The Hidden Oasis : an action-packed, race-against-time archaeological adventure thriller you won’t be able to put down

Author(s): Sussman, Paul
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 19/11/2009,
Pagination: 656 pages, 2 b & w maps and line illustration,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780553818734,
Description:

This captivating, atmospheric and gripping page-turner by million copy bestselling author Paul Sussman is a must read for fans of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy and Wilbur Smith.

'A rip-roaring gem of a read - you are in for a real treat! - Raymond Khoury'A compelling, high-octane adventure novel that seamlessly meshes past and present...' - James Becker'Hands down one of the best writers of international suspense in the business' - Steve Berry'This is five star thrills a page. Highly recommended.' -- ***** Reader review'A sheer pleasure to read' -- ***** Reader review'This novel is one of the most gripping I have ever read!' -- ***** Reader review*****************************************************Egypt 2153 BC: Eighty priests set out under cover of darkness into the western desert, taking with them a mysterious object swathed in cloth. Four weeks later, having reached their destination, they calmly slit each other's throats...

Albania, 1986: A plane takes off from a remote airfield, bound for the Sudan. On board, a cargo that will forever change the Middle East. Somewhere over the Sahara the plane disappears...

The western desert, the present day: A group of Bedouin discover a mummified corpse half-buried in the dunes. With it are a roll of camera film and a miniature clay obelisk inscribed with a curious hieroglyphic sign...

Three unconnected events - or so it seems until Freya Hannen arrives in Egypt for the funeral of her sister, a desert explorer who has inexplicably taken her own life...For Freya it is the start of a terrifying, life-or-death adventure - one that will lead her and Egyptologist Flin Brodie deep into the forbidding wastes of the Sahara.

Their goal: one of archaeology's greatest mysteries and the astonishing secret at its heart...