Spear of Destiny [electronic resource]
Easterman, Daniel2010
eBook
1942. Entrenched in the searing sands of Libya, a group of soldiers uncover a tomb. Buried in the ancient dust they find a macabre crown of thorns and the devastatingly powerful Spear of Destiny. They've discovered the last resting place of Christ. 2002. Gerald Usherwood and his old army pal Max Chippendale reunite to trade stories and spread Christmas cheer. But dark shadows visit the old friends in the dead of night and make them pay the ultimate price for the secrets they stole. Gerald's grandson, DCI Ethan Usherwood, is left to piece together the mystery behind the killings and to uncover the treasure they kept hidden for so many years. A desperate hunt for the ultimate truth, Spear of Destiny is undeniably Daniel Easterman's most powerful thriller to date.
Main title:
Spear of Destiny [electronic resource] / Daniel Easterman
Author:
Easterman, Daniel, Author
Work:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Allison & Busby, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Daniel Easterman is the bestselling author of seventeen international thrillers. Before taking up writing, he studied English, Persian, Arabic and Islamic studies at the universities of Dublin, Edinburgh and Cambridge, and lectured at the universities of Fez in Morocco, and Newcastle upon Tyne. He has also written eight critically acclaimed full-length novels as Jonathan Aycliffe. When not writing, he listens to the sad and enchanting music of Portuguese fado and its beautiful poetry. He lives in the north of England with his wife, the health writer and homeopath Beth MacEoin.
ISBN:
9780749009304
Language:
English
BRN:
355925