The blood of Alexander
By: Tom Wilde
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Forge Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780765333308; 9781466800557
Subjects: Cults; Governmental investigations; Archaeological thefts; Armageddon; Fanaticism; Tomb; Fiction
Description: "Jonathan Blake makes a living stealing antiquities--stealing them back, that is. A field agent for the Argo Foundation, a company that makes it their business to preserve humanity's history by liberating stolen artifacts from thieves and looters, Blake is used to dangerous assignments. But when he is forced by the US government into a deadly mission involving a missing Napoleonic standard, he finds himself in over his head. Blake is pitted against Vanya, the head of a fanatical cult, who seeks a gilded bronze eagle that holds a vital clue to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. From ancient ruins in Afghanistan to the catacombs of Paris to a chateau high in the French Alps, Blake must unravel the secret truth of the final fate of Napoleon Bonaparte, the murder of Percy Bysshe Shelly, and the hidden remains of Alexander. And he must do it before Vanya's apocalyptic plans for humanity come to their deadly fruition"--
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."