Out of the Lion's Maw

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A European bestseller in print continuously since 1946 now for the first time in English.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>?</strong></p><p>Can an elderly Zoroastrian priest and his teenage apprentice foil a dark plot to foment a civil war?</p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>?</span></p><p>570 BC. The Old Mountain Lion the predatory king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar has destroyed empires razed cities driven whole nations into slavery. Now he sews discord in the Mediterranean to soften up another victim for a surprise attack. It is up to the two unlikely heroes to try to foil the plot persuade kings priests bureaucrats and generals to change their course. They race against the clock across the Mediterranean pursued by spies assassins and eventually the whole state apparatus of eternal Egypt.</p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>?</span></p><p>A classic tale of high adventure full of white-knuckle twists and turns cliffhangers and last-minute escapes engaging characters and sparkling humor. Continuously in print across Eastern Europe since 1946 it has been compared to <em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Treasure Island</em> and <em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Three Musketeers</em>.</p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>?</span></p><p>Come find out why!</p><p><br></p>