The Starless Crown Av James Rollins

<p><b>An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling thriller-master James Rollins.</b><br><br>A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death.<br><br>Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts:<br><br>A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he¿s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.<br><br>A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother''s shadow and claims a purpose of his own.<br><br>An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact - one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe.<br><br>On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation. <br><