Ex-SAS operative Ben Hope is living a peaceful life in rural France - until a phone call from an old army comrade turns his world upside down. Eminent Egyptologist Morgan Paxton has been brutally murdered while working on the mysterious b2Akhenaten Projectb2 in Cairo, and Colonel Harry Paxton wants Ben to find his sonb2s killer. Ben is unable to refuse the request from the man who once saved his life - but when Harry asks him to avenge his sonb2s death heb2s in dangerous territory. Made worse by the fact that he finds himself attracted to Zara Paxton, Harryb2s new bride. Carving through the seedy Cairo underworld, Ben soon realises that there was more to Paxtonb2s research than meets the eye as he is plunged into one double-cross after another. His mission leads him from Italy and Paris via the coast of Scotland to the banks of the Nile, climaxing in a tense showdown in the war-torn Sudanese desert. At the end of the trail lies the ultimate treasure, hidden away by three rebel High Priests during the reign of the b2Hereticb2 Pharoah Akhenaten - a collection so valuable that some will stop at nothing to possess it... A super-charged, heart-racing thriller, perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Sam Bourne and Wilbur Smith.
