Gideon's Sword

Gideon's Sword  
Author(s) Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Thriller, Science fiction
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Publication date 2011
Media type Hardcover
Pages 342
ISBN 978-0-446-56432-8
Preceded by Fever Dream

Gideon's Sword is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. It was released on February 22, 2011.

It was optioned by Bay Films and will be produced by Michael Bay.

Plot summary

The story introduces Gideon Crew, a scientist at Los Alamos who is also a former art thief/master-of-disguise. He is recruited as a freelance operative by an ultra-private security/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.