Here is the blurb from the back cover:
From the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.. "Something has occurred which I cannot explain. While casting the dagger for It Magnifico, I have chanced upon a mixture of metals which once formed became almost as light as air. Try as I might, I could not return it to liquid form nor could I cause it to be deformed or dented in any way. And there is an edge to this blade which is sharper than any man has ever seen. The world is little prepared to receive a material that could be transformed into indestructible weapons. of death. No good purpose could come of it. War is bestial madness. But I see beyond us to a glorious future with science the benevolent ruler, when man, unencumbered by ill intent, could utilize this extraordinary discovery for the noblest of purposes. So I will hold the dagger for that man of the future And the Circles of Truth shall lead him to it."
Below is the blurb from the dust jacket:
1491: Leonardo looked upon his invention, understood its powers, and knew he must hide it from the men of his age. Thus, a profound treasure was lost for five centuries. Now the race to find it begins.
THE MEDICI DAGGER
Hurtling across the Atlantic, a plane goes down -- taking with it a page from the journals of Leonardo da Vinci.
In Georgetown, the home of museum curator Rollo Barnett burns to the ground. Only his young son, Reb, escapes alive.
Are the tragedies connected? Are they merely accidents or acts of murder? Twenty years later, Hollywood stuntman Reb Barnett, an educated, artloving, high -risk- addicted daredevil on the run from his nightmares, refuses to believe so. Until a phone call rips him from his world of cinematic illusion, and sends him to Italy on a desperate quest where danger and violence are chillingly real.
Reb seeks da Vinci's Circles of Truth, a coded fifteenth- century map that reveals the hiding place of the Medici Dagger, a weapon made of an alloy so light and indestructible it is worth a fortune to today's arms manufacturers. To Reb, it is worth even more-it is his only link to finding the truth about his father's death, and to laying bare the dark demons of his own heart. But finding the Circles of Truth is only the first step. Breaking their complex code means- matching wits with Leonardo himself. And staying alive mean.--. keeping one jump ahead of a shadowy adversary: the killer who haunts Reb's dreams.
From the brilliant Tuscan landscape to the lush California coast, THE MEDICI DAGGER sweeps readers into an intriguing intellectual puzzle le that delivers shattering suspense and fiery romance with the velocity of a 9mm bullet. Cameron West generates the roller-coaster thrills of the great classic adventure stories-with the adrenaline rush of walking on a knife's edge between excitement and terror.
CAMERON WEST, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple, has a doctorate in psychology. He lives with his wife, Rikki, and son, Ki, in Avila Beach, California.
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