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A combat engineer and linguistics expert must find the connection between Archimedes and the legend of King Midas before it is too late.
Simon & Schuster
July 2011
On Sale: July 5, 2011
Featuring: Stacy Benedict; Tyler Locke
448 pages
ISBN: 1439181829
EAN: 9781439181829
Hardcover
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In the latest international thriller from bestselling
author Boyd Morrison, former combat engineer Tyler Locke
races against time to unearth the truth about the fabled
touch of King Midas. Tyler Locke’s routine
commute on a Washington State ferry is interrupted by a
chilling anonymous call: his father has been kidnapped, and
a truck bomb is set to detonate on board in twenty minutes.
When Tyler reaches the bomb on the boat’s car deck, he’s
stunned to find classical languages expert Stacy Benedict
waiting for him. She’s received the same threat, and her
sister has also been taken. In order to disarm the
bomb, Tyler and Stacy must work together to solve an
engineering puzzle—a puzzle written in ancient Greek. But
preventing the explosion is only the first step; they soon
learn the entire setup is a test created by a ruthless
criminal who forces them to go on a seemingly impossible
mission: uncover the legendary lost riches of King
Midas. Tyler and Stacy have just five days to track
down the gold. Armed with an ancient manuscript penned by
brilliant Greek inventor Archimedes, they begin a quest to
unravel a two-thousand-year-old mystery whose answer is
hidden within the workings of a cryptic artifact: the
Antikythera Mechanism, a device designed by Archimedes
himself. To save their loved ones and prevent their captors
from recovering a treasure that will finance unspeakable
devastation, the two scramble to Italy, Germany, Greece, and
finally to the streets of New York City in a race against
the clock to find the truth behind the story of King
Midas. The Vault combines an explosive premise
and blistering pace with a fascinating exploration of one of
history’s most intriguing inventors and a brilliant
reimagining of an ancient legend.
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