A DARING HEIST.<br> A PRICELESS ARTIFACT.<br> A SECRET LOCKED SAFELY AWAY&mdash;UNTIL NOW.<br> &#160;<br> When Michelangelo&rsquo;s <i>David</i> is stolen from its museum in Florence, it&rsquo;s only the latest in a series of audacious raids on the world&rsquo;s greatest treasures. But American archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-mercenary Eddie Chase, discover the raiders&rsquo; ultimate target when the Talonor Codex&mdash;a cryptic travel journal that Nina found in Atlantis&mdash;is snatched from a well-guarded exhibition right in front of their eyes. <br> <br>The codex holds clues to the location of the Vault of Shiva and its mythical contents: the chronicles of the ancient Hindu god of destruction himself. From a deadly shootout in San Francisco to a hidden valley in the snowbound Himalayas, Nina and Eddie must run a labyrinthine gauntlet of ruthless killers, corrupted faiths, and twisted ambitions to reach the sacred vault ahead of a cunning billionaire with a plot to remake the world&mdash;after he brings this one crashing down.