Kingdom of Darkness: A Novel - 10

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 exSAS 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, exSAS soldier Eddie Chaseonly to be gunned down in front of them.

The assassin is soon identified as a ninety-year-old Nazi war criminalwith 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 treasuresa 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 is real, and that a group of former SS men who have tasted this water are now hunting for its source.

But before she and her alliance can act, Nina is kidnapped and spirited away to a secret Nazi enclave in Argentina, igniting a fierce, fateful, globe-spanning struggle in which her life hangs in the balance.

All the while a terrifying possibility emergesthat the world's darkest evil could live on forever.

Praise for the novels of Andy McDermott ';Raises the bar to please adventure junkies who prefer to mainline their action.'Publishers Weekly (starred review), on The Hunt for Atlantis ';A fun, action-filled James Bond/Indiana Jonesesque story.'Geek Speak Magazine, on Return to Atlantis ';Adventure stories don't get much more epic than this.'Daily Mirror (U.K.)From the Paperback edition.