Matthew Reilly, Australian action master, has launched his new series, for the first time involving an Australian (as opposed to American) protagonist. Capt. Jack West Jr. is launched into a struggle for the lost capstone of the great Pyramid of Giza, recovering relics from the 7 Wonders of the World. The Vatican and Europe, the US and a coalition of several smaller countries desperate to stop them all struggle to control the capstone, for whoever places their nation's soil in the capstone at midday on Tartarus will rule the world or they could also get a long era of peace, but noooo, guess what, no-one actually wants ANY peace.
Like many of his books he villanizes a lot of major countries and cops flak for it, so if you are easily offended don't read it.
6 sacred stones is the sequel, which I have not read yet, but am waiting for the library to get it.
Seriously, you have to read this. It is Ice Station crossed with Indiana Jones.
