For ex-field agent Cotton Malone the stakes have never been higher: adeadly virus that could wipe out civilisation as we know it - and a curethat lies buried in the past. A secret international coalition has created a lethal biological weapon.Whoever develops the cure will control the future of global warfare. Yetthat cure could already exist, buried centuries before with Alexander theGreat. When Malone hears about it, he joins the hunt for Alexander's long-losttomb. His quest soon becomes a harrowing fight for truth that hasunimaginable repercussions...