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Preston and Child
Thunderhead
Book #0.5 of the Nora Kelly series
See the list of Nora Kelly books in order

Thunderhead

Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written sixteen years ago, yet mysteriously mailed only recently. In it her father, long believed dead, hints at a fantastic discovery that will make him famous and rich—the lost city of an ancient civilization that suddenly vanished a thousand years ago. Now Nora is leading an expedition into a harsh, remote corner of Utah’s canyon country. Searching for her father and his glory, Nora begins to unravel the greatest riddle of American archeology. but what she unearths will be the newest of horrors…

Author: Preston and Child
Published: 1999
Page Count: 497

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