**1943 - Occupied Greece** --- The SS unit's mission was simple: round up Jews for the concentration camps. But beneath an isolated farmhouse, they find a far greater bounty - a hidden shrine to Alexander the Great and an urn filled with water possessing mysterious qualities. The Nazis take the tr
Kingdom of Darkness
โ Scribed by Andy McDermott
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Dell Publishing Co
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 288 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
For fans of James Rollins and Matthew Reilly comes the new gripping, globe-spanning adventure in Andy McDermott's thrilling series featuring American archaeologist Nina Wilde and ex--SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase.
History's most sought after treasure is now mankind's worst fear.
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 ninety-year-old Nazi war criminal--with the body of a healthy forty-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--a mechanical guide leading to one of antiquity's most tantalizing myths: a spring of water said to give eternal life to those who drink it.
Nina, Eddie, and a team of Mossad agents realize that the myth...
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