New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first hardcover edition of the second novel by the author of "The Lost Army of Cambyses" - a story of the grudging alliance between an Egyptian detective and an Israeli policeman to solve a murder and track down a treasure hidden since the Roman sacked the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Originally published in paperback in the UK. Described as 'a brilliant detective novel, hidden within a medieval saga, tucked inside an archeological mystery, surrounded by a modern-day Middle East terrorist thriller.' (Katherine Neville.) Inevitably, this will be compared to Brown's DaVinci Code, but as James Rollins says "it is so much more . The mystery runs deeper, the history more accurate, the suspense drawn to a keener edge." Glossary. 551 pp. ISBN: 0871139723.