The Eight

 A wonderful, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. Because the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its items throughout the globe as a result of, when united, the set accommodates a secret energy that would topple civilizations. To maintain the set from falling into the mistaken palms, two novices, Valentine and Mireille, embark on an journey that begins within the streets of Paris and results in Russia, Egypt, Corsica, and into the center of the Algerian Sahara.
 
2 hundred years later, whereas on project in Algeria, laptop knowledgeable Catherine Velis finds herself drawn unwillingly into the lethal “Sport” nonetheless swirling across the legendary chess set—a sport that may require her to threat her life and match wits with diabolical forces.
 
This book options an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville together with uncommon photographs from her life and travels.