About to depart on his first vacation in years Edward Wozny a hotshot youngbanker is sent to help one of his firms most important and mysteriousclients. When as... » 

About to depart on his first vacation in years Edward Wozny a hotshot youngbanker is sent to help one of his firms most important and mysteriousclients. When asked to uncrate and organise a personal library of rare booksEdwards indignation turns to intrigue as he realises that among the volumesthere may be hidden a unique medieval codex a treasure kept sealed away formany years and for many reasons. Edwards intrigue becomes an obsession thatonly deepens as friends draw him into a peculiar and addictive computer gameas mystifying parallels between the games virtual reality and the legend ofthe codex emerge...A compulsively readable novel Iain Pears. A genuinetreat with its sneaky plot and richly textured storytelling. It also moves sofast that readers wont realize how smart it is San Francisco Chronicle.Codex takes its place on the shelf with The Name of the RosePossession and A Case of Curiosities and its as entertaining as any ofthem. New York Times. «