title: The Columbus Affair: A Novel (Random House Large Print)
author:  Steve Berry 
description: An engrossing stand-alone thriller from bestseller Berry.<i>Publishers Weekly<br /></i><br />This being a Berry production, every alliance is of course fragile, and the bonds among even the heartiest teammates are up for grabs. So is the ultimate goal, for the author gradually reveals that Columbus lost gold mine is only chicken feed compared to the real bonanza at stake. Less<i>The Da Vinci Code</i>than<i>American Treasure</i>. Think of Nicolas Cage, tearing up the scenery as Tom Sagan, to the background beat of popping corn and youre halfway there.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <br /> <br /><b>Praise for Steve Berry</b><br /><br />Berry raises this genres stakes.<i>The New York Times</i><br /><br />As always with Steve Berry, youre educated about significant things while your knuckles are turning white and the pages are flying by.#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author David Baldacci<br /><br />For those in need of a comparison, think Jack Bauer and the hit television series <i>24,</i> with twists, turns, schemes and counter-schemes manifesting themselves by the second. . . . Berrys on a roll.<i>Los Angeles Times</i><br /><br />I love this guy.#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Lee Child<br /><br />Forget Clancy and Cussler. When it comes to this genre, there is simply no one better.<i>The Providence Journal</i><br /><br />Steve Berry writes with the self-assured style of a veteran.#1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Dan Brown<br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  _The Third Secret_ is a work of fiction. Though some characters, incidents,
  and dialogues are based on the historical record, the work as a whole is a
  product of the author’s imagination.
  
  
  Copyright © 2005 by Steve Berry
  
  
  Map copyright © 2005 by David Lindroth Excerpt from The Columbus Affair
  copyright © 2012 by Steve Berry All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random
  House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
  
  
  BALLANTINE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the
  publisher upon request.
  
  
  Ballantine Books website address:
  [www.ballantinebooks.com](http://www.ballantinebooks.com)
  
  
  This book contains an excerpt from The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry. This
  excerpt has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the final
  content of the forthcoming book.
  
  
  eISBN: 97