It was the most renowned and respected shrine in the Roman Empire, sought after for generations, the object of veneration by Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Caligula, Hadrian and the world over. It stood for centuries within a sacred precinct the size of a large town at the heart of the greatest Greek city in the world. Yet at the end of the 4th century AD it disappeared without trace, creating the greatest archaeological enigma of the ancient world. What became of the tomb of Alexander the Great? In his compelling debut thriller, Sean Hemingway seamlessly weaves together the ancient and the modern as our hero Tom Carr is drawn further and further into one of the greatest mysteries of our time, risking everything to get at the trutha.
The Tomb of Alexander