Andy McDermott

La arqueóloga Nina Wilde ha descubierto un hallazgo insólito: un asentamiento submarino que existió más de cien mil años antes que cualquier otra cultura conocida. Pero antes de poder sacar conclusiones, su barco es atacado, y sus pruebas robadas. Decididos a resolver el misterio, Nina y su prometido, Eddie Chase, inician un viaje en busca de respuestas. Todos sus pasos son vigilados, sin embargo, por una organizacion religiosa clandestina, la Alianza del Genesis.La Alianza, que representa a tres de las religiones mas poderosas del mundo, no se detendra ante nada para mantener el descubrimiento de Nina en secreto ya que, ademas de que este contradice la mitologia de la creacion que todos ellos comparten, tal vez quieran reclamar para si mismos el hallazgo arqueologico mas valioso de todos los tiempos.

Contiene: -- 1. La tumba de Hércules (9788490180723) -- 2. El secreto de Excálibur (9788490182321).

he brilliant new Wilde/Chase novel from bestseller Andy McDermott - in their eleventh adventure Nina and Eddie must go on a desperate search to find the truth behind the Book of Revelation, as they try to deal with the most momentous change to their lives to date - Nina's pregnancy...For fans of Cussler, Mariani andRollins, the Daily Express says McDermott's novels 'explode off the page'. 2002 - Southern Iraq A CIA covert operation in the desert uncovers ancient ruins concealing a humanoid statue, with six wings and the face of a lion. Team member Ezekiel Cross is convinced that it represents one of four angels prophesied in the Book of Revelation, and when the agents are attacked by Iraqi forces, leaving Cross the only survivor, he steals it to begin his own mission from God ...Present Day - New York Depressed following the death of a friend, Nina Wilde has been focusing her energies on her pregnancy, rather than the archaeological discoveries for which she is renowned. But adventure still finds her - when she's kidnapped by religious cultists intending to force her to locate the remaining angels! Held prisoner in a strange village, Nina engages in a battle of wits against her captors, knowing her only hope of rescue is for her husband Eddie Chase to find the other statues first. But with a ruthless maniac determined to fulfil Revelation's prophecy, time is running out. Only by keeping the angels out of the cultists' hands can Nina and Eddie prevent the coming apocalypse ...but what price will they have to pay? 'Action, adventure and mayhem aplenty!' Scott Mariani '...Like Clive Cussler on speed. The action is non-stop' Huddersfield Daily Examiner 'Epic' Daily Mirror 'Pulse-racing adventure' Northern Echo 'Explodes off the page' Daily Express 'Fabulous action sequences ...[an] epic contemporary adventure thriller' Sunday Guardian '...One of Britain's most talented adventure writers' Evening Post

The twelfth in the fantastic Wilde/Chase series sees Nina trying to follow in her late mother's footsteps as she and husband Eddie search for King Midas' legacy. Fan Scott Mariani says that McDermott's adventure thrillers are full of 'action, adventure and mayhem aplenty'. if you read Cussler, Mariani or James Rollins you'll love this. A return to Atlantis The lost city has defined Nina Wilde's life. Her parents' obsession with Atlantis cost them their lives, but finding it brought Nina to her husband Eddie Chase and a series of archaeological treasures. A secret codex A decade later, the International Heritage Agency needs their help to locate the Secret Codex, an account of ancient Atlantean explorer Talonor's journeys, thought to be located in the dangerous underwater ruins of Atlantis. Unable to resist one more adventure, the couple join the mission. A king whose touch turns to gold But when a long-lost relative reappears in Nina's life, asking her to use the Codex to find a hidden cave containing the secret of King Midas, she is unprepared for the devastation that follows. The promise of unlimited gold has aroused the greed of powerful and ruthless forces...and only Nina and Eddie stand in their way.

El secreto de Excálibur, de Andy McDermott, autor de otras obras como En busca de la Atlántida o La tumba de Hércules, es una novela de narrativa fantástica que narra cómo quien extraiga la espada de Excalibur sostendra el gobierno del mundo entre sus manos. Un arma legendaria, un asesino despiadado, una busqueda peligrosa.La espada Excalibur, codiciada por todos a lo largo de la historia, se creyo perdida durante siglos, pero el historiador Bernd Rust piensa que puede localizar la mitica arma y que es la clave para aprovechar una increible fuente de energia. Nina se muestra esceptica hasta que Rust y ella son atacados por mercenarios decididos a adueñarse de sus investigaciones. Nina y su novio, el exsoldado del SAS Eddie Chase, se ven pronto inmersos en una carrera mortal para encontrar a Excalibur. Desde el desierto de Siria a las inmensidades articas de Rusia, Nina y Chase deben combatir a un enemigo despiadado que planea utilizar los poderes de la espada para sumergir al mundo en una nueva era de guerra.

Diversos estudios relacionados con un texto antiguo han convencido a la arqueóloga Nina Wilde de que la tumba del legendario guerrero Hércules puede existir realmente. Si la localiza, será el hallazgo mas importante de la historia. Cuando ella y Eddie Chase, su guardaespaldas y exagente de las Fuerzas Especiales britanicas, empiezan su busqueda, descubren que hay otros que tambien estan muy interesados en esa tumba y en lasriquezas que contiene. Inmediatamente comienzan a ser perseguidos portodo el planeta en una carrera contrarreloj para encontrar el tumulo del semidios. Deben superar todos los obstaculos y evitar que se apoderen de ella una serie de perversos personajes

Following in the tradition of Clive Cussler and Matthew Reilly, Andy McDermott takes us a roller-coaster ride in search of the legendary Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde believes she hasfound the location of the lost city of Atlantis andnow she wants the opportunityto prove her theory. Someone else though wants her dead! With the help of ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase and beautiful heiress Kari Frost, Nina faces a breakneck race against time around the world, pursued at every step by agents of the mysterious and murderous Brotherhood of Selasphoros. From the jungles of Brazil to the mountains of Tibet, from the streets of Manhattan to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, the hunt for Atlantis leads to a secret hidden for 11,000 years which in the wrong hands could destroy civilization as we know it...

Una carrera contrarreloj para descubrir la legendaria civilización que desapareció hace más de 11.000 años: la Atlántida.A la científica Nina Wilde le han negado los fondos para su expedición a las aguas de la bahía de Cádiz, donde está casi segura de que se encuentran los restos de la Atlántida. Pero tras sufrir un atentado, Nina entra en contacto con un magnate que está dispuesto a financiar sus investigaciones. Estas la llevarán a Irak en pos de un misterioso objeto con reveladoras inscripciones, a la selva brasileña, a la bahía de Cádiz y finalmente al Himalaya, donde sus padres murieron años atrás. Una secta intenta evitar, por todos los medios, que Nina descubra el paradero de este mito del que hablaban los clásicos de la Antigüedad.

From the author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, comes an electrifying new novel. Nina Wilde is on the hunt for the Tomb of Hercules. Studies of an ancient text have convinced archaeologist Nina Wilde that a tomb containing the remains of legendary warrior Hercules may actually exist. If she can locate it, it will be the most important historical find ever to be unearthed. As Nina and Eddie Chase, her ex-SAS bodyguard and now boyfriend, begin their search it's clear that others want to find the tomb -- and the unimaginable riches contained within. Nina and Chase are soon following a violent trail of corruption and conspiracy around the globe. From Switzerland to Shanghai, Botswana to London, it's a race against time to find the Tomb of Hercules before it falls into the most evil of hands...

Excalibur . . . Legend has it that he who carries King Arthur's mighty sword into battle will be invincible. But for more than a thousand years, the secret to the whereabouts of this powerful weapon has been lost . . . until now. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is hoping for a little R&R with her fiancé, former SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase. But the couple's plans are dashed when a meeting with an old acquaintance propels Nina and Eddie into a razor's-edge hunt across the globe—battling a team of elite mercenaries who will stop at nothing in order to claim a prize every treasure hunter has coveted since the final days of Camelot. Nina and Eddie must do everything they can to keep the legendary blade from falling into the wrong hands. Because the truth behind the sword's power—and those who seek it—will not only shock the world but plunge it into a new and more devastating era of war.

Una carrera contrarreloj para descubrir la legendaria civilización de la Atlántida. A la científca Nina Wilde le han negado los fondos para su expedición a las aguas de la bahía de Cádiz, donde está casi segura de que se encuentran los restos de la Atlántida. Pero tras sufrir un atentado, Nina entra en contacto con un magnate que está dispuesto a fnanciar sus investigaciones. Estas la llevarán a Irak en pos de un misterioso objeto con reveladoras inscripciones, a la selva brasileña, a la bahía de Cádiz y fnalmente al Himalaya, donde sus padres murieron años atrás. Una secta intenta evitar, por todos los medios, que Nina descubra el paradero de este mito del que hablaban los autores de la Antigüedad.

In his third book the brilliant Andy McDermott sends Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase hurtling round the globe in search of the legendary sword Excalibur.

Archeological danger duo Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase, now engaged to be married, dodge bullets in pursuit of another fabled object in their fourth adventure (after 2010's The Secret of Excalibur). Nina isn't actually certain what she's looking for, but she knows the vastly powerful, resourceful, and mysterious consortium known as the Covenant of Genesis wants to destroy it, which provides incentive enough for her to disregard expense, ethics, and personal safety while pursuing it. She and Eddie escape marauding henchmen seeking to destroy their entire crew and all evidence of an ancient stone tablet they found in Indonesia, only to be attacked back at Nina's New York office. They immediately commence an intercontinental game of hunt and be hunted, cracking heads, wise, and the occasional Indiana Jones-style whip amid plenty of action and gore. (May)

The ultimate action duo - Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase - return in their ninth high-octane adventure.Secrets from the past emerge to threaten archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, former SAS soldier Eddie Chase, when a Viking runestone is stolen by a murderous gang of raiders. The stone holds the key to an ancient evil concealed in one of Norse mythology''s holiest places: Valhalla.Travelling to Sweden, Eddie and Nina find themselves in a race against time to locate the legendary hall of the Viking warriors - before rival powers claim its deadly contents for themselves. It is a quest that will force Eddie to revisit a dark chapter from his mercenary days that he has kept hidden from everyone... including his wife.Only Nina and Eddie can prevent the unleashing of primordial terror from the depths of the earth. But even if they succeed, will the cost be greater than either of them could have ever imagined?

Diversos estudios relacionados con un texto antiguo han convencido a la arqueóloga Nina Wilde de que la tumba del legendario guerrero Hércules puede existir realmente. Si la localiza, será el hallazgo mas importante de la historia. Cuando ella y Eddie Chase, su guardaespaldas y exagente de las Fuerzas Especiales britanicas, empiezan su busqueda, descubren que hay otros que tambien estan muy interesados en esa tumba y en las riquezas que contiene. Inmediatamente comienzan a ser perseguidos por todo el planeta en una carrera contrarreloj para encontrar el tumulo del semidios. Deben vencer todos los obstaculos y evitar que se apoderen de ella personajes mas perversosAndy McDermott nacio en Halifax, Inglaterra. Tras el exito conseguido con su primera novela,En busca de la Atlantida (Plaza & Janes, 2008), aparece La tumba de Hercules, segunda parte de la serie de aventuras de Nina Wilde y Eddie Chase.

La arqueóloga Nina Wilde ha descubierto un hallazgo insólito: un asentamiento submarino que existió más de cien mil años antes que cualquier otra cultura conocida. Pero antes de poder sacar conclusiones, su barco es atacado, y sus pruebas robadas. Decididos a resolver el misterio, Nina y su prometido, Eddie Chase, inician un viaje en busca de respuestas. Todos sus pasos son vigilados, sin embargo, por una organizacin religiosa clandestina, la Alianza del G?nesis.La Alianza, que representa a tres de las religiones mas poderosas del mundo, no se detendra ante nada para mantener el descubrimiento de Nina en secreto ya que, ademas de que este contradice la mitologia de la creacion que todos ellos comparten, tal vez quieran reclamar para s¡ mismos el hallazgo arqueologico mas valioso de todos los tiempos.