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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Reilly wrote his first book! CONTEST! in 1994 whilst attending the University of New South Wales. It was rejected by every major publishing company. This caused Reilly to self-publish 1!000 copies using money borrowed from his family. Reilly went to a bookstore in Sydney and asked if he could place the copies on one of their book shelves. They accepted the offer. Very shortly after! the books had sold out and the owner of the bookstore called Reilly to order more books. One copy was read by Pan Macmillan! who immediately signed Reilly up to write ICE STATION! which became an international bestseller. Since then! he has been published in over fifteen countries! including Norway! Australia! the United States! the United Kingdom! Canada! Germany! The Netherlands! South Africa! Japan and China. Reilly's main influences include Michael Crichton! Steven Spielberg! George Lucas! and possibly Art Bell. His latest work is a novel called THE SIX SACRED STONES! the sequel to SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS. Klappentext England! 1546. A young Princess Elizabeth is surrounded by uncertainty. She is not currently in line for the throne! but remains a threat to her older sister and brother. In the midst of this fevered atmosphere comes an unprecedented invitation from the Sultan in Constantinople. He seeks to assemble the finest chess players from the whole civilised world and pit them against each other. Roger Ascham! Elizabeth's teacher and mentor in the art of power and politics! is determined to keep her out of harm's way and resolves to take Elizabeth with him when he travels to the glittering Ottoman capital for the tournament. But once there! the two find more danger than they left behind. There's a killer on the loose and a Catholic cardinal has already been found mutilated. Ascham is asked by the Sultan to investigate the crime. But as he and Elizabeth delve deeper! they find dark secrets! horrible crimes and unheard-of depravity. Things that mark the young princess for life and define the queen she will become. ...
