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  • Published: 1 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099557487
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $29.99

The Rule Of Four




The multi-million copy bestseller, perfect for fans of Dan Brown's Inferno

Tom Sullivan, about to graduate from Princeton, is haunted by the violent death of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Coded in seven languages, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, an intricate mathematical mystery and a tale of love and arcane brutality, has baffled scholars since 1499.

Tom's friend Paul is similarly obsessed and when a long-lost diary surfaces, they finally seem to make a breakthrough. But only hours later, a fellow researcher is murdered and the two friends suddenly find themselves in great danger. Working desperately to expose the book's secret, they slowly uncover a Renaissance tale of passion and blood, a hidden crypt and a secret worth dying to protect.

  • Published: 1 August 2013
  • ISBN: 9780099557487
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $29.99

About the authors

Ian Caldwell

Ian Caldwell was Phi Beta Kappa in History at Princeton University. Dustin Thomason won the Hoopes Prize at Harvard University. The two have been best friends since they were eight years old.

Dustin Thomason

Date: 2013-08-06
Ian Caldwell was Phi Beta Kappa in History at Princeton University. Dustin Thomason won the Hoopes Prize at Harvard University. The two have been best friends since they were eight years old.

Dustin Thomason co-wrote the number one International and New York Times bestseller, The Rule of Four. He earned his BA in Anthropology from Harvard College and his Medical Degree from Columbia University.

He has written and executive-produced the American television series The Evidence and Lie to Me. He lives and works in Los Angeles. 12-21 is Dustin's first solo novel.

Praise for The Rule Of Four

This year's biggest publishing sensation

Guardian

One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose - A blazingly good yarn [and] an exceptional piece of scholarship ... A smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs

San Francisco Chronicle

The Da Vinci Code for people with brains

Independent

A stunning first novel ... if Scott Fitzgerald, Umberto Eco, and Dan Brown teamed up to write a novel, the result would be The Rule of Four. An extraordinary and brilliant accomplishment - a must read

Nelson DeMille

An assured piece of fiction that weaves together the past and the present seamlessly ... I enjoyed it tremendously

Observer

A marvellous book with a dark Renaissance secret in its coded heart

New York Times Book Review