The Last Odyssey

For eons | the city of troy—whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer’s iliad—was believed to be myth | until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. If Troy was real | how much of Homer’s twin tales of gods and monsters | curses and miracles Iliad and the odyssey—could also be true and awaiting discovery? In the frozen Tundra of Greenland | a group of modern-day researchers stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half-mile below the ice. The ship’s hold contains a collection of artifacts—tools of war—dating back to the Bronze age. Inside the captaincy cabin is a clockwork gold map imbedded with an intricate silver astrolabe. Once activated | the moving map traces the path of Odysseus famous ship as it sailed away from Troy. But the route detours as the map opens to reveal a fiery river leading to a hidden realm underneath the Mediterranean Sea—the subterranean world of tartarus | the Greek name for hell. When word of tartarus spreads | the phantasmagoric horrors found in Homer’s tales are all too real—and whoever possesses them can use their awesome power to control the future of humanity. Now | Sigma force must prevent a tyrant from igniting a global war and cross the very Gates of Hell.