Anancient mystery becomes an all-too-real modern threat for Dirk Pitt and hiscolleagues, in an extraordinary adventure novel in one of suspense fiction'smost beloved series.

The murder of a team of U.N. scientists while investigating mysterious deathsin El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off Detroit. An attack fromtomb raiders on an archeological site along the Nile. Is there a link betweenthese violent events? The answer may lie with the tale of an Egyptian princessforced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago.

From the desert sands of Egypt to the rocky isles of Ireland to the deepwaterlochs of Scotland, only Dirk Pitt can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigmathat could change the very future of mankind.