Audio Book Description:
Locating Alexander the Great`s final resting place-unknown to this day- remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters.Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. After narrowly escaping a firethat consumes a Danish museum, Cotton Malone-formerU.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer-learnsfrom his friend,the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was part of acampaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design. From the ashes of the U.S.S.R., a new nation has arisen: the Central AsianFederation. At its helm is Supreme Minister Irina Zovastina, a cunning despot with thesingle-minded desire to surpass Alexander the Great ashistory`s ultimate conqueror. The Federation has amassed a harrowing arsenal of biological weapons, and only one thing keeps Zovastina from settingin motion her death march of domination:a miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander theGreat-in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years. Together, Cotton and Cassiopeia must outrun and outthink the forces allied against them in orderto unravel a riddle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people-depending on who finds the lost tomb first.
