The Ark Conspiracy

Some secrets are worth crossing the world for. Not every family agrees on why.When his grandfather vanishes from an archaeological dig in Ethiopia, journalist Nathan De Groot inherits a coded diary and a trail that runs through a secret Templar archive, across nine countries, and into the hands of an ancient order that has guarded the Ark of the Covenant since the days of Solomon.He isn't the only one looking. The Shadow Syndicate is hunting the same trail, backed by resources, patience, and a scientist convinced the Ark's power could make death optional, for the right price. When Nathan learns who's really running the Syndicate, the case stops being about the past. It becomes personal.The Ark Conspiracy moves across a large canvas, a private island headquarters, an artificial intelligence with something close to a conscience, an ancient brotherhood, and a family fracture three thousand years in the making. Readers who want their adventure fiction with real weight behind it, in the tradition of Wilbur Smith's sweeping, character-driven epics, will find a story that asks as much of the heart as it does of the passport.Book One of the Nathan De Groot Adventures.