The Atlas Maneuver, Steve Berry
The Atlas Maneuver, Steve Berry
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The Atlas Maneuver

Bestseller

Author: Steve Berry

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 13 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2024


Synopsis

From a celebrated New York Times bestselling author comes a Cotton Malone adventure in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure known as Yamashita’s Gold.

1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find. Instead, those assets were stamped classified, shipped to Europe, and secretly assimilated into something called the Black Eagle Trust.

Retired Justice Department Operative Cotton Malone, is in Switzerland doing a favor for a friend. But what was supposed to be a simple operation turns violent and Cotton is thrust into a war between the world’s oldest bank and the CIA. He quickly discovers that everything hinges on a woman from his past, who suddenly reappears harboring a host of explosive secrets.

From the stolid banking halls of Luxembourg, to the secret vaults of Switzerland, and finally up into the treacherous mountains of southern Morocco, Cotton Malone is stymied at every turn–until he finally comes face-to-face with the Atlas Maneuver.

About Steve Berry

American author, Steve Berry, was born in 1955 in Georgia, where he eventually graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He served as a trial lawyer for 30 years, while holding elected office for 14 of those years. He was also a founding member of International Thriller Writers, where he served as co-president for three years, with a membership of nearly 4,000. Berry and his wife were very supportive of historic preservation. This interest led them to initiate History Matters, a foundation dedicated to historic preservation across the country. They have traveled far and wide with various projects to raise money for the foundation. They have raised over a million dollars by providing a writer's workshop. At this time over 3,000 students have attended the workshop.

Berry's books have been translated into 40 languages with over 22,000,000 copies in 51 countries. His works include: The Lost Order, The 14th Colony, The Patriot Threat, The Lincoln Myth, The King's Deception, The Columbus Affair, The Jefferson Key, and several others. They are always ranked very high in the New York Times, USA Today, and other bestseller lists.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blaine on March 16, 2024

Cotton Malone is back for his 18th mission and for me this was a return to form for both Berry and Malone. Malone is now in his early 50's and with age he is now a free agent, able to pick and choose his cases, as well as more permanent characters who help resolve the problems, of which there are ma......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on May 11, 2024

enjoyed this latest in the series and didn't disappoint, fast paced thriller......more

Goodreads review by Cody on March 24, 2024

The 18th book in the Cotton Malone series, entitled "The Atlas Maneuver," follows Cotton Malone as a favor from a friend leads him from Switzerland to Morocco all on a chance encounter from a woman in Malone's past. This story centers on the idea of currency as a value in trading, specifically the r......more

Goodreads review by May on April 04, 2024

A good read. Interesting background on bitcoin. However, I have little interest in cryptocurrency, so plot didn’t work for me as well as many of his others!!......more

Goodreads review by Maxine Verch on April 10, 2024

The book was so technical. I got very tired of reading about bitcoin. I also felt that Cotton and Casopia's storylines were never really connected together at the end. It was two separate adventures gold/bitcoin and never really seemed to be one overall story. Very disapointing.......more


Quotes

PRAISE FOR STEVE BERRY:

“Berry pumps the veins of history with action-packed adrenaline.”—Chicago Tribune

“Berry is the master scientist with a perfect formula for the bestseller lists.”—Associated Press

“[Berry] has a genuine feel for the factual gaps that give history its tantalizing air of the unknown.”—New York Times

“Bestseller Berry once again shows there’s no working author more skilled at combining thrilling adventure with engrossing historical detail."—Publishers Weekly

“Prolific writer Steve Berry has been creating intelligent, top-shelf fiction for decades.”—BookReporter.com