David Gibbins

From the author of the bestselling ATLANTIS comes a thrilling novel of buried secrets, age-old mysteries and a conspiracy surrounding the fabled Ark of the Covenant. 'What do you get if you cross Indiana Jones with Dan Brown? Answer: David Gibbins' Mirror 586 BC The ancient world is in meltdown. The Babylonians have ravaged the Holy Land, and Jerusalem has fallen. In desperation, the temple priests look to the greatest navigators ever known to save their holiest of treasures. 1943 A group of Allied codebreakers, under Churchill's direct command, work to stop a top-secret exchange between the Nazis and the Japanese. Yet even they know nothing of the ancient artefact hidden on board a ship whose fate they have just sealed. Present-day Marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his friend Costas undertake a dangerous dive hunting for Nazi gold in a wreck perched on the edge of the continental shelf. What they glimpse there leads Jack to piece together the truth of one of the greatest ancient voyages of discovery, one whose real purpose he could scarcely have imagined.Jack must fuse past and present as he never has done before in a terrifying final showdown on a desperate mission for humanity.

 INQUISITION 

Carthage, 146 BC. This is the story of Fabius Petronius Secundus Roman legionary and centurion and of his general Scipio Aemilianus, and his rise to power: from his first battle against the Macedonians, that seals the fate of Alexander the Greats successors, to total war in North Africa and the Siege of Carthage.

Bij een onderwateropgraving in de Bosporus vindt archeoloog Jack Howard iets onverwachts: niet de Menora, het tijdens de kruistochten verdwenen symbool van het joodse volk, maar een Vikingschip uit dezelfde periode. Er zijn echter kapers op de kust.Al snel wordt Jacks team belaagd door leden van een organisatie die zich beschouwt als de ware erfgenaam van de Vikingen. Jacks zoektocht naar de Menora wordt een adembenemende en levensgevaarlijke tocht die hem uiteindelijk tot diep in de Zuid-Amerikaanse jungle voert.

JACK HOWARD IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER A SECRET. PERHAPS THE GREATEST SECRET EVER KEPT WHAT IF one of the Ancient World's greatest libraries was buried in volcanic ash and then re-discovered two thousand years later? WHAT IF what was found there was a document that could shatter the very foundations of the Western World? WHAT IF you were the one who discovered this secret? And were then forced to confront terrifying enemies determined to destroy you to ensure it goes no further? David Gibbins electrifying new novel is the story of one last Gospel, left behind in the age of the New Testament, in the greatest days of the Roman Empire , and of its extraordinary secret, one that has lain concealed for years. Follow Jack Howard, man of action and the greatest archaeologist of his day, as he discovers the secret and must prevent others from doing the same...

From the author of "Atlantis" comes a mesmerizing new action-adventure thriller, concerning an astonishing search for one of the worlds greatest lost Templar treasures. What marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his team discover could change the world forever. Original.

Atlantis és una combinació d'Indiana Jones i El codi Da Vinci per a una nova generació: només que, aquesta vegada, tot podria ser ben cert ...

Atlantis es una brillante combinación de thriller, novela histórica y de aventuras que arroja luz sobre el mito de la Atlántida.Fascinado durante siglos por el mito de la Atlántida, el hombre nunca ha dejado de buscar esta isla legendaria, el lugar mas avanzado de todos los tiempos, cuyos ciudadanos nadan en la abundancia y viven en armonia. Una sociedad perfecta que de repente desaparece bajo las olas en los albores de la historia, sin dejar rastro ni de la situacion ni de los grandes secretos escondidos entres sus muros.Al arqueologo marino Jack Howard le ha sonreido la suerte: mientras buceaba por un naufragio en el Mediterraneo, su equipo descubre lo que podia ser la clave de la situacion de la Atlantida. Con este unico indicio, y con los conocimientos que le han convertido en el experto mas respetado en su campo, Jack se propone encontrar lo que otros han buscado durante mas de mil años.David Gibbins lleva toda la vida dedicado a la arqueologia submarina. Es una autoridad mundial en naufragios de la antiguedad y en ciudades sumergidas.

Archaeologist Jack Howard is a brave but cautious man. When he embarked on a new search for buried treasure in the Mediterranean, he knew it was a long shot. When he uncovered a golden disc that spoke of a lost civilization more advanced than any in the ancient world, he started to get excited. But when Jack Howard and his intrepid crew finally got close to uncovering the secrets the sea had held for thousands of years, nothing could have prepared them for what they would find...

THE LAST GOSPEL was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller and Headline is determined to take David Gibbins to the top

The elusive Crusader Gold: the greatest prize missing from the final bloody conflict of the Crusades. For many it is the Jewish menorah, the huge golden candlestick looted by the Romans in AD70 when they sacked the Temple in Jerusalem and marched through Rome in triumph. It was carried off to Constantinople. Now, nobody knows where it is. Some Jewish activists today think it survived and is concealed in the Vatican. Some think it took another altogether more extraordinary turn, at the beginning of history itself... Jack Howard is the only man who can find out. But the clock is ticking against him. Will ancient history give up one of its darkest secrets? The quest to find out takes him from the fall of the Roman Empire to the last days of Nazi power - and uncovers a trail more thrilling than anyone could have imagined.

History's greatest code has finally been broken ...Archaeologist Jack Howard is a brave but cautious man. When he embarked on a new search for buried treasure in the Mediterranean, he knew it was a long shot. When he uncovered a golden disc that spoke of a lost civilization more advanced than any in the ancient world, he started to get excited.But when Jack Howard and his intrepid crew finally got close to uncovering the secrets the sea had held for thousands of years, nothing could have prepared them for what they would find ...

Thriller de aventuras sobre la búsqueda del mayor tesoro de la historia desde la caída de Roma hasta los últimos días del nazismo. El arqueólogo marino Jack Howard y su equipo salen en busca del mayor tesoro de la historia: la antigua menora dorada de Jerusalén. Pero lo que van a descubrir podría cambiar el mundo para siempre... Mientras Jack y sus hombres descubren en las costas turcas del mar muerto una pista que les indica donde se encuentra el tesoro, alguien encuentra un mapa medieval oculto durante muchos años en la biblioteca de una vieja catedral. Estos dos descubrimientos permitirán resolver el enigma a la vez que desatarán una carrera contra reloj para detener una conspiración de grandes proporciones. Jack y sus hombres emprenderán una misión que les llevará de los icebergs del ártico hasta las junglas de Centro América en búsqueda del mayor tesoro de la historia desde la caída de Roma hasta los últimos días del nazismo. David Gibbins lleva toda la vida dedicado a la arqueología submarina. Después de doctorarse en la Universidad de Cambridge, enseñó arqueología en Gran Bretaña y en el extranjero. Es una autoridad mundial en naufragios de la antigüedad y en ciudades sumergidas. Ha dirigido diferentes expediciones en el Mediterráneo y en todo el mundo para investigar yacimientos submarinos. Actualmente, divide su tiempo entre el trabajo de campo, Gran Bretaña y Canadá.

AÑO 439 D.C. El Imperio romano se halla al borde del colapso. Con una rapidez sorprendente, un ejército vándalo ha asolado las provincias romanas de Hispania y el norte de África, conquistando Carta