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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...

Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase possess extraordinary pieces of an ancient puzzle that leads them from Singapore to the jungles of South America. Inside a storm of political and drug warfare, Nina is getting close to one of history’s greatest secrets: the mythical golden city of El Dorado.

Excalibur. Legend has it that he who carries King Arthur's mighty sword into battle will be invincible. But for more than a thousand years, the secret to the whereabouts of this powerful weapon has been lost... until now. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is hoping for a little R&R with her fiance, former SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase. But the couple's plans are dashed when a meeting with an old acquaintance propels Nina and Eddie into a razor's-edge hunt across the globe.

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.