'One part The Da Vinci Code, one part The Name of the Rose . . . The Rule of Four is as much a blazingly good yarn as it is an exceptional piece of scholarship... A smart, swift, multitextured tale that both entertains and informs'
San Francisco Chronicle
Tom Sullivan,about to graduate from Princeton,is haunted by the violent death of his father,an academic who devoted his life to one of the rarest,most complex books in the world,Coded in seven languages,the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,an intricate mathematical mystery and a tale of love and arcame burtality,has baffled scholars since 1433.
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 murderde 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,ahidden crypt and a secret worth dying to protect...
