Sphinx

T. S. Learner

leden 2010 · Hachette UK

Podrobnosti o e‑knize

Alexandria, Egypt, 1977. During a clandestine dive to an old shipwreck, archaeologist Isabella Warnock unearths an artefact unlike anything she has ever seen: an astrarium, a powerful ancient device rumoured to have shaped the destinies of pharaos and kings since the beginning of time.

But her discovery comes at a terrible price, and it falls to her husband Oliver to keep the priceless object safe. Grief-stricken, Oliver refuses to believe in the astrarium's mysterious significance - until he finds himself up against someone willing to go to any lengths to obtain the powerful device.

Catapulted into an extraordinary world of conspiracy and Egyptology, where age-old sorcery and ancient legends clash violently with modern-day ambitions and the gritty world of oil exploration, Oliver has little time to get the astrarium to safety, before he, too, pays with his life...

O autorovi

British playwright and novelist T.S. Learner has lived in Australia for many years and now divides her time between London, California and Sydney. Her first three books have been published very successfully in Australia: Quiver, The Witch of Cologne and, most recently, Soul.