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  • Published: 30 January 2007
  • ISBN: 9780143038597
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $35.00

The Oracle

Fargo #11




Husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo return for a new thrilling adventure

A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi

Like Walking the Bible, this fascinating book turns a modern eye on an enduring legend. The Oracle of Delphi was one of the most influential figures in ancient Greece. Human mistress of the god Apollo, she had the power to enter into ecstatic communion with him and deliver his prophesies to men. Thousands of years later, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William J. Broad follows a crew of enterprising researchers as they sift through the evidence of history, geology, and archaeology to reveal—as far as science is able—the source of her visions.

  • Published: 30 January 2007
  • ISBN: 9780143038597
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $35.00

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About the authors

Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler was the author and co-author of a great number of international bestsellers, including the famous Dirk Pitt® adventures, such as Celtic Empire; the NUMA® Files adventures, most recently Fast Ice; the Oregon Files, such as Marauder; the Isaac Bell historical thrillers, which began with The Chase; and the recent Fargo Adventures, which lastly included Wrath of Poseidon. Cussler died in 2020.

Robin Burcell

Robin Burcell spent nearly three decades working in California law enforcement as a police officer, detective, hostage negotiator, and FBI-trained forensic artist. She is the author of ten novels, most recently The Kill Order. Burcell lives in Lodi, California.

Praise for The Oracle

Enlightening and compelling . . . Drawing on everything from Plutarch to petroleum research, [Broad] ‘decrypts’ a fascinating story. (The Dallas Morning News) An absorbing historical tale. (Entertainment Weekly)