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In 323 B.C.E having conquered Persia Alexander the Great set his sights onArabia then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final restingplaceunknown to this dayremains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologistsand treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up.And Cotton Maloneformer U.S. Justice Department agent turned rarebook dealerwill be drawn into an intense geopolitical chess game. After narrowly escapingincineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum Cotton learnsfrom his friend the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt that the blaze wasneither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of campaign of arsonintended to mask a far more diabolical design buildings across Europe arebeing devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. And from the ashes of theU.S.S.R. a new nation has arisen Former Soviet republics have consolidatedinto the Central Asian Federation. At its helm is Supreme Minister IrinaZovastina a cunning despot with a talent for politics a taste for bloodsport and the singleminded desire to surpass Alexander the Great as historysultimate conqueror. Backed by a secret cabal of powerbrokers the Federationhas amassed a harrowing arsenal of biological weapons. Equipped with thehellish power to decimate other nations at will only one thing keeps Zovastinafrom setting in motion her death march of domination a miraculous healingserum kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remainsof Alexander the Greatin a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1500 years.Together Cotton and Cassiopeia must outrun and outthink the forcesalliedagainst them. Their perilous quest will take them to the shores ofDenmark deep into the venerated monuments of Venice and finally high insidethe desolate Pamir mountains of Central Asia to unravel a riddle whose solutioncould destroy or save millions of peopledepending on who finds the lost tombfirst. From the Hardcover edition. «
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