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Is part of Jack West Series Matthew Reilly , 2012 series - author novel (number 3 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Five Greatest Warriors
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'Jack West Jr and his loyal team are in desperate disarray: they've been separated, their mission is in tatters, and Jack was last seen plummeting down a fathomless abyss. After surviving his deadly fall, Jack must now race against his many enemies to locate and set in place the remaining pieces of The Machine before the coming Armageddon. As the world teeters on the brink of destruction, he will learn of the Five Warriors, the individuals who throughout history have been most intimately connected to his quest. Scores will be settled, fathers will fight sons, brothers will battle brothers, and Jack and his friends will soon find out exactly what the end of the world looks like...' Source: www.matthewreilly.com/ (Sighted 22/10/2009).

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Note: One of the five warriors is Genghis Khan.

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to all the men and women in the Australian Defence Force.
  • Epigraph: Everything is connected to everything else. Lenin.
  • Epigraph:

    A mortal battle,

    Between father and son.

    One fights for all

    And the other for one.

    Three thousand year old inscription found in Chinese shrine in the Wu Gorge, Central China.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2009 .
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      Extent: xiv, 460pp.
      Description: illus., map
      ISBN: 9781405039338 (hbk.), 9781405039833 (pbk.)
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Orion ,       2009 .
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      Extent: 460p.
      Note/s:
      • Published November 1st 2010
      ISBN: 9781409112662 (hbk.)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Simon and Schuster ,       2010 .
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      Extent: xi, 381pp.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 5th 2010
      ISBN: 9781416577577 (hbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Pocket Books ,       2011 .
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      Extent: 574p.
      Note/s:
      • Published December 28th 2010
      ISBN: 9781416577584
Alternative title: Der Fünfte Krieger
Language: German
    • Berlin,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       List ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 509p.
      Description: Ill., maps
      ISBN: 3471300112, 9783471300114
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