On the evening of her thirteenth birthday, Charlie Thorne committed a crime.Īs crimes went, it was a minor one, merely illegal entry. In a breathless adventure that takes her across the globe, Charlie must fight for her life against ruthless enemies, match wits with Cleopatra, and solve the two-thousand-year-old mystery to prevent the most powerful treasure of the ancient world from falling into the wrong hands.
She left a series of devious clues behind for her children to find it, but they were lost to history…until now. However, Cleopatra knew Octavian was really after the mysterious item that was the source of all her wealth and influence, so she hid it before dying by suicide. In 30 BCE, Cleopatra and her husband, Marc Antony, lost their war against Octavian for control of the Egyptian Empire. This time, the great ruler Cleopatra has left behind an extremely valuable and powerful treasure, its location encoded on an ancient stone tablet. Charlie Thorne isn’t going down without a fight.Īfter tracking down incredible discoveries by Einstein and Darwin, Charlie is back. When an ancient hidden treasure is at stake, people will do anything to find it first.In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series-which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”-Charlie tracks down Cleopatra’s greatest treasure in Egypt.Ĭharlie Thorne is a genius. In a daring adventure that takes her across South America, Charlie must crack Darwin’s 200-year-old clues to track down his mysterious discovery-and stay ahead of the formidable lineup of enemies who are hot on her tail. Afterward, it vanished, never to be seen again… But Darwin left a trail of clues behind for those brave and clever enough to search for it. When he returned, he carried a treasure that inspired both awe and terror in his crew. In 1835, Charles Darwin diverted his ship’s journey so he could spend ten months in South America on a secret solo expedition. That is, until she’s approached by the mysterious Esmeralda Castle, who has a code she knows only Charlie can decipher. After saving the world, Charlie is ready to take it easy in the Galapagos Islands. In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation -which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”-Charlie searches for Charles Darwin’s hidden treasure in South America.
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