NEW YORK TIMES BESETSELLER - "Those who relish suspense in the
Da Vinci Code vein will snap this one up, the best yet in the
series."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told that
his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic. But what
he now learns stuns him: His father's sub was a secret nuclear vessel
lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of
Antarctica.
Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer and Christl Falk are also determined to
find out what became of their father, who died on the same submarine-and
they know something Malone doesn't: Inspired by strange clues discovered
in Charlemagne's tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the
Americans. Now Malone discovers that cryptic journals penned in "the
language of heaven," conundrums posed by an ancient historian, and his
father's ill-fated voyage are all tied to a revelation of immense
consequence for humankind. As Malone embarks on a dangerous quest with
the sisters, he will finally confront the shocking truth of his father'
s death and the distinct possibility of his own.