Many believe that the myths and stories we grow up hearing are based on fact in some form or fashion. Some of those stories seem so outlandish that a level-minded person could not possibly believe they are based on actual events. Tyler Locke is an educated, level minded person but he finds himself in a life or death situation that depends on finding King Midas' tome and the source of Midas' touch. Locke and TV personality Stacy Benedict have been blackmailed into finding a treasure that they believe could not exist. The lives of Locke's father and Benedict's sister are the price for failure.
THE VAULT offers gut turning suspense, page turning action, and mind bending riddles. Armed with ancient clues from the famed Greek inventor Archimedes, the reader is taken on a whirlwind adventure that stretches from North America to Europe. Armed with a combination of whit and brawn, the characters revisit historical artifacts and discover the lost history behind them.
I love books that make you think. The is exactly what THE VAULT makes you do. Throughout the story, you will be driven to decipher the clues and recount what you remember from your history lessons. The book also reminds you that just because a fact is written in history books does not mean it is a true account of what happened. Myths and legends were passed from one generation to another by people who may have had ulterior motives to change a small detail or a major fact to further a certain cause. Legends that have been exaggerated to seem impossible may have been created from a simpler story that can be confirmed through science. THE VAULT makes you think about other stories you may have grown up hearing and wonder if they too could be based on actual events.
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 Lockeβs 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 boatβs car deck, heβs stunned to find classical languages expert Stacy Benedict waiting for him. Sheβs 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 puzzleβa 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 historyβs most intriguing inventors and a brilliant reimagining of an ancient legend.
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