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| | First-time authors strike publishing gold - BOOKS - MSNBC.com |
 | | Authors of new thriller "The Rule of Four," Dustin Thomason, left, and Ian Caldwell, pose in a northwest Washington bookstore. |
 | | A mix of historical and present-day fact and fiction, the book revolves around two Princeton seniors and their attempts to solve the riddle of the “Hypnerotomachia Poliphili,” a puzzling, fantastical love story of uncertain authorship, published in Venice in 1499 and written in multiple languages. |
 | | Caldwell and Thomason, meanwhile, are working on a second novel that also combines modern-day suspense with a historical puzzle. |
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