The Excalibur Codex: 1941 - Twelve SS Generals Re-Enact a Ritual, A Pentagram Formed by Five Swords, One of Them is Excalibur

Douglas, James

ISBN 10: 0552167924 / ISBN 13: 9780552167925

Published by Corgi, 2013

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• Title: The Excalibur Codex: 1941 - Twelve SS Generals Re-Enact a Ritual, A Pentagram Formed by Five Swords, One of Them is Excalibur
• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552167924
• ISBN 13: 9780552167925
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

    For countless generations the sword had been kept hidden, ready for a time of need. But not hidden well enough, because on one warm July night in 1937 it vanished -- its disappearance swallowed up in the storm clouds of war that would soon engulf the world.

     1941 -- twelve SS generals gather at a castle in East Prussia to re-enact an ancient rite and call on the spirits of Europe's mightiest warriors to aid them in the coming battle in the East. At the heart of the ritual is a pentagram formed by five swords. One of them is Excalibur, the mythical weapon pulled from a stone by King Arthur.

     2010 -- Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair laughs when he reads the codex to a German war veteran's will, the strange ritual it describes and the mention of a sword named Excalibur. But collector Adam Steele is convinced -- and if Jamie can find the legendary sword, he will pay a small fortune for it. The hunt for Excalibur takes Jamie from Germany to eastern Poland and a deadly encounter in Hitler's Wolf's Lair. The castle has been destroyed down to the last stone and the only clue to the sword's fate is the strange tale of a wartime partisan unit murdered by its own commander.

     With a team of international assassins on his trail and the distinction between friend and enemy a blur, Jamie finally makes it back to a Britain under siege, where the last piece of the puzzle falls into place and he discovers that the line between obsession and madness is gossamer thin.

About the Author

JAMES DOUGLAS is the pseudonym of a writer of popular historical adventure novels. This is the third novel to feature art recovery expert, Jamie Saintclair -- the first two being The Doomsday Testament and The Isis Covenant. James Douglas lives in Scotland.