Former FBI profiler turned professor Adrian West is in Rome for academic conference when she learns that her friend and colleague, Doctor Sebastian Rossi, has been abducted.

Her former partner, Nick Harper, believes that his disappearance is linked to stolen artifacts related to one of the most famous queens in history-Cleopatra.

When another of his colleagues is found murdered, and Adrian framed for the crime, it's a race against time from the streets of Rome and Cairo to the ancient temples of Egypt.

Adrian must prove her innocence, find Sebastian before it's too late, and stop a shadowy secret society from using the secrets of an ancient queen to cause the loss of countless lives...

For fans of James Rollins, Steve Berry and Dan Brown, start reading this fast-paced archaeological thriller now!