The Arab Fall E-Book

J. Robert Kennedy

• Herausgeber: J. Robert Kennedy
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

"A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"USA TODAY and BARNES & NOBLE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR • “A MASTER STORYTELLER” • OVER 800,000 BOOKS SOLD • OVER 3,000 FIVE STAR REVIEWSTHE GREATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY SINCE KING TUT'S TOMB IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED!The Arab Spring has happened and Egypt has yet to calm down, but with the dig site on the edge of the Nubian Desert, a thousand miles from the excitement, Professor Laura Palmer and her fiancé Professor James Acton return with a group of students, and two friends: Interpol Special Agent Hugh Reading, and Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Martin Chaney. It's work for the professors and their students, and a vacation for the two law enforcement officers, but as Reading quickly discovers, he and the desert don't mix, and Chaney is preoccupied with a message he has been asked to deliver to the professor by his masters in the Triarii.But an accidental find by Chaney may lead to the greatest archaeological discovery since the tomb of King Tutankhamen, perhaps even greater. And when news of it spreads, it reaches the ears of a group hell-bent on the destruction of all idols and icons, their mere existence considered blasphemous to Islam.As chaos hits the major cities of the world in a coordinated attack, unbeknownst to the professors, students and friends, they are about to be faced with one of the most difficult decisions of their lives.Stay and protect the greatest archaeological find of our times, or save themselves and their students from harm, leaving the find to be destroyed by fanatics determined to wipe it from the history books.From J. Robert Kennedy, the author of over thirty international bestsellers including Rogue Operator and The Protocol, comes The Arab Fall, the sixth entry in the smash hit James Acton Thrillers series, where Kennedy once again takes events from history and today's headlines, and twists them into a heart pounding adventure filled with humor and heartbreak, as one of their own is left severely wounded, fighting for their life.About the James Acton Thrillers:"If you want fast and furious, if you can cope with a high body count, most of all if you like to be hugely entertained, then you can't do much better than J. Robert Kennedy."The James Acton Thrillers series and its spin-offs, the Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers and the Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers, have over 3000 Five-Star reviews and have sold over 800,000 copies. If you love non-stop action and intrigue with a healthy dose of humor, try James Acton today!"James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"Available James Acton Thrillers:The Protocol, Brass Monkey, Broken Dove, The Templar's Relic, Flags of Sin, The Arab Fall, The Circle of Eight, The Venice Code, Pompeii's Ghosts, Amazon Burning, The Riddle, Blood Relics, Sins of the Titanic, Saint Peter's Soldiers, The Thirteenth Legion, Raging Sun, Wages of Sin, Wrath of the Gods, The Templar's Revenge

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The Arab Fall

A James Acton Thriller

by

J. Robert Kennedy

From the Back Cover

FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY

THE GREATEST ArchaeoLOGICAL DISCOVERY SINCE KING TUT'S TOMB IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED!

The Arab Spring has happened and Egypt has yet to calm down, but with the dig site on the edge of the Nubian Desert, a thousand miles from the excitement, Professor Laura Palmer and her fiancé Professor James Acton return with a group of students, and two friends: Interpol Special Agent Hugh Reading, and Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Martin Chaney. It's work for the professors and their students, and a vacation for the two law enforcement officers, but as Reading quickly discovers, he and the desert don't mix, and Chaney is preoccupied with a message he has been asked to deliver to the professor by his masters in the Triarii.

But an accidental find by Chaney may lead to the greatest archaeological discovery since the tomb of King Tutankhamen, perhaps even greater. And when news of it spreads, it reaches the ears of a group hell-bent on the destruction of all idols and icons, their mere existence considered blasphemous to Islam.

As chaos hits the major cities of the world in a coordinated attack, unbeknownst to the professors, students and friends, they are about to be faced with one of the most difficult decisions of their lives.

Stay and protect the greatest archaeological find of our times, or save themselves and their students from harm, leaving the find to be destroyed by fanatics determined to wipe it from the history books.

From USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy comes The Arab Fall, the sixth entry in the smash hit James Acton Thrillers series, where Kennedy once again takes events from history and today's headlines, and twists them into a heart pounding adventure filled with humor and heartbreak, as one of their own is left severely wounded, fighting for their life.

About the James Acton Thrillers

"James Acton: A little bit of Jack Bauer and Indiana Jones!"

Though this book is part of the James Acton Thrillers series, it is written as a standalone novel and can be enjoyed without having read any of the previous installments.

About J. Robert Kennedy

With over 800,000 books sold and over 3000 five-star reviews, USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy has been ranked by Amazon as the #1 Bestselling Action Adventure novelist based upon combined sales. He is the author of over thirty international bestsellers including the smash hit James Acton Thrillers. He lives with his wife and daughter and writes full-time.

"A master storyteller." — Betty Richard

"A writer who tells what we are thinking but sometimes afraid to say." — Bruce Ford

"Kennedy kicks ass in this genre." — David Mavity

"One of the best writers today." — Johnny Olsen

"If you want fast and furious, if you can cope with a high body count, most of all if you like to be hugely entertained, then you can't do much better than J Robert Kennedy." — Amazon Vine Voice Reviewer

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Books by J. Robert Kennedy

The James Acton Thrillers

The Protocol Brass Monkey Broken Dove The Templar's Relic Flags of Sin The Arab Fall The Circle of Eight The Venice Code Pompeii's Ghosts Amazon Burning The Riddle Blood Relics Sins of the Titanic Saint Peter's Soldiers The Thirteenth Legion Raging Sun Wages of Sin Wrath of the Gods The Templar's Revenge

The Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers

Rogue Operator Containment Failure Cold Warriors Death to America Black Widow The Agenda Retribution

The Delta Force Unleashed Thrillers

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

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“All Muslims are charged with applying the teachings of Islam to remove such idols, as we did in Afghanistan when we destroyed the Buddha statues. God ordered Prophet Mohammed to destroy idols. When I was with the Taliban we destroyed the statue of Buddha, something the government failed to do.”

Sheikh Murgan Salem al-Gohary, Dream TV2 Interview Nov 10, 2012

“Egypt’s Justice and Development for Human Rights warned against the ongoing incitements from a large number of men of the Islamic religion to destroy the Pyramids and other Pharaonic antiquities, deeming them pagan symbols of pre-Islamic Egypt…. these calls have greatly increased after the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Dr. Muhammad Morsi.”

Preface

One of the most famous figures in history is Cleopatra. Much is known of her as she was the last Pharaoh to lead her kingdom, and died at a time where Roman culture kept written records of events that shed much light upon her.

We know much. She was born Cleopatra VII Philopator in Alexandria, Egypt, in 69 BC. She was married three times, the first two times to her brothers, as was Egyptian custom, then finally to the Roman Mark Antony, a romance that inspires to this day. Before Antony, she famously consummated a relationship with Julius Caesar himself, producing a son Ptolemy Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion (literally translated as Little Caesar). She also had three children with Antony.

Cleopatra was not truly Egyptian. Alexander the Great, a Greek, conquered Egypt, and after his death, Egypt was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty. This dynasty famously refused to learn Egyptian, speaking only Greek. Cleopatra changed that however. She learned Egyptian, embraced its ancient culture, and declared herself the reincarnation of the goddess Isis, a popular figure throughout Egyptian history. After her death, her son Caesarion was named Pharaoh by his supporters, but he was promptly put to death on Octavian’s orders, Egypt subsequently becoming a Roman province.

There are several versions of Cleopatra’s death claimed by history, however whether or not it was one snake or two, or whether she was bitten on the arm or the breast, are irrelevant. She died by her own doing, willingly. One misconception is that she was killed by an asp. Asps were not indigenous to Egypt, however the belief today is that all poisonous snakes, including king cobras, were called asps. It would make sense that a king cobra was used, as this creature held an important place in Egyptian culture. The famous death masks we are so used to seeing, the most recognizable perhaps the blue and gold mask of King Tutankhamen, actually represents a king cobra, the ridge of gold and blue surrounding the face the hood of the snake.

Cleopatra’s death is documented, the date, August 12, 30 BC is known, and it is accepted she was entombed with her beloved Antony.

What is not known is where they were buried, and why we have been unable to find the tomb of the most famous, and most recent, of all the Pharaohs.

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Liberty Island, New York, New York Today

Randy Douglas sipped his Diet Coke through the too narrow straw that seemed to turn every drag into a fizzy mess of bubbles rather than the cool treat it should have been. It was always disappointing when that happened, and he never went back to a place a second time if it did. But here he had no choice. This was where he worked, and every time he bought his lunch with fountain drink, he’d comment to the staff member about the straws to no avail.

Maybe someday they’ll listen.

He popped the top off the drink, setting the plastic rim and offending straw to the side, instead drinking directly from the cup as he finished his cheeseburger and fries. Sitting at the far corner of the patio overlooking the bay, he watched the Liberty Island ferry approach, a sight he had seen hundreds of times before, over hundreds of lunches.

Lunches that were none too healthy.

He patted his paunch, something he never thought he would let happen, but since retiring from the New York Police Department after thirty years of service, he had gone shack whacky at home with his wife, so decided he had to work in order to stay sane and save his marriage. A friend had hooked him up in this cushy gig as a security guard with the US Park Police.

He eyeballed four men walking off the ferry, his cop instincts kicking in. They appeared Middle Eastern, their faces cleanly shaven, and wearing the latest Western fashions, they shouldn’t have stuck out. But they did. Perhaps it was the fact they weren’t smiling, but that wasn’t it.

Randy took a sip from his open cup, and watched as the four men stepped off the dock and onto the red stone walkway that ringed the island. The four turned to the right, walking along the edge of the seawall, and it wasn’t until he saw the group break away from the throng that he realized what had made him single them out.