The Last OdysseyAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 3 September 2020
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â?oOne of the worldâ?Ts best storytellers.â??â?"Huffington PostFor eons, the city of Troyâ?"whose legendary fall was detailed in Homerâ?TsA Iliadâ?"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 Homerâ?Ts twin tales of gods and monsters, curses and miraclesâ?"The IliadA andA The Odysseyâ?"could also be true and awaiting discovery?In the frozen tundra of Greenland, a group of modern-dayA researchersA stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half-mile below the ice. The shipâ?Ts hold contains a collection of artifactsâ?"tools of warâ?"dating back to the Bronze Age. Inside the captainâ?Ts cabin is a clockwork goldA mapA imbedded withA an intricate silver astrolabe. Once activated, the moving map traces the path of Odysseusâ?Ts 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 Seaâ?"the subterranean world of Tartarus, the Greek name for Hell. When word of Tartarus spreads, the phantasmagoric horrors found in Homerâ?Ts tales are all too realâ?"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. â?o[Rollins] is what you might end up with if you tossed Michael Crichton and Dan Brown into a particle accelerator together.â??â?"New York Times Book ReviewA
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