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In Los Angeles, a desperate man seeks out renowned archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase - only to be gunned down in front of them. The assassin is soon identified as a 90-year-old Nazi war criminal - with the body of a healthy 40-year-old. Following the victim's final warnings, Nina and Eddie travel to Cairo to inspect the newly discovered tomb of Alexander the Great. But the real find is hidden in one of its treasures.

An international TV audience waits breathlessly as archaeologists prepare to break into a long-hidden vault beneath the Great Sphinx. But archaeology student Macy Sharif has already made her own shocking discovery: a religious cult raiding the site. Their prize? A map that will lead to something far more astounding: the lost pyramid of Osiris. Framed by corrupt officials, Macy goes on the run, trying to reach the only people who can save her before she is silenced---permanently.

World-famous archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-SAS solder Eddie Chase, think they have left their days of dangerous adventures behind. At home with desk jobs and daily routines, they are just like any other family. However, when an ancient and astonishing civilisation buried deep in the Antarctic ice is woken, Nina and Eddie must confront the gravest threat they've ever faced. Travelling from New York to New Zealand, from the cities of Europe to the outback of Australia, they must try to understand the formidable power that has been unleashed.

Off a remote stretch of the Indonesian coast, archaeologist Nina Wilde has made an astounding discovery: an artifact that will rewrite everything that's known about human history. But before she can return to tell the world of her find, her ship is brutally attacked, her crew is ruthlessly murdered, and the artifact is stolen. Someone wants this secret to stay hidden - and will do anything to keep it that way.

After King Solomon's Curse comes Andy McDermott's newest Wilde and Chase novel, in which the intrepid pair find themselves in a race against time - to stop an ancient Atlantean weapon (more powerful than an H-bomb) from falling into the wrong hands...before modern civilisation is brought to its knees...

The world is in shock when Michelangelo's David is stolen from a museum in Florence, Italy. The latest in a series of audacious thefts of historical treasures, it's only a matter of time before another priceless artefact is targeted. When the Talonor Codex - a great Atlantean explorer's account of his travel - is stolen, it becomes clear that the thefts form only part of the raiders' ultimate plan.

Witnesses to the latest daring robbery, Archaeologist Nina Wilde and former SAS Soldier Eddie Chase are forced into a treacherous hunt across the world to discover the vault before its secrets fall into dangerous hands. The vault's prize is a treasure beyond price, but it may also be the catalyst for global annihilation.

For Nina Wilde and her ex-SAS husband, Eddie Chase, locating the legendary lost city of Atlantis was just the beginning of an even greater quest: to discover what mysterious treasure drew an ancient Atlantan explorer to the Himalayas. But they're unaware of the risks they face, the secrets gathering around them, and the powerful forces desperate to possess history's greatest prize.

En civilisation, der er gået til grunde: Den sagnomspundne ø Atlantis har spøgt i arkæologers hoveder i mange hundrede år. Platon var den, der beskrev, hvordan øen for omkring 9.000 år f.v.t. sank i havet efter et voldsomt vulkanudbrud, og lige siden har man forsøgt at finde den. En hårrejsende jagt: Nina Wilde mener at vide, hvor øen befinder sig, og den norske milliardær Kristian Frost tilbyder at finansiere en ekspedition for at finde den. Sammen med Frosts datter, Kari, og den tidligere SAS-soldat Eddie Chase drager Nina af sted. Jagten er begyndt.

"En mytologisk kriger": Studier af en ældgammel tekst har overbevist arkæolog Nina Wilde om, at en grav, der indeholder resterne af den legendariske kriger Herkules, kan eksistere. Hvis hun kan finde den, vil det være det vigtigste historiske fund, der nogensinde er gjort. "En fantastisk skat": Da Nina og hendes tidligere bodyguard Eddie Chase indleder deres søgen, står det hurtigt klart for dem, at andre også ønsker at finde graven - og de utrolige rigdomme, den indeholder.