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Artifact
by Benford,Gregory
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812500601
- ISBN 13
- 9780812500608
- Seller
-
STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Tor., 1986 Book. Very Good. Pbk. Fascinating novel combining archaeology and science fiction, with feisty American heroine pitted against a dictatorial Greek regime. (text clean and neat. but covers scuffed).
Synopsis
ArtifactA small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3500-year-old Mycenaean tomb.An incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age,its purpose, and its origins are unknown.Its discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft andespionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war.Its substance has scientists baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth.It is mystery and madness -- an enigma with no equal in recordedhistory. It is mankind's greatest discovery ... and worst nightmare.It may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next.A small cube of black rock has been unearthed in a 3500-year-old Mycenaen tomb.An incomprehensible object in an impossible place; its age, its purpose, and its origins are unknown.Its discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue, theft and espionage, and is pushing nations to the brink of war.Its substance has scientist baffled. And the miracle it contains does not belong on this Earth.It is mystery and madness-an enigma with no equal in recorded history. It is mankind's greatest discovery...and worst nightmare.It may have already obliterated a world. Ours is next.
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Details
- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041976
- Title
- Artifact
- Author
- Benford,Gregory
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812500601
- ISBN 13
- 9780812500608
- Publisher
- Tor.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- MYCENAE. SCIENCE FICTION ARCHAEOLOGY GREECE MODERN GREEK IN FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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KALAMOS BOOKS
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