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DA VINCI CODE meets TOMB RAIDER in the second exciting installment of the rare ten-time-award-winning and #1 international bestselling VanOps global thriller series. A computer-app designer. An encrypted relic. Can she and the VanOps team decipher the dangerous code before extremists trigger a high-tech apocalypse? 

Broad-shouldered marine turned covert agent named Bear Thorenson wants his girlfriend, Maddy Marshall, to join VanOps, but the software expert and aikido black belt isn''t sure she''s ready for a hazardous dark-operations role that might risk the life of AJ, the nine-year-old boy she wants to adopt. Things change when an armed Russian thief escapes over a wrought-iron fire escape carrying her ancient star chart. She chooses to join Bear in the pursuit, because if her royal family legends are true, the mysterious chart leads to a superconductive meteor capable of powering the ultimate quantum computer. Upon learning the lightning-fast machine would be used by fringe members of the Russian government to spark a global war, and those same extremists kidnapped AJ once before, Maddy’s heart drops and Bear’s arctic-blue eyes turn to ice. Setting off on a mad dash to uncover the chart’s celestial secrets at a Mexican archeoastronomy site, the VanOps team unearths a clue dating back to biblical times. As they race across the globe through the dangerous bazaars of Morocco, fallen Turkish temples, and Egypt’s perilous Valley of the Kings, they must fight to stay even a half-step ahead of sinister assassins. Worse, the place Maddy sent AJ for refuge becomes the enemy’s testing ground, where hungry gangs roam darkened streets. With millions of lives on the line, can Maddy and Bear rescue the boy and crack the chart’s secret code? SOLSTICE SHADOWS is the second novel in the fast-paced, one-of-a-kind VanOps thriller series. If you enjoy exciting edge-of-your-seat suspense by James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, or Clive Cussler, you''ll stay up late turning the pages of Avanti Centrae’s "rousing sequel." (Kirkus Reviews.)

Global Thriller Awards Genre Grand Prize Winner - 2019 Chanticleer International Book Awards

Adventure Bronze Medal Winner - 2020 Readers'' Favorite Awards

An instant Barnes & Noble Nook Bestseller and Amazon #1 Bestseller!

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"A tantalizing new series that combines historical mystery and cutting-edge science into a masterwork of international intrigue." ~ James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Odyssey “Avanti Centrae is a name to watch. Powerful, evocative, gripping storytelling with characters you immediately relate to, love, or loathe.” ~ Ernest Dempsey, the USA Today bestselling author of the Sean Wyatt adventure series

“Avanti Centrae packs a thriller parachute with endless suspense and a rip-cord ending.” —K.J. Howe, international bestselling author of SKYJACK

"Fast-paced action adventure with an ancient mystery at its heart -- fans of Dan Brown and Steve Berry will love the VanOps thrillers." ~ J.F. Penn, USA Today bestselling author of the ARKANE thrillers

"Fans of complex and highly detailed espionage and action thrillers are certain to dive right into this mixture between Indiana Jones and Dan Brown." ~ Readers'' Favorite - Five stars

"From Mexico to Jordan, the action never stops until the nail-biter of a conclusion." ~ Chico Enterprise Record  SOLSTICE SHADOWS, bestselling multi-award-winner, will take you on a heart-pounding mission you''ll always remember. Don''t miss this wild thrill ride!

DA VINCI CODE meets MISSION IMPOSSIBLE in this multi-award-winning standalone thriller from international bestselling author Avanti Centrae. It''s a fast-paced bombshell of a story about royal secrets and epic lies.Born a goddess, Cleopatra died a prisoner. But the cobra''s deadly kiss was just the beginning...GOLD MEDAL WINNER - Conspiracy Thrillers, Readers'' FavoriteFIRST PLACE WINNER - Global Thrillers, Chanticleer International Book Awards RUNNER UP - Paris Book FestivalBari, Italy, present day. Think tank Special Ops leader Timothy Stryker and his wife Angie, a self-made CEO, haven’t exactly been seeing eye-to-eye. They take a much-needed Italian holiday, but it comes to a shocking end when Angie and their daughter are kidnapped.Still raw from the death of their infant son, Stryker is desperate to rescue Angie and reconcile their differences. As he works to locate the captors’ lair, he discovers the kidnappers are behind a string of recent assassinations and attempting another high-profile hit in only seven days. But when he learns their plans for his only remaining child, the scab on his heart tears open and blood begins to spill.Working from inside her brutal captors’ high-security compound, Angie realizes the cabal is hiding an ancient secret using modern propaganda techniques. And as Stryker races hitmen across India, Egypt, and Greece to thwart the next assassination and save his family, he has to connect a series of deadly dots tracing all the way back to the time of Cleopatra. Ultimately, the estranged pair must shake the deeply buried pillars of western civilization to save their four-year-old daughter from an unspeakable fate.Fascinating, provocative, original, and timely, Cleopatra''s Vendetta is a sizzling novel that paints a disturbing picture of some of the most intricate issues that have plagued humanity’s past…challenges that color our days and provide the blueprint for our future.

“Action, adventure, and suspense! A juicy thriller.” —Robert Dugoni, New York Times & International bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite Series"Fascinating." —Katherine Neville, New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Internationally bestselling author“Race-against-time, action-packed adventure. This is a thriller that will captivate its audience from the first page.” —Manhattan Book Review"An adventure that will appeal to fans of Dan Brown. It''s one of those rare birds: a thriller that will have you turning the pages and leave you thinking." —Debbi Mack, New York Times bestselling author of the Sam McRae and Erica Jensen mysteries“If you like your modern global threats to have a dash of ancient mystery and mysticism, you’re going to find yourself with some sleepless nights while reading Cleopatra’s Vendetta.” —Kevin Tumlinson, bestselling and award-winning author of The Coelho Medallion"Dangerous and intoxicating." —Audrey Wilson, screenwriter, producer, and award-winning author of Wrong Girl Gone

"A high-stakes race that will keep the pages turning late into the night." —Sheila Lowe, author of the Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting mystery novels

"Fantastic plot, unique story, perfect development, and fluid writing style. This book was a masterpiece."—Readers'' Favorite