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Gideon Crew—a brilliant scientist, master thief, and intrepid adventurer—finds himself thrust back into danger when his former employer, Eli Glinn, vanishes and Glinn’s high‑tech lab shuts down. Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Crew is approached by former coworker Manuel Garza, who knows the location of a final treasure hinted at in Glinn’s last case: the translation of an ancient stone tablet from an undiscovered civilization, the Phaistos Disc. Crew must navigate incredible odds, racing against time to recover the artifact that could save his life—or bring it to an abrupt end.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Treasure Hunt
Authors: Douglas Preston
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