Brooklyn Knight by C. J. Henderson
Brooklyn Knight by C. J. Henderson
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Author(s): C. J. Henderson
Pub: Tor Books
Pack Qty: 0 (Paperback)
ISBN: 9780765320834 - New
Subjects: Museum curators, Fiction, Magic, Fiction, Talismans, Fiction, Four elements (Philosophy), Fiction, Brooklyn (New York, N
209mm x 162mm x 22mm
Publication: 5 January 2010Pages: 336
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. Knight-Ç-Ös 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 -Ç-ª 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
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