Dr. Jack Hawthorne is spending a nice evening with his family after his last archaeology class lecture at Evanston University when he gets a phone call that shatters his world. The caller tells Jack to grab whatever money he can, along with their passports, and get his family out of the house as soon as possible. Jack, along with his wife Espy and their two sons, Alex and Jim, narrowly escape the black SUV that pulls up seven minutes after the call. Another phone call from this same friend tells Jack to go to a small airfield to catch a flight. While loading onto the small plane, the pilot pulls a gun on Jack and Espy. Their sons are already on the plane, and the pilot takes off with them. His sons have been kidnapped. Jack and Espy soon learn that Marcus McKeller is behind this plot and wants Jack to bring him the bones of the prophet Elisha. Thirteen years ago, Jack and Espy found those bones on an archeological expedition and reburied them in the Australian desert. Will they be able to recover the bones once more? Will they ever see their sons again?

BLOOD AND BONE is a fast-paced, action-filled thriller that will keep you engaged from beginning to end. It's a combination of The DaVinci Code with its numerology and Raiders of the Lost Ark with the archaeological aspect of the story. Crisscross the globe with Jack and Espy from Ellen, North Carolina, to Venezuela, London, St. Petersburg, Russia and Paris. They explore secret caves and underground passages, graveyards and bell towers as they discover an ancient secret organization who has been the keeper of Elisha's bones for thousands of years. While the plot is somewhat predictable, the ending is certainly not. Jack and Espy are strong characters that you will be cheering on to escape each dangerous situation they find themselves in. BLOOD AND BONE is the third archaeological adventure from Don Hoesel, who uses the theme of power: political, economic and religious, in this riveting novel. If this is your genre, BLOOD AND BONE is an excellent choice, and I highly recommend it.