num_pages: 598
description: Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....
language: English
title: The Eight
titlecomplete: The Eight (The Eight, #1)
characters: Mireille, Alexander Solarin, Catherine "Cat" Velis
genres: Adventure, Historical, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 41885
places: New York City, New York, Algiers, Paris
series: The Eight
publisher: Ballantine Books