
 
“Controversial, shocking, explosive.”—Katherine Neville, on The Third Secret
 
“Perfect for thriller fans and history buffs alike.” —David Morrell, on The Romanov Prophecy

“[An] amazing blend of suspense and history . . . [Readers] cannot go wrong with Cotton Malone.”—Library Journal, on The Charlemagne Pursuit


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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Audio; Abridged edition (November 23, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0739329200
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0739329207
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.07 x 1.1 x 5.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of seventeen Cotton Malone adventures, five stand-alone thrillers, and several works of short fiction. His books have been translated into 41 languages with over 25,000,000 copies in 52 countries. They consistently appear in the top echelon of The New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller lists. Somewhere in the world, every thirty seconds, a Steve Berry book is sold.

History lies at the heart of every Steve Berry novel. It’s his passion, one he shares with his wife, Elizabeth, which led them to create History Matters, a foundation dedicated to historic preservation. Since 2009 Steve and Elizabeth have crossed the country to save endangered historic treasures, raising money via lectures, receptions, galas, luncheons, dinners, and their popular writers’ workshops. To date, 3,500 students have attended those workshops, with over $1.5 million dollars raised.

Steve’s devotion to historic preservation was recognized by the American Library Association, which named Steve its spokesperson for National Preservation Week. Among his other honors are the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award; the Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award given by Poets & Writers; the Anne Frank Human Writes Award; and the Silver Bullet, bestowed by International Thriller Writers for his philanthropic work. He has been chosen both the Florida and Georgia Writer of the Year. He’s also an emeritus member of the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board. In 2010, a NPR survey named The Templar Legacy one of the top 100 thrillers ever written.

Steve was born and raised in Georgia, graduating from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He was a trial lawyer for 30 years and held elective office for 14 of those years. He is a founding member of International Thriller Writers—a group of nearly 6,000 thriller writers from around the world—and served three years as its co-president.

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Billy J. Hobbs
5.0 out of 5 stars Malone to the rescue!
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2014
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Cotton Malone is, well, Cotton Malone. And if he hasn’t clearly established his bonafides in the first seven episodes of Steve Berry’s incredibly successful series, then this eighth one should convince any doubters left.

In “The Emperor’s Tomb,” Berry puts our former Justice Department agent and now soldier of fortune and bookstore owner in Copenhagen into another of his successful (and usually easy to accept) conspiracies. Like Dan Brown, almost every episode is “the survival of the free world (sometimes just the whole world)” is dependent upon Malone rushing to sane judgment before the Apocalypse. Here we find him in an early dilemma. He has received a video of Cassiopeia Vitt (fans certainly her from previous episodes) showing her being waterboarded, with a “we’ll stop if you follow our instructions.” Alas, he doesn’t have what it is her captors want—an artifact she supposedly has given Malone to keep—does that stop Malone? Of course not, for, after all, he is Cotton Malone.

Once more Berry gives us intriguing (and educational) lessons in history, art, geography, and politics. This installment takes him from Copenhagen and on in to the People’s Republic of China and into the tombs of China’s first emperor. He has a feeling that there is a secret here—and here comes the exciting part—that could (or could not) save the modern world. Levity aside, though, despite the suspense Berry always creates, his sense of historical appreciation is supreme. And, clever novelist he is, it doesn’t come across as a history lesson in school.

Violence, intrigue, narrow escapes, archeological adventures, and good characterization propel this—and the other Berry books—to a solid (if not always soothing) conclusion. As Sue Potter, one of the critics of the Texas “Literary Gazette,” has pointed out, “Steve Berry’s books—and I’ve read them all—are always filled with so much suspense that it is difficult to put them down. I’ve read some of his more than once and each time he holds my interest completely.” My Steve Berry reading coincides with Ms Potter’s.
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Juli
4.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent Berry novel with a twist...
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2010
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The Emperors Tomb has all of the elements of a Steve Berry novel that I like: Action, Intrigue and Exotic Location.
The most fascinating thing about this book is where it takes place, the Peoples Republic of China. Further, he's added a twist by having a portion of the action take place in the excavation of the Terracotta Warriors.

The best writers are the ones who can pull off a character so well that the reader completely buys into the personality and either likes or dislikes the character. In this case, one of the characters from Berry's previous novel "The Venetian Betrayal" has returned, being just as fickle and manipulative as ever. I was sorely disappointed to see Viktor Tomas as one of the primary characters running to fine the treasure. In this case, Berry truly did pull off a great feat... having a reader hate a character is the ultimate compliment.
I liked the additional emotional element that Berry brought to both Malone & Vitt. It was nice to get in their heads on an emotional level. It made them more real, more human and more interesting. I also like how it touched on a few elements his previous novel "The Paris Vendetta". I was curious how Cotton was going to evolve as a character form the experience. I would have liked to have had more.

The end of this book, I found that there were still loose ends. As busy as Berry keeps his novels, he must have a complete sketch board displayed to keep track of all the details. In this novel, Berry seems to just lop the story off at one particular point. It was almost as if Berry just got tired of typing and said to himself... `OK... we'll just end now' and boom he was done. That's why I shorted the book a star on my review. I very much liked the book and read it in a non-stop marathon. The abrupt end of the book and how some of the adventure was explained was just unbelievable, hokey & rather amateur. I expect so much better from a novelist of Berry's caliber.

That aside, I did enjoy the book. It's easy to read, it flows nicely and has great entertainment value.
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Linda Boccia
5.0 out of 5 stars Steve Berry "The Emperor's Tomb" a history of Chinese ideology and inventions
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2017
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"The Emperor's Tomb" by Steve Berry was fascinating in that I had no idea how many thousands of years ago China had made inventions that we have to this day, albeit in a different form, but nevertheless they invented them. One of the best features of a Steve Berry novel is that he identifies what was actual and what he used as a prop to move the story along. His background is history and he does his homework. The characters are multifaceted and not one dimensional. Berry also adds a love interest, although it never becomes the focus of his novels, the encounters merely add a little spice to a history mystery. I have read many of his books and have always felt like I learned something as well as enjoyed the mystery aspect. China is a complicated country and has had a long history of change and ideologies. It seems like all regimes have either followed the Legality or Confucian doctrines and currently they are following the Legality, although the author readily admits that China is fully on the Capitalist path though not necessarily Democratic. It's a good read from start to finish and you will see how the different periods have tried to influence the present regime by erasing the past. A curious thought of erasing rather than building on the past and how Europeans caught up with Chinese inventions by the 14th Century because China had no written language at the time.
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Hugh
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2024
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I likeSteve Berry books and this was no exception.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2020
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Action packed. Captivating
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APURBA KR PATHAK
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in India on August 1, 2019
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A weak one considering steve berry
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Simone Massagrande
5.0 out of 5 stars Sempre bravo
Reviewed in Italy on June 1, 2019
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Avevo già letto la serie di Cotton Malone in italiano. Ora la rileggo in inglese e scopro che Steve Berry ha il dono di farsi capire bene senza appesantire la lettura. Linguaggio semplice e immediato. A volte un po' inverosimile... Ma i fatti storici sono riportati in modo accurato. E leggere un suo libro è anche un po' viaggiare con lui.
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Robert Rudd
4.0 out of 5 stars Emperors tomb
Reviewed in Australia on April 1, 2024
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Cotton strikes again for a guy who is retired he certainly gets plenty of jobs
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