The Eight
Katherine Neville. Ballantine Books, $7.99 (608pp) ISBN 978-0-345-36623-8
In this ``astonishing fantasy-adventure,'' Catherine Velis, a computer expert banished to Algeria by her accounting firm, gets caught up in a search for a legendary chess set once owned by Charlemagne. ``A thoroughly accomplished first novel,'' praised PW , ``daring, original and moving, it seems destined to become a cult classic.'' (Feb.)
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Reviewed on: 01/17/1990
Genre: Fiction
Mass Market Paperbound - 978-0-345-90133-0
Other - 608 pages - 978-0-345-51461-5
Paperback - 624 pages - 978-0-345-41908-8
Paperback - 879 pages - 978-84-95501-09-7
