Lost Sisterhood The

From the author of the New York Times best seller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputationand her lifeon a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary warrior women known as the Amazons actually existed.Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herselfbefore vanishing without a trace. Dianas colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. But then a mysterious well-financed foundation makes Diana an offer she cannot refuse.Traveling to North Africa Diana teams up with Nick Barran an enigmatic Middle Eastern guide and begins deciphering an unusual inscription on the wall of a recently unearthed temple. There she discovers the name of the first Amazon queen Myrina who crossed the Mediterranean in a heroic attempt to liberate her kidnapped sisters from Greek pirates only to become embroiled in the most famous conflict of the ancient worldthe Trojan War. Taking their cue from the inscription Diana and Nick set out to find the fabled treasure that Myrina and her Amazon sisters salvaged from the embattled city of Troy so long ago. Diana doesnt know the nature of the treasure but she does know that someone is shadowing her and that Nick has a sinister agenda of his own. With danger lurking at every turn and unsure of whom to trust Diana finds herself on a daring and dangerous quest for truth that will forever change her world.Sweeping from England to North Africa to Greece and the ruins of ancient Troy and navigating between present and past The Lost Sisterhood is a breathtaking passionate adventure of two women on parallel journeys separated by time who must fight to keep the lives and legacy of the Amazons from being lost forever.