The Blood of Alexander
A Novel
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A modern Indiana Jones steals a relic of Alexander the Great in Blood of Alexander, the thrilling debut from Tom Wilde.
Jonathan Blake makes a living stealing antiquities—stealing them back, that is. A field agent for the Argo Foundation, a company that makes it their business to preserve humanity's history by liberating stolen artifacts from thieves and looters, Blake is used to dangerous assignments. But when he is forced by the US government into a deadly mission involving a missing Napoleonic standard, he finds himself in over his head.
Blake is pitted against Vanya, the head of a fanatical cult, who seeks a gilded bronze eagle that holds a vital clue to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great.
From ancient ruins in Afghanistan to the catacombs of Paris to a chateau high in the French Alps, Blake must unravel the secret truth of the final fate of Napoleon Bonaparte, the murder of Percy Bysshe Shelly, and the hidden remains of Alexander. And he must do it before Vanya's apocalyptic plans for humanity come to their deadly fruition.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Wilde's unoriginal debut thriller, the wisecracking, James Bond-like lead, Jonathan Blake, has the requisite backstory for his new life as a globe-trotting adventurer. After his participation in a crooked archeological dig sets Blake up for a drug bust and a harsh prison stay, our hero turns to work for the Argo Foundation. The members of this shadowy organization are described as "pirates" who only prey on thieves and looters in order to "make certain whatever treasures recover find a good home." When the latest target is identified as Alexander's lost tomb, Blake sets out on a mission originating in the Parisian catacombs, racing to the hidden treasure before James Vanya founder and leader of a religious cult known as the Children of Cronus can get his hands on it first. Other authors of adventure fiction have done a better job using such formulaic elements as a sexy partner, betrayals, and hairs-breadth escapes.