Ballantine
August 2007
On Sale: July 31, 2007
Featuring: Connor Shields; Daria McGowan
352 pages ISBN: 0345492242 EAN: 9780345492241 Hardcover Add to Wish List
As renowned archaeologist Dr. Daria McGowan readies the
most important project of her career—a museum exhibit
showcasing the priceless artifacts her great-grandfather
unearthed a century ago in the Middle East—she makes a
shocking discovery: many of the most significant pieces
have vanished. Panicked, Daria turns to the FBI.
It's an assignment that Special Agent Connor Shields is
more than happy to accept: Daria is the same pretty
American archaeologist he's been searching for ever since a
chance meeting two years ago. Working together to track
down the owners of the stolen artifacts, Daria and Connor
discover a trail of bodies—collectors who have met brutal,
bizarre ends at the hands of a killer whose murderous
methods are based on the rituals of an ancient
civilization.
Amid rumors of a curse and mounting pressure from both the
FBI and the museum, Daria and Connor race to unmask their
enemy and unravel a mystery stretching across oceans and
centuries. All the while, an ingenious murderer follows a
sinister plan to gather the coveted antiquities, and one
last acquisition: Daria.