| Gideon's Sword | |
| Series: | Gideon Crew |
| Author: | Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science fiction |
| Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Release Date: | February 22, 2011 |
| 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.[1] [2] The book is the first installment in the Gideon Crew series.
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.
In May 2010, the novel will be produced by Michael Bay and Paramount Pictures[3] and written by Chap Taylor.[4]