So they band together against all odds and send an eight-man team to take on all the great forces in the chase. Among them are the United States, the European Union, Israel, ruthless terrorists, and one other unusual force: a coalition of seven smaller nations that have decided that the Capstone is too powerful for any one country to hold. With the fate of global dominance hanging in the balance, nearly every world power sends forth its troops to locate the Capstone. In 2006, the Tartarus Rotation will come again, but the Capstone is nowhere to be found. And, according to legend, whosoever places the Capstone on the pyramid at the next Tartarus Rotation will gain absolute power over Earth for the next 1,000 years. It is said that when the Capstone sat atop the Great Pyramid, no such flooding or solar damage occurred. Once every 4,500 years, a superhot sunspot - the Tartarus Sunspot - aligned itself with Earth and caused immense worldwide flooding and sun-scorching.

In ancient times, a Golden Capstone was placed atop the Great Pyramid at Giza during a rare solar event called the Tartarus Rotation. Reilly is the hottest action writer around' - 'Evening Telegraph'.Matthew Reilly, the New York Times bestselling author and 'pedal-to-the-metal action novelist' (Publishers Weekly), is back in high gear on the greatest treasure hunt of all time - a headlong race to find the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 'More action, hair-raising stunts and lethal hardware than you'd find in four Bond movies. Led by the mysterious Captain Jack West Jr, this determined group enters a global battlefield filled with booby-trapped mines, crocodile-infested swamps, evil forces and an adventure beyond imagining. and one daring coalition of eight small nations.

Everyone wants it - from the most powerful countries on Earth to gangs of terrorists. Now it's 2006 and the coming of a rare solar event means it's time to locate the seven pieces and rebuild the capstone. more » en it was divided into seven pieces and hidden, each piece separately, within the seven greatest structures of the age. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global power. 4500 years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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