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THE LAST ODYSSEY - JAMES ROLLINS KARTONIERT (TB)

?One of the world's best storytellers.? ?Huffington Post For eons  the city of Troy?whose
legendary fall was detailed in Homer's Iliad?was believed to be myth  until archaeologists in
the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. If Troy was real 
how much of Homer's twin tales of gods and monsters  curses and miracles?The Iliad and The
Odyssey?could also be true and awaiting discovery? In the frozen tundra of Greenland  a group
of modern-day researchers stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half-mile below
the ice. The ship's hold contains a collection of artifacts?tools of war?dating back to the
Bronze Age. Inside the captain's cabin is a clockwork gold map imbedded with an intricate
silver astrolabe. Once activated  the moving map traces the path of Odysseus's famous ship as
it sailed away from Troy. But the route detours as the map opens to reveal a fiery river
leading to a hidden realm underneath the Mediterranean Sea?the subterranean world of Tartarus 
the Greek name for Hell. When word of Tartarus spreads  the phantasmagoric horrors found in
Homer's tales are all too real?and whoever possesses them can use their awesome power to
control the future of humanity. Now  Sigma Force must prevent a tyrant from igniting a global
war and cross the very gates of Hell. ?[Rollins] is what you might end up with if you tossed
Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.? ?New York Times Book
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