Part of Dirk Pitt®, book 21
First published 2010
Dirk Pitt faces a puzzle that spans seventeen centuries. A Roman galley flees pirates in 327 A.D. carrying precious cargo. Nearly sixteen hundred years later, a British warship explodes without warning in the North Sea. Today, bombs tear through sacred mosques across Turkey and Egypt. Pitt discovers that Roman relics unearthed in Turkey and Israel link these events to a dangerous fundamentalist group. The organization seeks to rebuild the Ottoman Empire's former power. At the center lies a lost document they call the manifest. This ancient text holds secrets that could reshape world history. Pitt must stop the extremists before they find it. The hunt takes him from archaeological sites to terrorist cells as past and present collide.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Egypt, Israel, North Sea, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
Period: 327 A.D., 16th Century, 21st Century
548 pages · Hardcover · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: violence