Arkangel: A Sigma Force Novel (Sigma Force, 18)

From the #1 New York Times master of international thrillers comes the story of a hunt across the globe, pitting nation against nation, as ancient myths of a lost continent prove all too real.The execution of a Vatican archivist within the shadow of the Kremlin exposes a conspiracy going back three centuriesto the bloody era of the Russian Tsars. Before his murder, he manages to dispatch a coded message, a warning of a terrifying threat, one tied to a secret buried within the Golden Library of Tsars, a vast and treasured archive that had vanished into history.As combative forces race for the truth behind this death and alarming discovery, Sigma Force is summoned to aid in the searchnot only for this missing trove of ancient books, but to follow a trail far into the Arctic, to search for the truth about a lost continent and a revelation that could ignite a global war. But Sigma Force has its own difficulties at home after an explosive attack on the National Mallone aimed at the heart of their covert agencyhas left them vulnerable and exposed.The growing conflictboth on Russian soil and deep in the Arcticwill reignite a centuriesold war between the newly resurgent Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican, while sabers rattle across the nations of the Arctic Circle, threatening to turn those icy seas into a fiery conflagration.Facing enemies on all sides, it will be up to Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force to unravel a mystery going back millenniaand uncover the truth about a lost civilization and an arcane treasure that could save the planetor destroy it.