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{{Title|''{{PAGENAME}}''}} {{Infobox Book |book name=Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi |author=[[Rob MacGregor]] |image=[[File:IndianaJonesAndThePerilAtDelphi.jpg|250px]] |cover artist=[[Drew Struzan]] |country=[[USA]] |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |released=February [[1991]] |pages=248 |followed =''[[Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants]]'' |isbn=0-553-28931-4 |canon=Licensing |timeline=[[1922]] }} '''''Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi''''' is the first novel in the series published by [[Bantam Books]]. It was written by [[Rob MacGregor]], and released in [[1991]]. The U.S. cover of the book depicts a younger-looking Indiana Jones. == Publisher's summary == ''In 1981 a new [[Indiana Jones|hero]] like no other burst upon the scene. Over the next ten years and [[Indiana Jones (franchise)|three films]] we grew to know and love the legend that is Indiana Jones: bold adventurer, swashbuckling explorer, he lives forever in our imaginations, unraveling the mysteries of the past in a time when the world was at war and dreams could still come true. Now, in an all-new series of novels officially licensed from [[Lucasfilm]], we will learn what shaped Indiana Jones into the hero he is today!'' ''INTO THE ABYSS OF THE [[Snake|SERPENT]]'' ''For sixteen centuries the Order of Pythia has awaited the reappearance of the ancient oracle of sacred knowledge of [[Delphi]]. An earthquake, rending the earth beneath the ruins, has now heralded her return. [[Dorian Belecamus]], a beautiful and bewitching [[archaeology]] [[professor]], sees an opportunity to do more than dig into the past: This is her chance to seize control of her country's future—by becoming the Oracle of Delphi! And she's found just the man to help her consummate her scheme. He's brash, he's reckless, and he's fallen under her spell. His name: Indiana Jones.'' ''The adventure spans the globe from [[Chicago]] to [[Paris]] to [[Greece]] where, [[bullwhip]] in hand, Indy descends into the bottomless pit of the serpent [[god]] and finds a sacred stone that holds the key to the oracle's prophecies. But Dorian has designed an even more sinister fate for young Indy: She means to make him her lover, her priest, her pawn in a plot to kill the king. Will Indy find the source of Pythia's powers—or find himself sacrificed at Dorian's altar, a victim of her deadly ambition and desire?'' ==Plot summary== {{Stub}} ==Appearances== ===Characters=== *[[Andronicos of Cyrrhos]] {{Mo}} *[[Apollo]] {{C|Statue}} *[[Jean Arp]] {{Mo}} *[[Dorian Belecamus]] *[[Molly Bloom]] {{Mo}} *[[Brent]] *[[Marcus Brody]] {{C|Vision}} *[[Byron]] {{Mo}} *[[Aguila|Changing Man]] {{Fa}} {{C|Flashback}} *[[Circe]] {{Mo}} *[[Ted Conrad]] *[[Constantine]] *[[Croesus]] {{Mo}} *[[Cyrus]] {{Mo}} *[[Cow Cow Davenport]] {{Mo}} *[[Johnny Dodds]] {{Mo}} *[[Stephanos Doumas]] *[[Johnny Dunn]] {{Mo}} *[[Dionysus]] {{Mo}} *[[Elmo]] *[[Estelle]] {{Mo}} *[[Gerald Farnsworth]] *[[Richard Farnsworth]] {{Po}} *[[Fates]] {{C|Statue}} *[[Billy Flannery]] *[[Benjamin Franklin]] {{C|Effigy}} *[[Gaea]] {{Mo}} *[[Galba]] {{Mo}} *[[God]] {{Mo}} *[[Gorgon]]s {{Mo}} *[[Grigoris]] *[[Hadrian]] {{Mo}} *[[Heracles]] {{Mo}} *[[Hermes]] {{Mo}} *[[Earl Hines]] {{Mo}} *[[Homer]] {{C|Statue}} *[[Jason]] {{Mo}} *[[Thomas Jefferson]] {{C|Effigy}} *[[Jesus Christ]] {{Mo}} {{C|Curse}} *[[Anna Mary Jones]] {{Mo}} *[[Henry Walton Jones, Senior]] {{C|Flashback}} *[[Indiana Jones]] *[[James Joyce]] {{Mo}} *[[King Oliver]] {{Mo}} *[[Freddie Keppard]] {{Mo}} *[[Lips]] {{C|Frieze}} *[[Cripple Clarence Lofton]] {{Mo}} *[[Madelaine]] *[[Alexander Mandraki]] *[[Medusa]] {{Mo}} *[[Mallery Mulhouse]] *[[Milos]] / [[Milos|Crazy One]] *[[Nero]] {{Mo}} *[[Nikos]] *[[Odysseus]] {{Mo}} *[[Oedipus]] {{Mo}} *[[Thomas Paine]] {{C|Effigy}} *[[Panos]] *[[Pauline]] {{C|On poster}} *[[Pindar]] {{Mo}} *[[Plato]] {{Mo}} *[[Plutarch]] {{Mo}} *[[Poseidon]] {{C|Statue}} *[[Pythía]] {{Mo}} *[[Python (dragon)|Python]] {{Mo}} *[[Manfred von Richthofen]] {{Mo}} {{C|As 'the Red Baron'}} *[[Harry Shannon]] {{Mo}} *[[Jack Shannon]] *[[Jabbo Smith]] {{Mo}} *[[Pine Top Smith]] {{Mo}} *[[Socrates]] {{Mo}} *[[Speckled Red]] {{Mo}} *[[Booth Tarkington]] {{Mo}} *[[Titans]] {{Mo}} *[[Tristan Tzara]] {{Mo}} *[[George Washington]] {{C|Effigy}} *[[Williams (dean)|Williams]] *[[Zeus]] {{Mo}} ===Artifacts=== *[[Cross of Coronado]] {{C|Indirect mention}} *[[Linear B tablet]] *[[Omphalos]] ===Locations=== *[[Dublin]] {{C|Dream}} *[[France]] **[[Cambrai]] {{Mo}} **[[Paris]] ***[[Deux-Magots]] {{Mo}} ***[[Jungle]] ***[[Le Dôme]] ***[[Sorbonne]] ***[[St. Michel]] *[[Greece]] **[[Athens]] ***[[Acropolis]] ****[[Erechtheum]] *****[[Caryatids]] ****[[Hadrian's Library]] ****[[Parthenon]] ****[[Propylaea]] ***[[King's palace]] ***[[Olympic Stadium]] {{Mo}} ***[[Platía Phlomouson Hetairae]] ***[[Roman Agora]] / [[Roman Forum]] ****[[Tower of the Winds]] ***[[University of Athens]] {{Mo}} **[[Crete]] {{Mo}} ***[[Knossos]] {{Mo}} **[[Delphi]] ***[[Apollo's Temple]] ***[[Delphi Hotel]] ***[[Sacred Way]] ***[[Sanctuary of Poseidon]] {{Mo}} **[[Piraeus]] {{Mo}} *[[Italy]] **[[Brindisi]] {{Mo}} **[[Rome]] {{Mo}} *[[London]] {{Mo}} *[[Stonehenge]] {{C|Vision}} *[[Turkey]] {{Mo}} *[[United States of America]] **[[Chicago]] ***[[Dreamland]] {{Mo}} ***[[Royal Gardens]] {{Mo}} ***[[University of Chicago]] **[[Grand Canyon]] {{Mo}} **[[New Orleans]] {{Mo}} **[[New York]] {{Mo}} ===Animals=== *[[Army ant]] {{Mo}} *[[Dolphin]] {{Mo}} *[[Eagle]] {{C|Flashback}} *[[Fish]] {{Mo}} *[[Goat]] *[[Horse]] *[[Snake]] {{C|Vision}} **[[Python]] {{Mo}} *[[Turkey (bird)|Turkey]] {{Mo}} ===Events=== *[[Bastille Day]] *[[Founding Fathers Day]] *[[World War I|Great War]] {{Mo}} *"[[Hanging Heroes]]" *[[Prohibition]] ===Miscellanea=== *[[Argonauts]] {{Mo}} *''[[The Blood Crystals]]'' {{Mo}} *[[Bolshevik]] {{Mo}} *[[Cadillac]] *[[Cornet]] *[[Dada]] *''[[The Death Ray]]'' {{Mo}} *"[[Down in the Quarter]]" *[[Fedora]] *[[Garlic]] *[[Bullwhip]] *[[Jazz]] *[[Linear B]] *[[Model T]] *"[[The Nature of American Patriots and Traitors]]" *''[[The Odyssey]]'' *[[Order of Pythía]] *[[Pierce-Arrow]] *''[[The Perils of Pauline]]'' {{C|On poster}} *''[[The Poisoned Room]]'' {{Mo}} *''[[Punch]]'' *''[[Seventeen]]'' *[[Tank]] *''[[Ulysses]]'' ==Behind the scenes== ===Development=== After writing the [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (novel)|novelization]] of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' and before the publication of his first original novel ''Crystal Skull'', [[Rob MacGregor]] was approached by [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]] to write a series of ''[[Indiana Jones (franchise)|Indiana Jones]]'' prequel stories.<ref name="MacGregor ERdG">[http://www.theindyexperience.com/interviews/rob_macgregor_interview.php Interview with Rob MacGregor] at [http://www.theindyexperience.com TheIndyExperience]</ref> Guidelines from [[George Lucas]] instructed the author to set his stories in the 1920s, before the ''Indiana Jones'' trilogy,<ref name="JWashburn">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3Q0CpGEWw SW INT 132 Rob MacGregor author of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!] on [[YouTube]]</ref> and to only use known mystical objects as the [[MacGuffin]]s, leading MacGregor to utilize the [[Omphalos]] as the plot device for ''Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi''.<ref name="MacGregor ERdG" /> MacGregor was not permitted to use any characters from the film series outside of the titular protagonist and [[Marcus Brody]]—the latter of whom only appears through a vision in the finished novel—which prevented MacGregor from exploring the relationship between Jones and [[Marion Ravenwood]].<ref name="MacGregor ERdG" /> To compensate for this, MacGregor established new recurring characters such as [[Jack Shannon]], who was based on friends of the novelist with whom he went out to bars for the music.<ref name="MacGregor GeoCities" /> Originally ''Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi'' (and the series which followed) was intended to begin and end with the appearance of a ninety year old Indiana Jones narrating the story. According to MacGregor, he was told that no one would be interested in seeing Indy as an old man, so the idea was dropped. Soon after, the unused concept resurfaced in ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' television series created by George Lucas himself, who MacGregor believes was responsible for nixing his idea for the novel.<ref name="MacGregor GeoCities">[http://web.archive.org/web/20010603195544/http://www.geocities.com/elemental_red/seven_veils.html Interview with MacGregor] at [http://www.geocities.com GeoCities] {{C|Web archive}}</ref> ===Continuity=== ''Peril at Delphi'' was originally published in [[1991]], one year before the premiere of ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' television series developed by [[George Lucas]] with the latter work introducing several continuity errors in relation to the novel. For example, the book begins with [[Indiana Jones]] graduating from the [[University of Chicago]] in [[1920]], when the show established that as the year he first started studying there. The book also mentions Indy, by October [[1922]], as having been a student at the [[Sorbonne]] for two years. For the stories to co-exist, the dates given in the book [[Indycron continuity database|were retconned]]. However, the timeline of ''[[Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide]]'' further complicated matters by placing events from the novel itself out of order. The assassination attempt on [[Constantine]] at the climax of the story was dated as being in May 1922 with Indy graduating from Chicago in the June and his studies in [[Paris]] beginning the following month. == Cover gallery == <gallery> File:IndianaJonesAndThePerilAtDelphi.jpg|[[United States of America|UA]] paperback. File:IndianaJonesUndDasOrakelVonDelphi.jpg|[[Germany|German]] paperback: ''Indiana Jones und das Orakel von Delphi''. </gallery> ==Notes and references== {{Reflist}} {{Novels}} {{adventure timeline | previous-date = August [[1920]] | previous-title = ''[[Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies]]'' | date = October [[1922]] | title = ''Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi'' | next-date=[[1923]] | next-title=''[[Indiana Jones et le Secret de la Pyramide]]'' }} [[es:Indiana Jones y el peligro en Delfos]] [[ja:インディ・ジョーンズ 神々の陰謀]] [[pl:Indiana Jones i Delficka Pułapka]] [[Category:Novels]]
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