Publisher's Synopsis
In Lost Hope, the legendary Hope Diamond vanishes. Curator Sergio Ramirez and his wife Michelle embark on quests to recover the gemstone and, in the process, rebuild their shattered lives. Against the backdrop of a fast-paced adventure, this novel tells the story of a diamond from its beginning to mining to polishing to becoming an obsession. In bloody testament to the Curse of the Hope Diamond, science and superstition collide into a world of violence, intrigue, and destruction. Was it the Curse? For Sergio, facts vs. superstition and science vs. religion activate a dilemma that dominates his consciousness and leads him to travel the world. From the American marbled halls of the Smithsonian Institution to the African remote jungles of Ivory Coast, and from the Indian bustling city of Surat, to a madman's dungeon. This book is an intriguing adventure combined with the elegance of the scientific universe. Sally studied and held the Hope Diamond and Quetz developed new techniques to classify colored diamonds. Both have worked on the front line of diamond science and injected that excitement into this book. Suspenseful and exciting, Lost Hope brings the reader on an intellectual journey as well. Luckily, the Curse has never affected them- as yet.
