MINOR LEAGUE AND WE HAVE
THE NFL.
SO JACKSONVILLE IS ON THE COME
UP.
>> Mark: SPEAKING OF HISTORY,
THERE IS SO MUCH CHARM HERE.
ST. AUGUSTINE IS THE FIRST
COAST.
IF YOU EVER WANT TO DO RESEARCH
THERE ARE GREAT PLACES IN TOWN.
I MET UP WITH LOCAL NEW YORK
TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR, STEVE
BERRY, WHO HAS A NEW BOOK OUT
NOW.
I LEARNED ABOUT HOW HE TACKLES
HIS RESEARCH AND BOOKS ARE A BIG
PART OF WHAT HE DOES.
IF YOU ARE A BOOK LOVER THERE IS
A HIDDEN TREASURE YOU MIGHT NOT
KNOW ABOUT CALLEDCHAMBLING BOOK
MINES.
I MET UP WITH NEW YORK TIMES
BEST SELLING AUTHOR, STEVE
BERRY, TO LEARN ABOUT HIS
WRITING PROCESS AND WHY THIS
PLACE IS ESSENTIAL TO HIS
RESEARCH.
>> YO CAN SEE IT IS ALL AROUND
US.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY BOOKS.
THERE IS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
BOOKS HERE.
THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME FIND
NOVELS.
IT IS A MINE.
THAT IS THE PERFECT NAME FOR
THIS PLACE.
WE ARE STANDING IN THE HISTORY
SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME ALL THE
HISTORY BOOKS.
YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING YOU NEED
ON ANY SUBJECT YOU A LOOKING
FOR.
>> Mark: HE HAS A UNIQUE
PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO
RESEARCH.
>> I COME IN HERE AND AM
LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR SUBJECT
MATTER.
"THE NIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN
CIRCLE," I WOULD COME IN HERE
AND FIND THE SECTION THAT DEALS
WITH THE CIVIL WAR AND GO
THROUGH EVERY BOOK IN THAT
SECTION.
THEY ARE ALL HERE.
I JUST GO THROUGH THEM ONE AT A
TIME.
IF ONE LOOKS GOOD, I THROW IT IN
A BOX.
WHEN I LEAVE I PROBABLY HAVE
100-PLUS BOOKS IN THE BOX.
I DON'T READ THEM HERE.
I TAKE THEM HOME AND GO THROUGH
THEM.
IT IS A TREASURE HUNT.
I KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I'M
LOOKING FOR WHEN I GET HERE, BUT
MOST TIMES I DISCOVER WHAT I'M
LOOKING FOR RIGHT HERE.
WE LIVED IN GEORGIA ALL MY LIFE.
WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE IN 2010
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WERE WE
COULDN'T BE MORE THAN AN HOUR
FROM THIS PLACE.
THAT IS ONE REASON WE CHOSE ST.
AUGUSTINE.
WE LOVE IT THERE AND IT IS
WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF HERE.
THIS IS A CRITICAL PLACE FOR ME
TO WRITE MY NOVEL.
THIS IS WHERE I DO 90% OF ALL MY
RESEARCH.
>> Mark: THE END RESULT IS
ANOTHER REMARKABLE BOOK.
HIS NEW BOOK IS "THE LOST
ORDER."
>> IT IS A COOLSTORY.
IT IS COTTON'S 12TH ADVENTURE.
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT THE
SMITHSONIAN IN A BOOK.
SO IT DEALS WITH THAT AND IT
DEALS WITH THE LARGEST, MOST
DANGEROUS ORGANIZATION IN
AMERICA CALLED THE KNIGHTS OF
THE GOLDEN CIRCLE DURING THE
CIVIL WAR.
SOME SAY IT DISAPPEARED AFTER
THE CIVIL WAR AND OTHERS SAY NOT
SO MUCH.
COTTON WILL GET INVOLVED WITH
THAT.
MOST OF THE BOOKS THAT DEAL WITH
THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE
ARE -- WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT
THEY DID BECAUSE ALL THE RECORDS
THAT DEALT WITH THEM WERE
DESTROYED AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
THEY DISAPPEARED FROM RICHMOND
BEFORE THE UNION TROOPS GOT
THERE SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
DID.
WE KNOW THEY WERE ABOUT 40,000
STRONG AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
THE CIVIL WAR.
ANYONE WHO LIKES ACTION
SEQUENCES, HISTORICAL SETTINGS,
THIS IS YOUR BOOK.
>> Mark: THAT LOOKS SO
FASCINATING.
ONE, CHAMBLAIN BOOK MINES, YOU
CAN FIND ANYTHING YOU NEED.
STEVE BERRY HAS HIS NEW BOOK OUT
NOW.
JUST THINK ABOUT TO WRITE A BOOK
AND WHAT IT ENTAILS.
>> Eden: I MEAN, YOU WANT TO BE
HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AND AT THE
SAME TIME INTRODUCE WHAT IF THIS
HAPPENS.
THAT WOULD BE TOUGH.