The Hunt for Atlantis: A Novel
, by Mcdermott, Andy- ISBN: 9780553906806 | 0553906801
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- Copyright: 9/29/2009
A LOST CIVILIZATION. A DANGEROUS QUEST. A DEADLY SECRET. It's one of history's most enduring and controversial legendsthe lost city of Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is certain she's solved the riddle of its whereaboutsand with the help of reclusive billionaire Kristian Frost, his beautiful daughter, Kari, and ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, she's about to make the most important discovery in centuries. But not everyone wants them to succeed: a powerful and mysterious organization will stop at nothing to ensure that a secret submerged for 11,000 years never resurfaces. More than one would-be discoverer has already died in pursuit of Atlantis's secretsincluding Nina's own parents. Failure isn't an option. From the streets of Manhattan to the Brazilian jungle, from a Tibetan mountaintop to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Nina and Eddie will race against timeand follow a trail of danger and death to a revelation so explosive, it could destroy civilization forever....