{"product_id":"9780553818734","title":"The Hidden Oasis : an action-packed, race-against-time archaeological adventure thriller you won’t be able to put down","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Sussman, Paul \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/11\/2009,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 656 pages, 2 b \u0026amp; w maps and line illustration,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780553818734,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbania, 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir goal: one of archaeology's greatest mysteries and the astonishing secret at its heart...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697870209068,"sku":"9780553818734","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780553818734.jpg?v=1722604748","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780553818734","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}