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2011 novel

Gideon's Sword
Hardcover edition
Author	Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Language	English
Series	Gideon Crew
Genre	Thriller, Science fiction
Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date	February 22, 2011
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print, e-book, audiobook
Pages	342 pp.
ISBN	978-0-446-56432-8
Preceded by	Fever Dream
Followed by	Gideon's Corpse

Gideon's Sword is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on February 22, 2011 by Grand Central Publishing. The book is the first installment in the Gideon Crew series.

Plot summary

The story introduces Gideon Crew, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who is also a former art thief and master-of-disguise. He learns from his mother that his mathematician father—who had developed a flawed encryption—had actually warned his boss about the flaws, only to be murdered. Gideon exacts revenge from his father's murderer. As a result of this, he is recruited to be a freelance operative by an ultra-private security and engineering firm working for the Department of Homeland Security. His mission: to trace and retrieve plans for a mysterious super-weapon being brought to the United States of America by a Chinese scientist before the Chinese can recover them.

Film adaptation

In May 2010, it was announced that a film based on the novel would be produced by Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures and written by Chap Taylor.

References

Gideon's Sword Hardcover. Grand Central Publishing Feb-22-2011. January 2011. ISBN 9780446564328. Retrieved 2015-01-06 – via Amazon.
"Gideon's Sword (Gideon Crew #1) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
Sneider, Jeff (24 May 2010). "Michael Bay to Produce 'Gideon's Sword' for Paramount". The Wrap. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
Lesnick, Silas (28 September 2010). "Chap Taylor to Write Gideon's Sword". ComingSoon. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

External links

Official website

v t e Works by Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child
Agent Pendergast series	Relic (1995) Reliquary (1997) The Cabinet of Curiosities (2002) Still Life with Crows (2003) Brimstone (2004) Dance of Death (2005) The Book of the Dead (2006) The Wheel of Darkness (2007) Cemetery Dance (2009) Fever Dream (2010) Cold Vengeance (2011) Two Graves (2012) White Fire (2013) Blue Labyrinth (2014) Crimson Shore (2015) The Obsidian Chamber (2016) City of Endless Night (2018) Verses for the Dead (2018) Crooked River (2020) Bloodless (2021) The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (2023) Angel of Vengeance (2024)
Gideon Crew series	The Ice Limit (2000) Series Prequel Gideon's Sword (2011) Gideon's Corpse (2012) The Lost Island (2014) Beyond the Ice Limit (2016) The Pharaoh Key (2018)
Nora Kelly series	Thunderhead (1999) Series Prequel Old Bones (2019) The Scorpion's Tale (2021) Diablo Mesa (2022) Dead Mountain (2023)
Other novels	Mount Dragon (1996) Riptide (1998)
Douglas Preston works	Jennie (1994) The Codex (2003) Tyrannosaur Canyon (2005) Blasphemy (2008) The Monster of Florence (2008, with Mario Spezi) Impact (2010) The Kraken Project (2014) Extinction (2024)
Lincoln Child works	Utopia (2002) Death Match (2004) Deep Storm (2007) Terminal Freeze (2009) The Third Gate (2012) The Forgotten Room (2015) Full Wolf Moon (2017) Chrysalis (2022)

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