The high-explosive secret of the ages . . .
391 AD: Fanatics destroy the greatest storehouse of knowledge and treasure in the ancient world - the great library and museum of Alexandria. But a few conspirators secretly remove the most precious items and ship them to a distant, desolate land, hiding them deep in a specially excavated stronghold . . .
1991 AD: A UN plane, with the Secretary-General aboard, crashes in the icy wastes of Greenland, brought down by a monstrously cunning terrorist conspiracy. Trouble-shooter supreme, Dirk Pitt, in the area on an undercover search mission for a crippled Soviet submarine, finds himself caught up in an even more dangerous vortex of complex intrigue. And with a beautiful, sensual female archaeologist who has found an ancient gold coin nearby - far further north than it should be . . .
Dirk Pitt's quest for the Alexandrian treasure combines with his battle against the forces of murderous international terrorism in an outstanding story of razor's-edge suspense, hair-trigger international intrigue and all-out action and excitement.
