Testament

Underwater archaologist Jack Howard uncovers the thrilling mystery surrounding one of the greatest hidden treasures of all time: the Ark of the Covenant.

From the author of the bestselling ATLANTIS comes a thrilling novel of buried secrets, age-old mysteries and a conspiracy surrounding the fabled Ark of the Covenant. 'What do you get if you cross Indiana Jones with Dan Brown? Answer: David Gibbins' Mirror 586 BC The ancient world is in meltdown. The Babylonians have ravaged the Holy Land, and Jerusalem has fallen. In desperation, the temple priests look to the greatest navigators ever known to save their holiest of treasures. 1943 A group of Allied codebreakers, under Churchill's direct command, work to stop a top-secret exchange between the Nazis and the Japanese. Yet even they know nothing of the ancient artefact hidden on board a ship whose fate they have just sealed. Present-day Marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his friend Costas undertake a dangerous dive hunting for Nazi gold in a wreck perched on the edge of the continental shelf. What they glimpse there leads Jack to piece together the truth of one of the greatest ancient voyages of discovery, one whose real purpose he could scarcely have imagined. Jack must fuse past and present as he never has done before in a terrifying final showdown on a desperate mission for humanity.

The diving sequences are marvellous ... there isn't another thriller hero like Jack Howard and I treasure him

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David Gibbins is the author of twelve novels that have sold over three million copies in thirty languages. He has been on both the New York Times and the Sunday Times top ten bestseller lists, and he has been a Newsweek number one bestseller in Poland. As well as nine novels in his Jack Howard series of archaeological thrillers, he has written two novels set in the world of ancient Rome. David has a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University, is a passionate diver and derives much of the inspiration for his novels from the many expeditions he has led around the world to investigate ancient shipwrecks and other archaeological sites. His awards have included a Fellowship and Medallion from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. For his latest discoveries and more about David and his novels, visit www.davidgibbins.com and www.facebook.com/DavidGibbinsAuthor.

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586 BC. The Babylonians have ravaged the Holy Land, and Jerusalem has fallen. In desperation, the temple priests look to the greatest navigators ever known to save their holiest of treasures.

1943. A group of Allied codebreakers, under Churchill's direct command, work to stop a top-secret exchange. Yet even they know nothing of the ancient artefact hidden on board a ship whose fate they have just sealed.

Present day. Exploring a wreck on the edge of the continental shelf, marine archaeologist Jack Howard and his friend Costas make a startling discovery. What they glimpse leads Jack to piece together the truth of one of the greatest ancient voyages of discovery, one whose real purpose he could scarcely have imagined. Now he must fuse past and present in a terrifying showdown on a desperate mission for humanity.

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'Fascinating... (The) Da Vinci Code of the deep sea' Daily Express

'A brilliantly written thriller' Parmenion Books

'The deeper the team dived, the more I became engrossed. Fascinating' The National AE

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Cover image © Lee Gibbons. Divers © Alan Gibbins. Other images © Rich Carey/Shutterstock, Adnan Buyuk/Shutterstock, VisionDive/Shutterstock and Fiona Ayerst/Shutterstock.

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