Author:Tom Harper,Francis Greenslade
In the bestselling tradition of The Da Vinci Code, this is a breath-taking, all-action adventure from the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper. This page-turner will take through the myths and legends of lost civilisations and into the heart of an ancient mystery...If you like Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Scott Mariani, you'll love this!
'Like Dan Brown, Tom Harper knows how to ratchet up the tension.' - Choice
'Totally fascinating' -- ***** Reader review
'Really good book, I find it hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'So thrilling I was reading it whenever I could' -- ***** Reader review
'This is an amazing book, well written. My only critisism is that I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review
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A DEAD MAN. A HIDDEN CODE. A DEVASTATING SECRET.
For three thousand years, the world's most dangerous treasure has been lost. Now the code that reveals its hiding place is about to be broken ...
Sam Grant is a disgraced ex-SOE soldier and an adventurer by trade. But he has a secret: six years ago, a dying archaeologist entrusted him with his life's work - transcripts of mysterious writing found in a hidden cave on Crete. Deciphered, it could lead to one of the greatest prizes in history.
But the treasure is as dangerous as it is valuable. The CIA wants it; so does the KGB. Helped by a brilliant Oxford professor, and a beautiful Greek archaeologist with her own secrets to hide, Grant is plunged into a labyrinth of ancient cults, forgotten mysteries and lost civilizations. But time is running out.
The secrets of the distant past may hold the key to the newest threats of the modern world...
In the tradition of The Da Vinci Code, a page-turner of a novel. Like Dan Brown, Tom Harper knows how to ratchet up the tension
—— Choice magazineDelicious cleverness and funniness . . . slips down as easily as strawberry soufflé
—— Sunday TelegraphFabulously funny . . . ace
—— HeatDavid Malouf writes with the voice of a poet; his graceful fiction deals in truth and is always beautiful... This is a book that will engage and inspire... In writing this novel Malouf is honouring a great work and also making his own
—— Irish TimesIn bringing something radically new, yet sensitively overlaid, to an already powerful epic, Malouf proves that an "untold tale" can be every bit as rewarding as its ancient original
—— Philip Parker , Financial TimesDavid Malouf has written a rich, moving and sometimes disturbing novel, one to read, as it demands, in a sitting and then to return to and read slowly. It is a worthy tribute to Homer and to the enduring fascination with the Iliad and Odyssey exert on our imagination
—— Allan Massie , The ScotsmanThis is a great story...Malouf's beautiful language puts fresh flesh on to these ancient characters
—— Claire Allfree , MetroFew writers possess the natural lyric grace of Malouf
—— Eileen Battersby , Irish TimesMalouf's poetic yet muscular prose is wonderful
—— Ronald Wright , Times Literary SupplementA marvel- beautifully written, surprisingly moving, quietly rather brilliant
—— Harry Ritchie , Daily MailWhile Malouf's chief interest is in the human impulses that lie behind the epic deeds, he remains faithful to the beliefs and values of the ancient world
—— Edmund Gordon , Times Literary Supplementimmensely moving, modern novel
—— Elizabeth Speller , IndependentA dignified performance ... in writing this novel Malouf is honouring a great work and also making a great work of his own ... his graceful fiction deals in truth and is always beautiful
—— Eileen Battersby , Irish TimesBeautifully written and very moving, Ransom is a reimagining that respects Homer's original while expanding expertly on its themes.
—— Alastair Mabbott , HeraldMalouf captures the moving humanity of Priam's grief
—— Robert Collins , Sunday TimesLyrical reworking of the final scenes of The Iliad
—— MetroThis superb novel goes by in a heartbeat, so smooth and engrossing is David Malouf's prose...It is a touching tale, full of pain, but rendered beautifully by Malouf's humanity
—— Lesley McDowell , Independent on SundayAn audacious reworking of Homer's Iliad.
—— Holly Kyte , Sunday TelegraphDavid Malouf...has given Homer's epic fresh life in this haunting mood piece...a graceful, eloquent text dominated by rage and sorrow
—— Eileen Battersby , Irish TimesThis novel explores the timeless motifs of epic, in miniature
—— The TimesYou know it ends in death, and so do Malouf's haunted protagonists, but this telling, at once unfussy and wonderfully poetic, breathes warm life into a great epic
—— James Smart , GuardianBreathtaking skill...an extraordinary emotional charge.
—— Colm Toibin , Guardian, Christmas round upA finely honed, writerly and wise revisiting of one of the most famous episodes in The Iliad, when Priam the King of Troy goes to bring home the body of his dead son Hector. No-one in prose has managed to better Malouf's imaginative recreation of the Homeric world.
—— Robert Crawford , Sunday Herald, Christmas round upa potent new yarn... Beautifully written in simple language freighted with meaning, Ransom explores a king's impulse to act as a mourning father.
—— James Urquhart , Financial Times
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