By Wilbur A. Smith
Dr. Ben Kazin is a superb archeologist. Louren Sturvesant is wealthy, impulsive, and bodily enforcing, every little thing Ben isn't. Now, the to men—friends, rivals and partner—are looking for the mythical misplaced urban of Opet, equipped via an Egyptian tradition that reached Africa thousand years in the past, then vanished completely.
For Ben, the day trip is an opportunity to end up a debatable thesis. For Louren, it's a likelihood to spend millions—and make all of it again in gold and glory. yet what awaits them is an mind-blowing discovery, a siege of terror, and an act of betrayal that would tear the 2 males aside and bind them jointly forever...
Hidden underneath water, jungle, and blood-red cliffs is a misplaced international the place males and a stunning girl have been stuck in a livid conflict of passions hundreds of thousands years in the past, yet which has began as soon as again...
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