The lost temple

FOR 3,000 YEARS, THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES WAS LOST. NOW, THE CODE THAT REVEALS ITS HIDING PLACE IS ABOUT TO BE DECIPHERED. In 1947, in Greece, Sam Grant is a disgraced ex-soldier harboring an important secret. Six years earlier, in the midst of combat during World War II, he received from a dying archaeologist his life's work—transcriptions of an ancient text located in a cave in Crete that lead to a treasure everyone believes to be the product of fiction: the Shield of Achilles. However, this item is surrounded by threats, which arouses the interest of the CIA and the KGB, aware that it contains material capable of being exploited for weapons purposes. Thus, Sam relies on the help of a brilliant Oxford professor and a beautiful Greek archaeologist to survive while uncovering a world of obscure clues in poems and labyrinths of ancient cults and enigmas of lost civilizations. • “Every Indiana Jones or Steve Berry fan should read this.” – Booklist • Publishing rights to Tom Harper’s novels have been sold in twenty languages.