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Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all-Narmer's crown-might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has... more

About Lincoln Child

LINCOLN CHILD is the New York Times bestselling author of Terminal Freeze, Deep Storm, Death Match, and Utopia, as well as co-author, with Douglas Preston, of numerous New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife and daughter in Morristown, New Jersey.Author Residence: Morristown, NJ


Published: June 12, 2012 by Random House

Genre: Other. Fiction. 320 pages

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  • All Critics: 9
  • Positive: 6
  • Negative: 3

  • Kirkus Reviews | 1 May 2012

    Child’s newest is the sort of thing to delight all those who got wrapped up in The Mummy.

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  • Publishers Weekly | 9 Apr 2012

    Child evokes fear through understatement, and his characters are much more than the paper-thin puppets of similarly themed novels.

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  • A Bookworm's World | 3 Jul 2012

    This is the kind of book that Child excels at - pure unadulterated, escapist, entertainment reading.

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  • The Crow's Caw | 23 Aug 2012

    in the hands of the late, great Michael Crichton would have been a best-selling tour de force...Child, on the other hand, delivered a clichéd three hundred page knock off, dancing around the real curiosities and glossing over the juicy bits.

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  • Book Reporter | 29 Jun 2012

    It presents a roller-coaster ride of excitement and unearthly chills that will please both his loyal readers and first-timers looking for a great literary adventure.

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  • The Mystery Reader

    The Third Gate, a well-researched, easy to read, summer escapist page turner.

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  • Examiner | 24 Jul 2012

    It is like Lincoln Child tried to copy his writing partner’s style, which resulted in a sloppy, mediocre novel that falls flat compared to his prior work.

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  • The Paranormal Librarian

    There are enough strange situations, paranormal science, and alternative science to balance the rollicking adventure and hard core science to make it enjoyable by many readers.

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  • The Mystery Site

    The thing is The Third Gate never rises above being yet another curse of the mummy yarn.

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