So they band together against all odds and send an eight-man team to take on all the great forces in the chase. Among them are the United States, the European Union, Israel, ruthless terrorists, and one other unusual force: a coalition of seven smaller nations that have decided that the Capstone is too powerful for any one country to hold. With the fate of global dominance hanging in the balance, nearly every world power sends forth its troops to locate the Capstone. In 2006, the Tartarus Rotation will come again, but the Capstone is nowhere to be found. And, according to legend, whosoever places the Capstone on the pyramid at the next Tartarus Rotation will gain absolute power over Earth for the next 1,000 years. It is said that when the Capstone sat atop the Great Pyramid, no such flooding or solar damage occurred. Once every 4,500 years, a superhot sunspot - the Tartarus Sunspot - aligned itself with Earth and caused immense worldwide flooding and sun-scorching. In ancient times, a Golden Capstone was placed atop the Great Pyramid at Giza during a rare solar event called the Tartarus Rotation. Matthew Reilly, the New York Times bestselling author and 'pedal-to-the-metal action novelist' (Publishers Weekly), is back in high gear on the greatest treasure hunt of all time - a headlong race to find the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. From the Colossus of Rhodes to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Great Egyptian Pyramid itself, unlock the thrills of Seven Deadly Wonders.

Thus the greatest treasure hunt of all time begins - an adrenaline fueled race on a global battlefield.

But a group of small nations, led by super-soldier Jack West Jr., bands together to prevent any one country from attaining this frightening power. Now the Sun is turning once again and nation will battle nation to retrieve the missing Capston. But whoever sets the Golden Capstone atop the Great Pyramid at Giza will avert disaster and gain the ultimate prize: a millennium of world dominance. THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME A legend of the ancient world decrees that every 4,500 years, a terrible solar event will wreak worldwide destruction. Now the Sun is turning once AN ANCIENT SECRET.

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