Audio Book Description:
Naples, 1750. In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. Their leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses themarquis of being an imposter, and demands to know a secret only the marquis harbors. In the fight that ensues,the false marquis escapes overthe rooftops of Naples, leavingbehind a burning palazzo and araging prince now obsessed with finding his quarry at any cost. Baghdad, 2003. An army uniton a routine mission makes a horrifying discovery: a state-of-the-art, concealedlab where dozens-men, women, children-have died, the subjects ofgruesome experiments. The mysterious scientist they were after, a man believed to be working on a bioweapon and known only as the hakeem-thedoctor-escapes, taking with himthe startling truth about his work. A puzzling clue is left behind: a circular symbol of a snake feedingon its own tail. As the power of the symbol comes to light, revealing the centuries of destruction left in its wake, one unsuspecting woman standsat the center of a conspiracy that could change the world forever.
