Sam and Remi Fargo are well known and quite successful treasure hunters, but it’s not the treasure that draws them. It’s the story, the mystery behind and the adventure of discovering some of the world’s most famous myths and treasures. This time they’re hunting Napoleon’s famed ‘lost cellar’, which contains directions to an even greater treasure.
They’re not the only ones looking for it.
When the Fargos rescue a friend from a kidnapping and assault, they become the focus of Hadeon Bondaruk, the half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire who believes he is a descendent of Xerxes the Great. He has made it his life’s mission to recover the treasure Napoleon left directions to, Xerxes’ treasure. And he will stop at nothing to acquire it.
This book gives an interesting view on history, tying together the Persian king Xerxes the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, a WWII German U-boat, and the people of today who stumble across their tracks.
Readers will enjoy the witty treasure-hunting Fargos and their counterpart, the dark and sadistic Bondaruk. Sam and Remi have an unstoppable sense for adventure, sustained by their resourcefulness and aptitude for overcoming the impossible. This is a couple well-attuned to each other and their limits. There’s never a point they’re not together through their struggles. Bondaruk plays a not-fully-sympathetic villain, and his menagerie of assassins and henchmen gives the Fargos a run for their money.
An adventure from start to finish, readers won’t be disappointed in joining the Fargos on their first adventure novel debut.
I quite enjoyed the movie National Treasure and this seems to run along the same lines. I like the epic scale of the narrative and the way it is tied to history in both stories. I'm glad you pointed out that this is a debut novel for these characters. For those who enjoy series and wouldn't want to start in the middle of something this seems like a super-important point to mention.
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