Book 2 of Daniel Knox
Language: English
Action & Adventure Adventure fiction Archaeologists Dead Sea scrolls Egypt English Mystery & Suspense Fiction Excavations (Archaeology) Fiction Fiction - Espionage Fiction - General General Suspense Thriller Thrillers
Publisher: Grand Central Pub Mass Market
Published: Apr 29, 2010
Description:
SUMMARY: Facts collide with fiction in the pulse-pounding sequel to the highly praised The Alexander Cipher, featuring archaeologist Daniel Knox.THE EXODUS QUESTOn the trail of the lost Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeologist Daniel Knox stumbles upon a theft in progress at an ancient temple near Alexandria. Then a senior Egyptian archaeologist is violently killed, and the finger of suspicion points at Knox himself. To add to his mounting worries, his partner Gaille Bonnard is kidnapped while showing a television crew around the ruins of Amarna. She manages to smuggle out a message, pleading with Knox to rescue her, but he's locked in a police cell on suspicion of murder hundreds of miles away. His only hope of clearing his name and saving Gaille is to crack one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the ancient world...before it's too late.