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 Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:19 am
Apparently, some guy decided to hide $2 million bucks worth of diamond rings somewhere in the world and gave clues to their locations in his new book for readers to find. Amazon.com Michael Stadther's Secrets of the Alchemist Dar, the sequel to the New York Times bestselling A Treasure's Trove, is a fantasy story about Dark and Good Fairies, spells and eclipses, and the author's signature characters: Zac, the handsome woodcarver; Ana, his beautiful half-elf/half-human wife; and their trusty doth, Pook. The story is also about the evil Alchemist Dar who wants his Dark Fairies to live forever; to do this he must steal the Good Fairies' Ring of Eternal Life. Using the mysterious Book of Dark Spells, Dar kills the Good Fairies and captures the rings. The mystery begins with clues concealed in the pages of this book that will give anyone anywhere in the world who can read English a chance to solve the clues and obtain one of the one hundred real diamond rings valued together at more than US $2 million. Armchair adventurers will discover the treasure-hunting experience of a lifetime, and families will enjoy hours of reading together. Now that's the way to market.
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:20 am
Here's a picture of the book
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:54 pm
*GASPET*! *goes and buys*
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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:18 am
There was another treasure hunt much like this a few decades ago, I think, except it was a short story called 'Manx Gold' and it was written by Agatha Christie to further the tourism industry in one of the Isles. I wonder if that's where he got the idea.
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:07 pm
There was another book called The Merlin Mystery about 10 or so years ago. That one had a hidden mystery that you could win a few thousand dollars and a handcrafted "wand of merlin". You had to look for the solution to the mystery in the images as well as the text. I never did figure it out.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:12 am
I herd of this, but it seems hokey.
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