Sphinx

Alexandria, Egypt, 1977. During A Clandestine Dive To An Old Shipwreck, Archaeologist Isabella Warnock Unearths An Artefact Unlike Anything She Has Ever Seen: An Astrarium, A Powerful Ancient Device Rumoured To Have Shaped The Destinies Of Pharaos And Kings Since The Beginning Of Time. But Her Discovery Comes At A Terrible Price, And It Falls To Her Husband Oliver To Keep The Priceless Object Safe. Grief-stricken, Oliver Refuses To Believe In The Astrarium's Mysterious Significance - Until He Finds Himself Up Against Someone Willing To Go To Any Lengths To Obtain The Powerful Device. Catapulted Into An Extraordinary World Of Conspiracy And Egyptology, Where Age-old Sorcery And Ancient Legends Clash Violently With Modern-day Ambitions And The Gritty World Of Oil Exploration, Oliver Has Little Time To Get The Astrarium To Safety, Before He, Too, Pays With His Life... Alexandria, Egypt, 1977. During a clandestine dive to an old shipwreck, archaeologist Isabella Warnock unearths an artefact unlike anything she has ever seen: an astrarium, a powerful ancient device rumoured to have shaped the destinies of pharaohs and kings since the beginning of time. But her discovery comes at a terrible price. A compulsively gripping debut and one of Sphere's most exciting thriller launches in 2010.