VanOps

Da Vinci Code meets Tomb Raider in the award-winning thriller that #1 NYT author James Rollins called, "Full of action and suspense." Spain 1057: During a thunderous battle, the first King of Spain wrestles Alexander the Great's priceless Egyptian weapon from invaders, but finds it holds a terrifying and mysterious power. A thousand years later, on a hushed, fog-shrouded Napa morning, gunshots and the sound of breaking glass rip through the morning's silence. Maddy Marshall, an app designer and aikido instructor, and her twin brother, Will, an engineer, quickly run toward the sound. Horrified, they discover a sniper's bullet has found its human target. Before the pool of blood on the living room floor is dry, the twins are sent on an arcane quest to recover Alexander's ancient weapon. Joined by a VanOps covert agent, the rifle's sights are now set on them. No place is safe, a wrong move means death, and even a simple phone call is off limits if they are to survive. From a medieval Spanish castle, they follow a timeworn trail, starting at a secret warren under the streets of Jerusalem. But if the killer finds the weapon first, it will be used to cripple the United States' eye-in-the-sky early warning systems, allowing the Russians to swoop in and prey on the vulnerable nation. Can Maddy learn to wield the power of the dangerous weapon in time to stop the Russian scheme? Failure means fragile world peace will be forever shattered...

DA VINCI CODE meets TOMB RAIDER in this bestselling, multi-award-winning thriller series that combines international intrigue, historical mystery, and cutting-edge science into pulse-pounding action. A computer-app designer. An encrypted relic. Can she decipher the dangerous code before extremists trigger a high-tech apocalypse? Broad-shouldered marine turned covert agent Bear Thorenson wants his aikido black-belt girlfriend to join VanOps, but software expert Maddy Marshall isn't sure she's ready for a hazardous dark-ops role. When an armed Russian thief escapes over her wrought-iron fire escape carrying an ancient star chart in his bloodied hand, she decides her only choice is to join Bear in the pursuit. If her royal Spanish family legends are true, the mysterious chart leads to a superconductive treasure trove capable of powering the ultimate quantum computer. Maddy soon learns that the lightning-fast machine will be used by fringe members of the Russian government to spark a global war, and her eyes grow wide with fear before her spine stiffens with resolve. Setting off on a mad dash to uncover the chart's celestial secrets at a Mexican archeoastronomy site, the VanOps team unearths a clue dating back to biblical times. Racing across the globe through the dangerous bazaars of Morocco, fallen Turkish temples, and Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the covert group must fight to stay even a half-step ahead of sinister assassins. With millions of lives on the line, can Maddy and Bear crack the chart's secret code before extremists trigger a high-tech apocalypse?