When myth becomes reality, the world's future hangs on a secret buried for millennia.
Twenty years after a top-secret hypersonic test flight crashes in the Nevada desert and uncovers a glowing, ancient obelisk, archaeologist Dr. Nolan Sloane makes a discovery that could rewrite human history: a hidden temple beneath Knossos, Crete. Inside, he and his graduate assistant Greta Erickson unearth thirty-two stone tablets in unknown languages and a crystalline artifact that responds to blood-the Heart of Poseidon.
Desperate to decode the find, Nolan calls on his estranged college friend Leo Danner, a brilliant but disgraced linguist. But the moment Leo touches the translations, he and Nolan become targets of a shadowy organization-and the mysterious "Men in Black" who will kill to keep the artifact's secrets buried.
Meanwhile, investigative journalist Clara DuBois survives a Luddite terror attack that rocks the U.S. government to its core. When her path collides with Leo's, they uncover a conspiracy stretching from the White House to the ruins of Atlantis itself-and a power older than civilization.
As Nolan, Leo, Clara, and Greta race from Crete to Egypt to unlock the Heart's secrets, they find themselves caught between ancient technology, a ruthless global cabal, and a weapon that could either save humanity...or end it.
Fans of James Rollins, Michael Crichton, and Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child will love this fast-paced blend of archaeology, science, and high-stakes conspiracy.