Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
An ancient treasure stolen by Xerxes the Great...
Discovered by Napoleon Bonaparte...
The clues to its hidden location lost until now...

Adventurers and treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are on a wild-goose chase. Up to their waists in the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Maryland, they're hunting for lost gold. What they find instead is a small Second World War German U-boat.

Inside the submarine they find a body - and a puzzling, incredibly rare bottle of wine. This bottle was one of twelve taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar'. But it is also a clue to a fabulous, ancient treasure.

One that Hadeon Bondaruk - a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire - will do anything to get his hands on. For he claims descent from treasure's one-time owner.

It will be his, no matter who stands in his way...

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold. A Fargo Adventure. Penguin, ISBN: 9780141042916 (January, 2011), 512 p., £7.99.

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
A fortune lost for ages...
A millionaire pursuing his destiny...
Sam and Remi Fargo are about to encounter both.

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold. A Fargo Adventure. Berkley Books, ISBN: 9780425236291 (August, 2010), 512 p., $9.99.

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Thousands of years ago, the mighty Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as a tribute to his glory.

In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars. Unable to transport them, Napoleon created an inscrutable map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear - and the gold pillars are lost once again.

Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar'. Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. Not for the wine. He wants what the bottle may lead to.

For he is Hadeon Bondaruk - a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire - and he claims descent from King Xerxes himself.
And the treasure will be his, no matter what...

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold. A Fargo Adventure. Michael Joseph, ISBN: 9780718155308 (January, 2010), 407 p., £18.99.

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold (USA 2009)

From the Publisher:
The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of "pure entertainment" (People).

Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear...

Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's "lost cellar." Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk -- a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself.

And he wants his treasure back...

Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood: Spartan Gold. A Fargo Adventure. Putnam's, ISBN: 9780399156427 (September, 2009), 375 p., $26.95.