{"product_id":"cleopatras-vendetta-a-stryker-thriller-paperback","title":"Cleopatra's Vendetta - A Stryker Thriller (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorn a goddess, Cleopatra died a prisoner. But the cobra’s deadly kiss was just the beginning . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eBari, Italy, present day. Think tank Special Ops leader Timothy Stryker and his wife Angie, a self-made CEO, haven’t exactly been seeing eye-to-eye. They take a much-needed Italian holiday, but it comes to a shocking end when Angie and their four-year-old daughter are kidnapped.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eStill raw from the death of their infant son, Stryker is desperate to rescue Angie and reconcile their differences. As he works to locate the captors’ lair, he discovers the key to the kidnapper’s location may be secreted away in Queen Cleopatra’s hidden gold journal. But when he learns their plans for his only remaining child, the scab on his heart tears open and blood begins to spill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eWorking from inside her brutal captors’ high-security compound, Angie realizes the cabal is hiding an ancient secret using modern propaganda techniques. And as Stryker connects a series of deadly dots while searching Egyptian tombs and Greek temples to find his family, hitmen track his every move. Ultimately, the estranged pair must shake the deeply buried pillars of western civilization to save their daughter from an unspeakable fate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eZola Argones, the tongueless Russian ambassador from Avanti Centrae’s VanOps series, plays a key role in helping Tim and Angie Stryker fight the ancient cult.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eFascinating, provocative, original, and timely, Cleopatra's Vendetta is a sizzling novel that will keep you turning pages long into the night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eGold Medal Winner — Conspiracy Thrillers, Readers' Favorite\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFirst Place Winner — Global Thrillers, Chanticleer International Book Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003eRunner Up — Paris Book Festival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: 'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 700 !important;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Action, adventure, and suspense! A juicy thriller.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—Robert Dugoni, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e \u0026amp; International bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\"Fascinating.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e —Katherine Neville, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eNew York Times, USA Today, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eand #1 Internationally bestselling author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\"An adventure that will appeal to fans of Dan Brown. It's one of those rare birds: a thriller that will have you turning the pages and leave you thinking.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—Debbi Mack, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e bestselling author of the Sam McRae and Erica Jensen mysteries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e“Race-against-time, action-packed adventure. This is a thriller that will captivate its audience from the first page.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eManhattan Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e“If you like your modern global threats to have a dash of ancient mystery and mysticism, you’re going to find yourself with some sleepless nights while reading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eCleopatra’s Vendetta.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400;\"\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—Kevin Tumlinson, bestselling and award-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Coelho Medallion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avanti Centrae","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":51333581439264,"sku":"9798986316413","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/6821\/9168\/files\/9798986316413.jpg?v=1773267736","url":"https:\/\/avanticentrae.myshopify.com\/products\/cleopatras-vendetta-a-stryker-thriller-paperback","provider":"Avanti Centrae - Bestselling Thriller Author","version":"1.0","type":"link"}