The world of priceless art is a playground for billionaires, a rarefied atmosphere even more privileged and ruthless than owning a champion race horse or a sports team. Money and ego have turned the quest for art into a deadly business in which the super rich battle to possess the rarest and most beautiful objects d'art on Earth. Sammu-ramat: Queen of Babylon. The first warrior queen in history, called by some the Whore of Babylon. Her golden death mask left a legacy of lust and violence to those who fought to possess it.Madison Dupre: curator for the billion-dollar Piedmont collection. She fights for her career, her freedom - and her life - after she acquires the fifty-five-million-dollar golden mask of the long dead Babylonian queen. Coby Lewis: an ex-Navy SEAL, who uses his frogman training to dive for sunken treasure. Madison knows she can't trust him...but she also can't resist him. Abdul ibn Hussein: His father died protecting the golden mask from thieves. Abdul said that the mask was stolen when the Baghdad museum was looted as American troops entered the city. He also claims that Navy SEALs worked with Iraqis to loot the museum.
New York, London, Zurich, and Malaga are the venues as the heat is turned on Madison - and she goes on the run to clear her name and save her life.
About the Author :
Born in New York City, HAROLD ROBBINS is one of the world's bestselling authors, writing novels that often mirrored his own experiences and that were peopled by characters he had met.
JUNIUS PODRUG was selected by the Robbins Estate to carry on the ideas, uncompleted works, and tradition of Harold Robbins because he was both a friend of Harold's and a writer whose books Harold admired. He is the author of Harold Robbins' "Blood Royal "and "The Devil to Pay."
Review :
"Robbins' dialogue is moving . . . his people have the warmth of life."--"The New York Times"
"Spellbinding..."The Firm" meets "Mona Lisa" in this exciting thriller of murder, greed, and lust as the superrich compete to possess the rarest and most beautiful objects on earth."--William Martin, "New York"" Times" bestselling author of "The Lost Constitution"
"This study of greed, psychology and a genuine crime against civilization grabs the reader from start to finish. No one who has ever looked in awe at a museum object will ever feel the same again after this inside look at the real world of collectors."--Walter J. Boyne, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Supersonic Thunder" on "The Looters"
"Robbins's literary legacy remains very much alive, and his thousands of fans should experience a pleasant sense of deja vu as they race through this latest installment."--"Publishers Weekly "on "Heat of Passion"
“Robbins’ dialogue is moving . . . his people have the warmth of life.”--"The New York Times"
“Spellbinding…"The Firm" meets "Mona Lisa" in this exciting thriller of murder, greed, and lust as the superrich compete to possess the rarest and most beautiful objects on earth.”--William Martin, "New York"" Times" bestselling author of "The Lost Constitution"
“This study of greed, psychology and a genuine crime against civilization grabs the reader from start to finish. No one who has ever looked in awe at a museum object will ever feel the same again after this inside look at the real world of collectors.”--Walter J. Boyne, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Supersonic Thunder" on "The Looters"
“Robbins's literary legacy remains very much alive, and his thousands of fans should experience a pleasant sense of déjà vu as they race through this latest installment.”--"Publishers Weekly "on "Heat of Passio
"Robbins' dialogue is moving . . . his people have the warmth of life."--"The New York Times""Spellbinding..."The Firm" meets "Mona Lisa" in this exciting thriller of murder, greed, and lust as the superrich compete to possess the rarest and most beautiful objects on earth."--William Martin, "New York"" Times" bestselling author of "The Lost Constitution"
"This study of greed, psychology and a genuine crime against civilization grabs the reader from start to finish. No one who has ever looked in awe at a museum object will ever feel the same again after this inside look at the real world of collectors."--Walter J. Boyne, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Supersonic Thunder" on "The Looters"
"Robbins's literary legacy remains very much alive, and his thousands of fans should experience a pleasant sense of deja vu as they race through this latest installment."--"Publishers Weekly "on "Heat of Passion"
