Divine
Geometry
Non-series
Geraldo
Simas
Schiel
& Denver (Trade Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1-84903-008-1 (1849030081)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84903-008-3 (9781849030083)
Publication Date: April 2009
List Price: $9.99
Synopsis (from
the publisher): In South Italy, an archaeological expedition sponsored
by a computer science business man from India discovers a relic inside
a container with an octahedron shape, containing five encrypted
manuscripts.
But due to the expedition leader's lack of attention, four of the group
are robbed in a violent plot, the same night of the discovery.
As dark forces begin to merge, the discovery and the theft become front
page news in the world media. Such are the repercussions, the events
trigger different global media companies to budget resources to dig
deeper into the sensational story.
The goal of deciphering the remaining manuscript, as well as to
discover the whereabouts of the others that had disappeared, become the
challenge for several people, but primarily for a reporter from The New
York Times and a Le Monde colleague.
The suspicion that it could be work of Pythagoras, the master of Samos
who was known to have lived in that particular region, awake all sorts
of interests in this taut and exciting mystery.
A disaster of catastrophic proportions, the origin of which is still a
mystery for the scientific community, could have a direct connection
with this discovery.
Review:
Geraldo Simas pens a variation in the treasure seeking thriller
adventure category with Divine
Geometry,
this time tracking artifacts purportedly written by famed mathematician
Pythagoras.
While on an expedition in southern Italy, a team of archeologists come
across a polished granite container in the shape of a perfect
octahedron, one of the "five regular polyhedrons [that are] the riddle
of the creation of the world." Inside they expect to find, and in fact
do find, a collection of manuscripts. Unfortunately, the manuscripts
are written in code and there is no Rosetta stone, as it were, to
decipher them. Returning to their hotel, the relics are stored in a
closet as they are too large for the hotel safe. By morning, all but
one of the manuscripts have disappeared, apparently stolen during the
night. News of the theft leaks out and a reporter, vacationing in the
Mediterranean, is assigned to follow up. She's quickly drawn into the
quest, not only for the missing relics, but also to discover what they
may mean.
Divine
Geometry is a stirring,
well-paced novel and it's hard for the reader not to get caught up in
the excitement as everyone takes two steps forward, one step backward
in solving the puzzles surrounding the manuscripts. But there's also
the sense that this path has been taken before. To be sure, the names
and places have been changed, but the destination is the same. In
addition, though the plot moves along briskly, there are numerous
detours into history or geography lessons that are not only unnecessary
but also
somewhat distracting. It's as if the author wasn't able to seamlessly
incorporate the information into the story or simply didn't have
sufficient confidence in the reader to understand the situation within
the context of the story. Finally, more than a few formatting errors in
production result in a less than professional quality to the overall
book.
In the end, Divine Geometry
isn't an unwelcome entry in this increasingly overcrowded subgenre,
it's just not a remarkable one.
Special thanks to Geraldo Simas for providing a copy of Divine Geometry for this review.
Review Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved
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Divine Geometry
Schiel & Denver (Trade Paperback), April 2009
ISBN-10: 1-84903-008-1 (1849030081)
ISBN-13: 978-1-84903-008-3 (9781849030083)
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Location(s) referenced: Italy, Greece, Dominican Republic.
