The Sacred Vault

Author: Andy McDermott
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553593641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
A DARING HEIST. A PRICELESS ARTIFACT. A SECRET LOCKED SAFELY AWAY—UNTIL NOW. When Michelangelo’s David is stolen from its museum in Florence, it’s only the latest in a series of audacious raids on the world’s greatest treasures. But American archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-mercenary Eddie Chase, discover the raiders’ ultimate target when the Talonor Codex—a cryptic travel journal that Nina found in Atlantis—is snatched from a well-guarded exhibition right in front of their eyes. The codex holds clues to the location of the Vault of Shiva and its mythical contents: the chronicles of the ancient Hindu god of destruction himself. From a deadly shootout in San Francisco to a hidden valley in the snowbound Himalayas, Nina and Eddie must run a labyrinthine gauntlet of ruthless killers, corrupted faiths, and twisted ambitions to reach the sacred vault ahead of a cunning billionaire with a plot to remake the world—after he brings this one crashing down.

The Sacred Vault

Author: Andy McDermott
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553908146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530

The Sacred Vault

Author: Andy McDermott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780755354665
Category : Archaeological site location
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
The sixth brilliant book from Andy McDermott - Clive Cussler's heir apparent. The world is in shock when Michelangelo's David is stolen from a museum in Florence, Italy. The latest in a series of audacious thefts of historical treasures, it's only a matter of time before another priceless artefact is targeted. When the Talonor Codex - a great Atlantean explorer's account of his travels - is stolen, it becomes clear that the thefts form only part of the raiders' ultimate plan. The codex holds clues to the location of the Vault of Shiva and its fabled contents - the legendary Shiva-Vedas, the chronicles of the ancient Hindu god of destruction. Witnesses to the latest daring robbery, archaeologist Nina Wilde and former SAS soldier Eddie Chase are forced into a treacherous hunt across the world to discover the vault before its secrets fall into dangerous hands. The vault's prize is a treasure beyond price, but it may also be the catalyst for global annihilation...

The Templar Vault

Author: Scott Chapman
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291596194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
The last surviving Templar outpost must protect their Order's greatest secret. As their world is torn apart by the jealous fury of kings, their only duty is to a sacred oath of allegiance to the Order and to each other. Step-by-step they eradicate their footsteps, knowing that only their own obliteration will guarantee that their duty will be fulfilled. Eight hundred years later and an international expert in disaster management sets out to prove that the Templars had a last ditch Doomsday plan. Peter Sparke aims at nothing less than to uncover the last refuge of the Order and the secrets they took to their graves.

The Vault of Vishnu

Author: Ashwin Sanghi
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 935629254X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
A Pallava prince travels to Cambodia to be crowned king, carrying with him secrets that will be the cause of great wars many centuries later. A Buddhist monk in ancient China treks south to India, searching for the missing pieces of a puzzle that could make his emperor all-powerful. A Neolithic tribe fights to preserve their sacred knowledge, oblivious to the war drums on the Indo-China border. Meanwhile, far away in the temple town of Kanchipuram, a reclusive scientist deciphers ancient texts even as a team of secret agents shadows his every move. Caught in the storm is a young investigator with a complex past of her own, who must race against time to maintain the balance of power in the new world. Welcome back to the exciting and shadowy world of Ashwin Sanghi, where myth and history blend into edge-of-the-seat action.

The Cleric's Vault

Author: Ernest Dempsey
Publisher: Sean Wyatt Adventure
ISBN: 9780988707238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
An old priest dies in the mountains of Ecuador leaving behind a vault of ancient treasures like the world has never seen. Except when his apprentice goes to open the vault, he finds it empty. Three decades later, Sean Wyatt and sidekick Tommy Schultz are on the hunt for the priest's incredible treasure. But were the contents of the cleric's vault the real treasure? Or did they point to something even greater?

Heavenly Vaults

Author: David Stephenson
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568988405
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
The author documents photographically more than eighty Romanesque and Gothic vaults from medieval churches, cathedrals, and basilicas.

Return to Atlantis

Author: Andy McDermott
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553593668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
American archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, are back for another heart-stopping, globe-spanning adventure in the latest New York Times bestselling series that “raises the bar to please adventure junkies who prefer to mainline their action” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A MISSING SCRAP OF ANCIENT PARCHMENT. THREE POLISHED PURPLE STONES. AND FROM THE SUNKEN WORLD OF ATLANTIS: THE GREATEST POWER ON EARTH. Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase have stunned the world with their discoveries, from the legendary sword Excalibur to the golden city of El Dorado. Now, by bringing together three ancient statues from three different continents, Nina is about to tap into a colossal energy source—one not felt since the days of Atlantis. But when the statues are stolen and Eddie is falsely accused of murder, forcing him to go on the run to hunt the man responsible, a violent struggle erupts among a secret, vastly powerful group that wants to control Nina and the earth energy. From a glittering, high-tech skyscraper in Japan to a harrowing chase beneath the Vatican and an underground military vault in Nevada, she and Eddie must piece together an astounding puzzle. For Nina Wilde is the key to a plot that will change the world forever. And Eddie is the key to keeping her alive.

A Burglar's Guide to the City

Author: Geoff Manaugh
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374117268
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
The city seen from a unique point of view: those who want to break in and loot its treasures

Diamond Vaults

Author: Zoë Opačić
Publisher: AA Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 76

Book Description
"Organised by themes in turn figurative and abstract, vital and mechanical, immaterial and ultra-material, this visual essay on the human body does not feature any predictable images of the body. Instead it uses diffracted views to conjure seven alternative visions of the flesh in the age of meta-mechanical reproduction."--Page 3.