A computer-app designer. An encrypted relic. Can she decipher the dangerous code before extremists trigger a high-tech apocalypse? Software expert Maddy Marshall isn't sure she's ready for a hazardous role in black ops. But when an armed Russian thief makes off with a rare ancient star chart, the aikido black belt has no choice but to join her VanOps boyfriend and twin brother in the pursuit. If her royal Spanish family legends are true, the chart leads to a superconductive treasure trove capable of powering the ultimate instrument of global destruction.
Setting off on a mad dash to uncover the secrets of a Mexican archeoastronomy site, she and the VanOps team unearth a clue dating back to biblical times. But as they race across the globe to Morocco, Turkey, and Egypt, they find themselves only a half-step ahead of sinister assassins.
Before millions die at the hands of an anti-American Russian government, can Maddy crack the secret code?
SOLSTICE SHADOWS is the second book in the fast-paced, multi-award-winning VanOps thriller series. If you like international suspense by James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, or Clive Cussler, you'll stay up late turning the pages of Avanti Centrae's high-stakes novel.
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The golden forks of lightning that raged over the bruised sea reminded Ravi of a thunder-imbued romp with his Russian mistress on her four-poster bed. PROLOGUE
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(@ThunderCreekPrs, 11 August 2020, 404 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 5 August via @RandomTTours)
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I've never read any other books in the series. I love Tomb Raider and the Da Vinci Code so I have no idea how this author slipped my attention. I need to rectify this ASAP. This is a complex book with a large cast of characters split across different countries and has a complex plot as well. It took a few chapters to get into the flow of the book but when I did, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The complex plot is revealed slowly, urging you to read on to make sense of it all. Each chapter ends on a hook or cliff-hanger which isn't resolved for a few chapters. This is a simple and effective technique I haven't come across before.
