The Cortés Enigma

NEWLY RELEASED SECOND EDITIONFIRST PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING HOT BOXUK TOP 50 The Bestselling Thriller From the International Bestselling Author of The Templar Agenda, The Larmenius Inheritance and *The Plantagenet Vendetta                                                                                                                 Praise for The Templar AgendaCan't wait for the new one! - RICHARD DOETSCH, international bestselling author of Thieves of Heaven, Half Past Dawn, and The 13th HourJohn Paul Davis clearly owns the genre of historical thrillers.  - STEVEN SORA, author of The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar, The Lost Colony of the Templars, Secret Societies of America's Elite* A well-researched, original and fascinating work - a real page-turner. - GRAHAM PHILLIPS, bestselling author of The End of Eden, Merlin and the Discovery of Avalon, The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant, Alexander the Great, The Moses Legacy, The Marian Conspiracy, Act of God ...If John Paul Davis wrote the phone book we'd all be reading it... - KEITH HOUGHTON, international bestselling author of Killing HopeA clever, absorbing tale...The Templar Agenda grabs you right from the murderous beginning and takes you on a fast-paced, thoroughly researched thrill-ride... - DAVID LEADBEATER, UK #1 bestselling thriller author of The Bones of Odin FROM THE BACK PAGE PART 1 of an exciting new trilogy...  1581: It appeared in the west as the sun was setting, a distant silhouette like a fire on the water. Twelve hours later it appeared again, this time much closer to the mainland...Who was on board or where they came from remained a mystery...No trace of the vessel was ever found... 1904: In an old graveyard in a remote part of the Isles of Scilly, a distinguished academic makes a surprising discovery. The inscriptions on the gravestones are unlike any he has ever seen, at least in that part of the world. The clues point to an astounding possibility: a maritime legend and a priceless treasure. And a four-hundred-year-old cover-up! Present Day: History Lecturer Dr Ben Maloney is sitting in his office when the phone rings. A call from his cousin is rarely anything out of the ordinary, but today what he has to say is anything but normal. His great-great-grandfather's ship has been discovered near a deserted island in the Isles of Scilly. Along with his murdered corpse! Dropping everything, Maloney's decision to visit the site of his ancestor's demise soon proves to be one fraught with danger. With nothing but a hundred-year-old diary and legends from the island's past to guide him, Maloney's only chance to solve the riddle of his ancestor's death is to unravel the pieces of an altogether greater mystery. An unimaginable treasure remains unfound. And some will stop at nothing to find it...