Sheba - Hardcover

Sheba

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 256 pages. Dj wornOn the eve of the Second World War, as German armies gather to invade Poland, Hitler has hit upon a master plan to distract the British while the blitzkrieg takes place. A German archeologist from Dahrein, Otto Muller, who has just made a sensational discovery, is summoned to Berlin. In Dahrein, the Spanish-held por t on the gulf, Gavin Kane, an American trader, and Ruth Cunningham embark on a s earch to find Ruths husband, an archeologist who has disappeared in the desert w hile on a quest to find the long-lost temple of Sheba. With little to go on but the ancient testament of a Greek adventurer, Alexias, the only survivor of a Rom an expedition of 24 BC, Kane and Cunningham venture into the inhospitable Empty Quarter, the Rubh al Khali, a region of outlaws, treachery and death. Calling on all their reserves of cunning and ingenuity to survive the deserts and its deni zens, they are drawn inexorably onwards by the overwhelming allure of Sheba. Whe n they finally reach their destination, they stumble upon a conspiracy that coul d have devastating consequences for the world. Inspired by one of his early nove ls, now long out of print, Sheba has all the hallmarks of a vintage Higgins thri ller. Artikel-Nr. 3312d

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