Copyright © 2012 by Steve Berry
Map copyright © 2012 by David Lindroth, Inc.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION-DATA
Berry, Steve.
The Columbus affair : a novel / Steve Berry.
p. cm
eISBN: 978-0-345-52653-3
1. Journalists—Fiction. 2. Quests (Expeditions)—Fiction.
3. Treasure troves—Fiction. 4. Columbus, Christopher– Fiction. I. Title.
PS3602.E764C65 2012
813’.6— dc23 2012009325
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Jacket design: Marc J. Cohen
v3.1
Contents
Jamaica 1504 CE
Prologue
The Present
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
