num_pages: 336
description: Professor Piers Knight is an esteemed curator at the Brooklyn Museum and is regarded by many on the staff as a revered institution of his own if not an outright curiosity. Knights portfolio includes lost civilizations; arcane cultures languages and belief; and more than a little bit of the history of magic and mysticism.What his contemporaries don't know is that in addition to being a scholar of all things ancient he is schooled in the uses of magical artifacts the teachings of forgotten deities and the threats of unseen dangers.If a mysterious object surfaces Professor Knight makes it his job to figure it out--and make sure it stays out of dangerous hands.A contemporary on an expedition in the Middle East calls Knight's attention to a mysterious object in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum  just before it becomes the target of a sorcerous attack that leads to a siege on a local precinct house by a fire elemental.What looks like an
language: English
title: Brooklyn Knight
publisher: Tor Books