An invitation too irresistible to refuse from the Museum of Cadiz leads archaeologist Annja Creed to the sun-drenched southern coast of Andalucia, Spain. In a region rich in Moorish and Roman ruins, she leaps at the chance to join a dig across the Bay of Cadiz, where she unearths a bronze bull statu[...]
"A holy war. An ancient scroll lost in history...until now."During a dig in Morocco, archaeologist Annja Creed and her companions are nearly buried alive when the "khettara" ceiling collapses, revealing a 1,300-year-old corpse. But when Bedouin bandits raid the camp, Annja barely escapes with her li[...]
"The Staff of Aaron...the sword of Joan of Arc."After decoding an ancient scroll--one that purports to pinpont the treasure of the Jewish Temple, lost for two thousand years--archaeologist Annja Creed agrees to lead the party to recover the find in Judea. It's a perilous desert journey through sands[...]
"A lost city. A missing tribe. And treasure beyond imagining..."When archaeologist Annja Creed attends an auction in Botswana featuring personal effects of an infamous explorer, she purchases a small and seemingly unremarkable piece of art. It's not until the explorer's son makes a desperate attempt[...]
"A key. An ancient automaton. A race against the devil to the deep blue sea..."
It started in 48 B.C. when a centurion on a rescue mission for Caesar went down with the ship in a storm. With his last breath, he saw the object of Caesar's seafaring excursion--an accursed, mechanical minotaur-[...]
A local superstition or one of history's monsters come to life?
Deep in the Bavarian forest, archaeologists unearth a medieval human skull with a brick stuffed in its mouth. When Annja Creed catches wind of the strange discovery, the TV host and archaeologist rushes to join the dig. But the supe[...]
At the bottom of a lake lies an ancient cache worth killing for...
The note from her friend and colleague had read "I have quite the monster for you to chase, dear Annja." And then before she could speak to him, he'd been found dead in the hotel's stairwell. It didn't seemed possible. Annja Cree[...]
White beaches and coral reefs should be adventure-proof...
For archaeologist and TV show host Annja Creed, a restful vacation in Costa Rica is as elusive as a rare artifact. Days into her sojourn, Annja's peace is interrupted by a woman with a mysterious--and enticing--tale. Weeks earlier, [...]
The secrets of the dead inspire the deadly intent of the living on the banks of the Amazon...
Deep in the Amazon jungle, a tribe holds the key to the truest form of dreaming--where the human spirit walks the petal-thin line between life and death. In an elaborate ceremony, the dreamer ingests a [...]
A sword of legend in the hands of an extremist...
Skalunda Barrow, Sweden, has long been rumored to be the final resting place of the legendary Nordic hero Beowulf. And there's something of Beowulf's that charismatic and zealous right-wing politician Karl Thorssen wants very badly. Intent on get[...]
Da Vinci's greatest and most dangerous legacy...
In the midst of a lovers' quarrel on a Venetian bridge, a pair of art thieves loses a priceless, stolen Lorraine cross to the canal's murky waters. Suspecting a connection between the cross, Joan of Arc and da Vinci, Annja Creed's former mentor, R[...]
A sword, a stone and a deadly legacy...
The theft of a whetstone from a Welsh museum and the murder of a curate during a grave robbery seem, at first, like random crimes. But the troubling deeds are linked by a precarious thread. An unusual collection of rare and scattered British antiquities ha[...]
With one small chess piece, the game begins...
For archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, a late-night phone call from the NYPD means one thing: there's been a murder and the police need her expertise. The only link between a dead body and the killer is a small elephant of white jade. An artifac[...]
The quest for youth only leads to death...
The Blood Countess--Elizabeth Bathory, a true monster of history--is one of the most infamous serial killers. Said to have murdered 650 young women for their blood, she believed bathing in it would preserve her vitality and beauty. It's a story that has[...]