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A stunning new archaeological thriller by the New York Times bestselling co-author of Brimstone and Relic.A moon rock missing for thirty years...Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon...A scientist with ambition enough to kill...A monk who will redeem the world...A dark agency with a deadly mission...The greatest scientific discovery of all time...What fire bolt from the galactic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest U.S. known as Tyrannosaur Canyon? The stunning new novel from the acclaimed bestselling author, recently hailed by Publisher's Weekly as better than Crichton.

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Praise for The Codex<br> Scott Brick does another outstanding job in creating real and believable characters by infusing them with distinctive personalities. Preston has come up with a surefire winner in this taut thriller; highly recommended. -- Library Journal (starred review) <br><br> Scott brick gives a knockout performance...not since indiana jones played 'race-the-boulder' have so many nail-biting, heart-pounding rushes occurred in one adventure. Great Fun! -- AudioFile <br><br>

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DOUGLAS PRESTON has worked for the American Museum of Natural History. With his frequent collaborator Lincoln Child, he has authored such bestselling thrillers as Brimstone, The Cabinet of Curiosities, The Ice Limit, Thunderhead, Riptide, Reliquary, Mount Dragon, and Relic. His latest solo novel is The Codex.Scott Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Scott choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama. Scott first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Scott a Golden Voice and one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy. He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert's bestselling Dune series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. He has also won over 40 AudioFile Earphones Awards. In 2007, Scott was named Publishers Weekly 's Narrator of the Year.

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