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Byron Preiss

The Secret Kindle Edition

by Sean Kelly (Author), Ted Mann (Author), John Palencar (Illustrator), Format: Kindle Edition

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The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now...

Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels in 1982 dollars, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full-color paintings and verses of THE SECRET.

Are you smart enough?

THE SECRET: A TREASURE HUNT was published in 1982. The year before publication, the author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only three of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum, and the third was found in Boston in 2019 by a father and his two children. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J3AJX1A
Publisher ‏ : ‎ ibooks (March 17, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 26495 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 341 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #256,315 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #64 in Puzzles (Kindle Store)
- #1,079 in Mythology & Folk Tales (Kindle Store)
- #1,640 in Puzzles (Books)

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Interesting book

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023

Good read.

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2023

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john herzel

A copy of the real book

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023

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This is a very interesting puzzle/treasure hunt guide book. With one fatal flaw....it's a lo-fi reproduction of the original book. The pictures are blurry low resolution (look like an old photocopy of a photocopy of an old picture) copies of actual painted artworks. The clues in the pictures are probably obscured by a lack of detail, but the story is accurate it seems. The original book has a black cover, the copy is a white cover. If your looking to "solve" the puzzles seriously you should probably pay the king's ransom that they are asking for the original printings of the book (black cover is the first clue that you are looking at the real deal, extortionate high price is the second clue). It's long out of print and probably never really sold that many copies. The treasure is real though! Only 3 puzzles have been solved if I remember correctly.
I bought it as a curiosity, I think that it is worthwhile as such.
If your on the hunt pay up and get the real one.
Read all of the reviews. The story is available on TV and the internet. Expedition unknown has a few interesting episodes.

Happy hunting!

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marie zoellick

This book is great.

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023

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This book is very interesting for those who like puzzles.

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Tracey K.

This book is VERY HARD TO PUT DOWN!!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2023

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I first saw this book on TV when they were actually finding one of the casques... It's a great read... And very easy to read!!! I would LOVE to go on one of the searches... Looks like a lot of fun!!!
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Tracey K

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Michael Thurman

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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023

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i got the book. Pretty good

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Sarah M

For people who you know enjoys a treasure hunt

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023

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Gifted it to a family member who enjoys the hunt.

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Chance Anderson

Wife loves the book

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2023

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Wife loves this treasure hunt book...

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るる(^o^)

宝を得るにはまず本物の地図を得るべし

Reviewed in Japan on October 17, 2023

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噂ではなく、本物の宝探しができる！
取っ掛かりは優しいが、全ての謎を解明しようとするとかなり大変そうです
一生謎が尽きない本だと思います
楽しい！

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Nivio da Gloria Lobato Filho

Muito Bom

Reviewed in Brazil on September 20, 2023

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Excelente produto, gostei muito

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Amazon Customer

Book is exciting

Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2023

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I liked everything about it

Melanie

Quality is poor. Use online information instead.

Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2020

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I gave this book a four not because the content was boring but the quality of the pictures are just lacking. For this price point I expected higher quality pictures. Disappointed this poor quality makes it to customers.

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yvette

Great condition arrived on time

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2022

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It was a strange book but that's why it's cool. Bought it as I was curious about the whole secret thing but also wanted to see the excellent paintings.

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