This captivating, atmospheric and gripping page-turner by million copy bestselling author Paul Sussman is a must read for fans of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy and Wilbur Smith.

"A rip-roaring gem of a read - you are in for a real treat! - Raymond Khoury
"A compelling, high-octane adventure novel that seamlessly meshes past and present... " - James Becker
"Hands down one of the best writers of international suspense in the business" - Steve Berry
"This is five star thrills a page. Highly recommended." -- ***** Reader review
"A sheer pleasure to read" -- ***** Reader review
"This novel is one of the most gripping I have ever read!" -- ***** Reader review

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Egypt 2153 BC: Eighty priests set out under cover of darkness into the western desert, taking with them a mysterious object swathed in cloth. Four weeks later, having reached their destination, they calmly slit each other's throats...
Albania, 1986: A plane takes off from a remote airfield, bound for the Sudan. On board, a cargo that will forever change the Middle East. Somewhere over the Sahara the plane disappears...
The western desert, the present day: A group of Bedouin discover a mummified corpse half-buried in the dunes. With it are a roll of camera film and a miniature clay obelisk inscribed with a curious hieroglyphic sign...
Three unconnected events - or so it seems until Freya Hannen arrives in Egypt for the funeral of her sister, a desert explorer who has inexplicably taken her own life... For Freya it is the start of a terrifying, life-or-death adventure - one that will lead her and Egyptologist Flin Brodie deep into the forbidding wastes of the Sahara.

Their goal: one of archaeology's greatest mysteries and the astonishing secret at its heart...

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