The Death Relic

THE HAIR-RAISING SUSPENSE-FILLED THRILLER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRIS KUZNESKI 
 
The New World, 1545... 
 
Vanquished by the Spanish Empire, little remains of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. From the ashes of their cities, a unified legend emerges: the Christians who conquered them possessed a mysterious object, an artifact so powerful-so deadly-that it was known throughout the Americas as "the death relic." 
 
Yucatan Peninsula, present day... 
 
When Maria Pelati's research team disappears in Mexico, Jonathon Payne and David Jones embark on a perilous mission to find the missing archaeologists. The duo quickly finds a link between the group's work and its recent disappearance. Following the clues left behind, the pair try to solve one of the darkest mysteries of the new world, but their quest for the relic might cost them their lives. 
 
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Praise for Chris Kuzneski 
 
Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters . . . Not to be missed! - Lee Child 
 
Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland - Sunday Sport 
 
Makes you wish it would never end - Clive Cussler

Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters . . . Not to be missed!

Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneski-land

Writing at full throttle, with unparalleled acceleration and expert control. Hop aboard for a great ride.

A fast and furious thrill ride with the perfect amount of history and humour blended in . . .

Raymond Khoury, bestselling author of The Last Templar

Nonstop action, ancient mysteries, twisted villains, and memorable heroes. Kuzneski's books have got it all!

Chris Kuzneski is a remarkable new writer, who completely understands what makes for a good story: action, sex suspense, humour, and great characters.

Chris Kuzneski is the international bestselling author of six novels - The Secret Crown, The Prophecy, The Lost Throne, Sword of God, Sign of the Cross and The Plantation. His thrillers have been published in over twenty languages and are sold in more than forty countries. Chris grew up in Pennsylvania and currently lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

The New World, 1545... 
 
Vanquished by the Spanish Empire, little remains of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. From the ashes of their cities, a unified legend emerges: the Christians who conquered them possessed a mysterious object, an artifact so powerful-so deadly-that it was known throughout the Americas as "the death relic." 
 
Yucatan Peninsula, present day... 
 
When Maria Pelati's research team disappears in Mexico, Jonathon Payne and David Jones embark on a perilous mission to find the missing archaeologists. The duo quickly finds a link between the group's work and its recent disappearance. Following the clues left behind, the pair try to solve one of the darkest mysteries of the new world, but their quest for the relic might cost them their lives.

The Secret Crown

WHITE-KNUCKLE ADVENTURE AND MAGNIFICENT MYSTERY FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRIS KUZNESKI 
 
Bavaria, 1886 
King Ludwig II, infamous for his eccentric behavior, is declared insane by his government and removed from his throne. A day later, Ludwig's corpse washes up in the shallows of Lake Starnberg. Rumours about the cause of the tragedy abound, but few people know why Ludwig was really killed. Or what secret was silenced by his death. 
 
Germany, present day . . . 
Hidden among the crates in a newly discovered Nazi bunker are documents stamped with a black swan, the insignia of the murdered king. As a favour to a friend, Jonathon Payne and David Jones fly to Bavaria to protect the documents, but soon face a life-or-death battle against an unknown enemy. From the depths of the Black Forest to the water canals underneath Ludwig's castles, the duo must solve the mystery behind the king's death or share his tragic fate. 
 
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 Praise for Chris Kuzneski 
 
 Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters . . . Not to be missed! - Lee Child 
 
 Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland - Sunday Sport 
 
 Makes you wish it would never end - Clive Cussler

Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters ... Not to be missed!

Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland

Bavaria, 1886 
King Ludwig II, infamous for his eccentric behavior, is declared insane by his government and removed from his throne. A day later, Ludwig's corpse washes up in the shallows of Lake Starnberg. Rumours about the cause of the tragedy abound, but few people know why Ludwig was really killed. Or what secret was silenced by his death. 
 
Germany, present day . . . 
Hidden among the crates in a newly discovered Nazi bunker are documents stamped with a black swan, the insignia of the murdered king. As a favour to a friend, Jonathon Payne and David Jones fly to Bavaria to protect the documents, but soon face a life-or-death battle against an unknown enemy. From the depths of the Black Forest to the water canals underneath Ludwig's castles, the duo must solve the mystery behind the king's death or share his tragic fate.

The Prophecy

A fast and furious thrill ride with the perfect amount of history and humour blended in ...

Nonstop action, ancient mysteries, twisted villains, and memorable heroes. Kuzneski's books have got it all!"

Jonathon Payne and David Jones are back in the fray in the latest page-turner from Chris Kuzneski, international bestselling author of The Lost Throne, Sword of God, and Sign of the Cross. 
 
When the prophetic writings of sixteenth-century visionary Nostradamus begin to ring alarmingly true, Payne and Jones find themselves in a life-or-death race across the world to stop those who would use the French seer's predictions for their own dark purposes. 
 
With the breathless pace that has found Chris Kuzneski millions of fans around the globe, The Prophecy is a must-have adventure thriller.

The Lost Throne

The latest block-busting thriller from Top Ten bestseller Chris Kuzneski

Chris Kuzneski writes as forcefully as his tough characters act

Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters... Not to be missed!

Hewn into the towering cliffs of central Greece, the Metéora monasteries are all but inacessible. The Holy Trinity is the most isolated, its sacred brotherhood the guardians of a long-forgotten secret. 
 
In the dead of night, the sanctity of the holy retreat is shattered by an elite group of warriors, carrying ancient weapons. One by one, they hurl the silent monks from the cliff-top - the holy men taking their secret to their rocky graves. 
 
Halfway across Europe, a terrified academic fears for his life. Richard Byrd has nearly uncovered the location of one of the Seven Ancient Wonders - the statue of Zeus and his mighty throne. But Byrd's search has also uncovered a forbidden conspiracy, and there are those who would do anything to conceal its dark agenda...

Sign of the Cross

THE ELECTRIFYING THRILLER FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHRIS KUZNESKI 
 
No secret will keep for ever . . . 
 
A Vatican priest is found murdered on the shores of Denmark - nailed to a cross in the shadow of Hamlet's castle. He is the first victim in a vicious killing spree that spans the world. Each horrific murder exactly mirrors the crucifixion of Christ. 
 
Meanwhile, deep in the Roman Catacombs of Orvieto, an archaeologist uncovers an ancient scroll dating back two thousand years. The scroll, he knows, holds the key to a dark and treacherous secret that will rock the very foundations of the Church. But only if he can decipher its lost meanings - and only if he can live long enough to reveal them . . . 
 
The enemies of the truth know no law of man . . . 
 
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Praise for Chris Kuzneski 
 
Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters . . . Not to be missed! - Lee Child 
 
Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland - Sunday Sport 
 
Harrowing but always suspenseful, Sign of the Cross makes you wish it would never end - Clive Cussler

Harrowing, but always suspensful, Sign of the Cross makes you wish it would never end

Harrowing, but always suspenseful, Sign of the Cross, makes you wish it would never end.

A fast-moving adventure of sins and secrets loaded with atmosphere, intrigue, and suspense.

Chris Kuzneski's writing has the same raw power as the early Stephen King

No secret will keep for ever ... 
 
A Vatican priest is found murdered on the shores of Denmark - nailed to a cross in the shadow of Hamlet's castle. He is the first victim in a vicious killing spree that spans the world. Each horrific murder exactly mirrors the crucifixion of Christ ... 
 
Meanwhile, deep in the Roman Catacombs of Orvieto, an archaeologist uncovers an ancient scroll dating back two thousand years. The scroll, he knows, holds the key to a dark and treacherous secret that will rock the very foundations of the Church. But only if he can decipher its lost meanings - and only if he can live long enough to reveal them ... 
 
The enemies of the truth know no law of man ...

Chris Kuzneski

Chris Kuzneski is a remarkable new writer, who completely understands what makes for a good story: action, sex suspense, humour, and great characters

Tunnelling deep under one of the most holy cities in the world, an ambitious young archaeologist slowly works her way towards an unthinkable goal. Somewhere ahead is a chamber containing the collected fragments of an ancient scripture, a find of unimaginable significance. 
 
Meanwhile, halfway around the world, a covert military bunker holds a macabre secret. An elite special-forces officer seems to have been brutally murdered - but how, and more disturbingly, why? Any hope of solving the mystery rests on the grisly clues that remain. 
 
As the race to uncover the truth begins, a plot unfolds that could burn all of civilization in the fires of holy Armageddon. 
 
Those who live by the sword . . .

Chris Kuzneski

Praise for Sword of God

Praise for Chris Kuzneski

Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters ... Not to be missed!

Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland

Praise for Chris Kuzneski

Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters ... Not to be missed!

Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland

Praise for Chris Kuzneski

Excellent! High stakes, fast action, vibrant characters ... Not to be missed!

Think Indiana Jones and The Da Vinci Code and you're in Kuzneskiland

Books by Chris Kuzneski

Series by Chris Kuzneski

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