As war rages in 1944, young army lieutenant Lucas Athan recovers a sarcophagus excavated from an Egyptian tomb. Shipped to Princeton University for study, the box contains mysteries that only Lucas, aided by brilliant archaeologist Simone Rashid, can unlock.These mysteries may, in fact, defy—or fulfill—the dire prophecies of Albert Einstein himself.Struggling to decipher the sarcophagus’s strange … sarcophagus’s strange contents, Lucas and Simone unwittingly release forces for both good and unmitigated evil. The fate of the world hangs not only on Professor Einstein’s secret research but also on Lucas’s ability to defeat an unholy adversary more powerful than anything he ever imagined.
From the mind of bestselling author and award-winning journalist Robert Masello comes a thrilling, page-turning adventure where modern science and primordial supernatural powers collide.
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If you’re a fan of “The Da Vinci Code,” you’ll enjoy this book. Quite a page-turner!
I read this book a long time ago, after receiving it for free as a Kindle First. It was very entertaining, although a bit unbelievable. I loved the World War II time frame. It has a lot of action in it, and I know I read it quickly. I don’t remember a lot about the characters but as I recall, they were pretty well developed. It’s a fun novel to read and I believe it is the first of a series. Some day I’ll read others.
Studying history, you rarely think about the daily lives people led. The forces that shaped their lives and emotions make the characters and societies come alive.
This story wasn’t really what I expected when I picked it up- I thought it would be more Da Vinci Code and less religious-supernatural. It didn’t really wow me; the story bogged a great deal and it felt like Masello was trying to cram a great deal of historical people and events into places they didn’t really fit. The romance felt forced and stilted, and I didn’t particularly like the ending.
It’s an OK romp, if you like religion-based supernatural stories, but it was nowhere as compelling as Brown’s work was for me. I set it down several times.
An interesting story about cursed Egyptian artifacts. A young scientist discovers Einstein’s research about the cursed object, and finds more than he bargained for. Great book!