Fingerprints of the Gods, by Graham Hancock (used)

Second-hand copy — condition: fair.

A multi-million-copy bestseller and an intellectual detective story, Fingerprints of the Gods directs probing questions at orthodox history. Graham Hancock sets out on a worldwide quest through ancient monuments as far apart as Egypt's Great Sphinx and the pyramids of the Giza plateau, the megalithic temples of the Andes and Mexico's pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, and through ancient maps and prehistoric myths, to argue for an as-yet-unidentified civilisation of remote antiquity — and for a warning of a recurring cataclysm handed down in those myths. "Readers will hugely enjoy their quest in these pages of inspired storytelling," wrote The Times. It is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Magicians of the Gods and America Before.

Graham Hancock is the author of international bestsellers including The Sign and the Seal and Heaven's Mirror; his books have sold more than five million copies worldwide. He was formerly East Africa correspondent for the Economist.

Century, 2001. New updated edition, paperback. 764 pages. Photographs by Santha Faiia. ISBN 9780712679060.