02585cam a2200361 i 4500 358235210 TxAuBib 20180925120000.0 180221s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018053292 2018935573 9781455525829 $ 28.00 1455525820 $ 28.00 TxAuBib rda Child, Lincoln. The pharaoh key / Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child. Pharaoh Key, The. 1st edition. New York, NY : Grand Central Pub., 2018. 311pages ; 24cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Gideon crew series ; 5 "I just want to be crystal clear about this: if it has value, we're gonna steal it. Are you with me?" Effective Engineering Solutions has been inexplicably shut down and the head of the company, Eli Glinn, has all but vanished. Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months to live, Gideon Crew is contacted by one of his coworkers at EES, Manuel Garza, who tells him the two have mere hours to collect their belongings before the office closes forever. After years of dedicated service and several high-risk missions, theirs seems like the most ignoble of terminations-until Gideon and Garza happen upon an incredible discovery. After centuries of silence, a code-breaking machine at EES has cracked the long-awaited translation of a centuries-old stone tablet, the Phaistos Disc, that dates back to an otherwise completely unknown, ancient civilization. The mysteries of the message itself hint at incredible treasures, and perhaps even a world-altering secret. No one remains at EES to take on this most remarkable mission but Gideon and Garza. The two agree to solve the mystery of the disc's message and split the spoils: the perfect parting gift their employer doesn't know he has given. What lies at the end of the trail may save Gideon's life-or bring it to a sudden, shocking close. As Gideon and Garza soon discover, some missions are more dangerous than others. But as Gideon has proved again and again, there's no such thing as too great a risk when you're living on borrowed time. 20180926. Fiction Thrillers. Fiction Mystery & Detective General. Terminally ill Fiction. Preston, Douglas J. Gideon crew series ; 5. TXTLL