Gideon's Sword

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Gideon's Sword
Gideon's Sword (Preston and Child) book cover.jpg
Hardcover edition
Author Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGideon Crew
Genre Thriller, Science fiction
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Publication date
February 22, 2011
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages342 pp.
ISBN 978-0-446-56432-8
Preceded by Fever Dream  
Followed by Gideon's Corpse  

Gideon's Sword is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on February 22, 2011 by Grand Central Publishing. [1] [2] The book is the first installment in the Gideon Crew series.

Contents

Plot summary

The story introduces Gideon Crew, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who is also a former art thief and master-of-disguise. He learns from his mother that his mathematician father—who had developed a flawed encryption—had actually warned his boss about the flaws, only to be murdered. Gideon exacts revenge from his father's murderer. As a result of this, he is recruited to be a freelance operative by an ultra-private security and engineering firm working for the Department of Homeland Security. His mission: to trace and retrieve plans for a mysterious super-weapon being brought to the United States of America by a Chinese scientist before the Chinese can recover them.

Film adaptation

In May 2010, it was announced that a film based on the novel would be produced by Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures [3] and written by Chap Taylor. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Gideon's Sword Hardcover. Grand Central Publishing Feb-22-2011. January 2011. ISBN   9780446564328 . Retrieved January 6, 2015– via Amazon.
  2. ↑ "Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew #1) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child". goodreads.com . Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (May 24, 2010). "Michael Bay to Produce 'Gideon's Sword' for Paramount". The Wrap. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Lesnick, Silas (September 28, 2010). "Chap Taylor to Write Gideon's Sword". ComingSoon. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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