"A story full of fascinating adventures, in which East meets West, past and present. Our heroes cross seas, dive into flooded mines, all the while uncovering centuries and millennia of unknown history." - The Independent Around 900 BC, the crew of a Phoenician ship lands in a deserted settlement - the reason for their arrival is a quest for a priceless treasure. However, another ship followed them. They clash, and no one survives the battle. The death of Meriwether Lewis, the famous explorer and statesman, has something to do with American President Thomas Jefferson and the theft of a certain list of Native American words. All of this is in some way connected to the mysterious Artichoke Society... However, museologist Carina Mechadi has no idea about this yet. In the last days of the Iraq war, looters steal art treasures from the country's national museum, and she works to assess the damage. Other thieves, on the other hand, want to deliver a special piece to their customer, whose identity will soon be revealed. Austin and the NUMA team are just trying to move an iceberg on a different course when they fall into the case, finding themselves face to face with the pirates of Viktor Baltazar, who firmly believes that he is a descendant of King Solomon. For him, too, the statue of the Navigator is the key to realizing his diabolical plan, but the secret of the artefact is also discovered by the Austins...

I.P.C. Books
Adventure novels
432 pages
Knitting: laced
ISBN: 9789636357993
Author: Clive Cussler
Release year: 2021