A rogue archaeologist. A British spy. A lost tomb.
An ancient weapon. A load of Nazis. An epic race against time.
Once a rising star in the field of archaeology, Marah Chase is now a black-market treasure hunter, her services available to the highest bidder. But when she’s caught rescuing relics in Syria before they’re destroyed by war, an MI6 agent named Joanna Mason approaches her with an offer she can’t refuse: help save the world or rot in prison.
All Chase has to do is find Alexander the Great’s lost tomb, recover an ancient weapon of mass destruction he may have used to build his empire, and destroy it before the bad guys can get it. Among those adversaries are a powerful church that believes Earth was visited by ancient aliens, a group of relentless Nazi mercenaries, and a rival relic hunter.
Chase can’t resist a challenge or the British spy recruiting her. There’s just one problem. If Chase has any hope of unearthing Alexander’s tomb before the forces hot on her heels do, she’ll need the help of the one person she’s been afraid to see since her fall from grace: Zoe Forrester, an heiress to a secret journal containing the key to the search, and Chase’s ex-girlfriend.
A contemporary homage to the best adventure stories of literature, television, and film, World War Zero is an action-packed, globe-trotting quest, perfect for anyone who’s ever thought Indy really ought to be Jewish, female, and gay.
Perfect for fans of Andy McDermott, Scott Mariani, James Rollins, or Janet Evanovich.
Fun from start to finish. Half Indiana Jones, half The Da Vinci Code. Fast paced, intricately plotted and laced with the author’s trademarks: characters you quickly care about, razor-sharp dialogue and laugh out loud moments. Recommended
Marah Chase is cunning, empowered, and queer, a Lara Croft for the 21st century.
-John Copenhaver
Ever wonder what Raiders of the Lost Ark would be like if it was set in the present day and Marian Ravenwood got to do all the cool stuff instead of Indiana Jones?
Stringer effortlessly weaves a complex web of espionage and betrayal around a rip-snorting, larger-than-life adventure in the spirit of Indiana Jones.
- Antony Johnston, creator of ‘Atomic Blonde’ and ‘The Exphoria Code’
Stringer, author of the Sam Ireland and Eoin Miller mysteries, has a winner here with Marah Chase pulse-pounding adventure, in the best Indiana Jones tradition, with a charismatic gay woman fueling the action.
If you merged Ocean’s Eleven with Indiana Jones, you’d get Marah Chase a high-octane, pulse-pounding race to save the world from an ancient weapon.
Note: This title was originally published as Marah Chase and the Conqueror’s Tomb by Pegasus Books in 2019.
