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Gideon's Sword is the first book in the Gideon Crew series and the character's first appearance in the Preston-Child universe. It was published on February 22, 2011 and also marked the return of Eli Glinn. It is the fifteenth full-length Preston-Child collaboration, and the first since 2000's The Ice Limit to not feature Special Agent Pendergast.

Plot Summary[]

"At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning..."


-Publisher's synopsis

Returning Characters[]

New Characters[]

  • Gideon Crew
  • Melvin Crew
  • Doris Crew
  • Chamblee S. Tucker
  • Charles Dajkovic
  • Orchid/Marilyn Creedy
  • Sadie Epstein
  • Mindy Jackson
  • Nodding Crane

Timeline[]

  • The story starts in August 1988 with the death of Gideon's Father, he was 12. It then jumps to 1996 to the death of Gideon's Mother, he was 24.
  • It jumps ten years later, Gideon would be 34, he has finished college and gotten his doctorate in MIT, and got a job working at Los Alamos National Lab.
  • Estimated to take place about 1-2 years after The Ice Limit

Locations[]

  • Colorado
  • Virginia
  • New York
  • Hong Kong

Antagonists[]

  • Chamblee S. Tucker
  • Mindy Jackson
  • Nodding Crane

Deaths & Injuries[]

Body Count: 16

  • Nodding Crane Kills: 12 (including the 8 killed in Car Accident)
  • Gideon Kills: 2 (Nodding Crane)

Injuries[]

Gideon is stabbed in the shoulder, and shot in the shoulder, and has some broken ribs.

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