Lincoln Child: The Third Gate (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of King Narmer, an ancient pharaoh unlike any other. And Stone is anticipating a further discovery, the first of its kind in history: Narmer's famed crown, supposedly possessed of mythical powers, is thought to be buried with him.

The dig is located in the Sudd, a nearly impassable swamp in northern Sudan and one of the most forbidding places on earth. And amid the nightmarish tangle of mud and dead vegetation, a series of harrowing and seemingly inexplicable occurrences has the team living in fear of a centuries-old curse. With a monumental discovery at stake, Professor Jeremy Logan is brought in to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions... and alarm.

With The Third Gate, master storyteller Lincoln Child breaks new ground and introduces a fascinating new protagonist to the thriller genre.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate. Corsair, ISBN: 9781472108265 (December, 2014), 320 p., £7.99.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate (UK 2014)

From the Publisher:
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of King Narmer, an ancient pharaoh unlike any other. And Stone is anticipating a further discovery, the first of its kind in history: Narmer's famed crown, supposedly possessed of mythical powers, is thought to be buried with him.

The dig is located in the Sudd, a nearly impassable swamp in northern Sudan and one of the most forbidding places on earth. And amid the nightmarish tangle of mud and dead vegetation, a series of harrowing and seemingly inexplicable occurrences has the team living in fear of a centuries-old curse. With a monumental discovery at stake, Professor Jeremy Logan is brought in to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions... and alarm.

With The Third Gate, master storyteller Lincoln Child breaks new ground and introduces a fascinating new protagonist to the thriller genre.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate. Corsair, ISBN: 9781472108241 (June, 2014), 306 p., £12.99.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
An archaeological expedition digging where it shouldn't... A crown so powerful it is rumored to be cursed... And the one man who can explain it all...

Deep in early impassable swamp south of the Egyptian border, an archaeological team is searching for the burial chamber of King Narmer, the fabled pharaoh. Narmer's crown might be buried with him: the elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation, strange things begin to happen. Could an ancient curse be responsible? Jeremy Logan, history professor and master interpreter of bizarre and inexplicable enigmas, is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds raises fresh question... and immediate alarm.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate. Anchor Books, ISBN: 9780307473745 (February, 2013), 403 p., $7.99.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all -- Narmer's crown -- might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer's is the elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts, supposedly pos­sessed of awesome powers.

The dig itself is located in one of the most forbidding places on earth -- the Sudd...early impassable swamp in north­ern Sudan. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation...eries of harrowing and inexpli­cable occurrences are causing people on the expedition to fea...enturies- old curse. Wit...onumental discovery in reach, Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions... and alarm.

In the hands of master storyteller Lincoln Child, The Third Gate breaks new ground and introduce...ascinating new protagonist to the thriller world.

Lincoln Child: The Third Gate. A Novel. Doubleday, ISBN: 9780385531382 (June, 2012), 306 p., $25.95.