基本信息出版社：Atria Books
页码：320 页
出版日期：2009年08月
ISBN：1439158754
International Standard Book Number：1439158754
条形码：9781439158753
EAN：9781439158753
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
内容简介
Includes a Bonus MP3 CD of Thomas Greanias' Raising Atlantis!
From the New York Times bestselling author of Raising Atlantis and The Atlantis Prophecy comes an explosive new international thriller jam-packed with political and prophetic intrigue.
Beneath the city of God,
A centuries-old secret awaits.
And every power on earth wants it.
The adventure begins with the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine and a shocking legacy of Hitler's quest for Atlantis. Archaeologist Conrad Yeats discovers in the ruins of the Third Reich the key to an ancient conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of every major government. Suddenly Yeats is plunged into a deadly race across the Mediterranean, hunted by the assassins of an international organization that will stop at nothing to ignite global Armageddon and revive an empire. And only Serena Serghetti, the beautiful Vatican linguist he loved and lost, can help him save the world from the Atlantis Revelation.
Praised by the biggest names in thrillers, The Atlantis Revelation is an unforgettable blockbuster. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.作者简介 Thomas Greanias is the New York Times bestselling author of Raising Atlantis, The Atlantis Prophecy, and The Atlantis Revelation. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children. Visit his official website at www.thomasgreanias.com. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
媒体推荐 "Lightning-paced, dagger-sharp, and brilliantly executed, The Atlantis Revelation made me gasp out loud."-- James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Doomsday Key
"A giddily-paced, rollicking, globe-spanning tale of adventure, discovery and derring-do that pulled me in from the very first page. It's rare to find a tale as well researched as it is entertaining, and this is it. Best of all, it is pure fun!" -- Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Deception --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
文摘
Conrad Yeats started having second thoughts as soon as they anchored the fishing boat Katrina over the discovery.
It wasn't just that he hated the water. or that it was three miles to the bottom at the deepest part of the Mediterranean. or that his Greek crew believed these waters were cursed. It was the words of a former U.S. secretary of defense warning that what Conrad sought didn't exist, but if it did, he was not to disturb it or else. Maybe it's time you gave it a rest, son, and let the damned past rust in peace.
But he had come too far on his journey to recover a real-world relic from the mythological lost continent of Atlantis to turn back now. And he would never rest until he found out exactly what kind of damned past everyone would just as soon bury simply because it threatened their own vision of the future.
Conrad pulled the black neoprene wet suit over his shoulders and looked over at Stavros, his diving attendant. The big, strapping Greek had hauled up the sonar towfish that a team of sidescan sonar experts from the exploration ship had used to get a fix on the target only hours ago. Now he was fiddling with Conrad's air compressor.
"You finally fix that thing?" Conrad asked.
Stavros grunted. "Think so."
Conrad glanced up at Polaris, the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major, and then at the silvery waters. This location wasn't on any charts. He'd found it by using ancient poems, ships' logs, and astronomical data that only an astro-archaeologist like himself would take seriously.
Yet he wasn't alone.
The black cutout of a megayacht loomed on the dark horizon. For a pleasure palace cruising the Ionian Islands on an Easter holiday vacation, the six-hundred-foot vessel boasted an impressive communications array, a helicopter, and for all Conrad k
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