The Hidden Key

When Kevin Jones opens the door late one night for two men he believes must be fellow Iraq War veterans, he has no way of knowing the chain of events he is about to unleash. One week later, attorney Steve Stilwell is invited to London to meet with a billionaire businessman in a popular Indian eatery. He informs Steve he has already wired half-a-million dollars into Steve’s account. All Steve has to do is serve as executor for the man’s estate in the United States. Before Steve can learn more, two men burst into the restaurant and Steve’s new client cries out “I’ve sold my soul.” Moments later he is dead, leaving Steve to figure out why.
Back in his law office in Virginia, Steve finds his first clue in a package addressed to his dead client containing an ancient map etched into a clay tablet. Before Steve realizes the value of the treasure he holds, his dead client’s former lover and the FBI descend on him and his wounded warrior law partner, Casey Pantel, to take the tablet from them. Not knowing who can be trusted and who should be feared, they dig deeper and deeper to decipher the tablet’s secrets. Their quest takes them along a trail of murder and intrigue winding from Italy to India. With time running out and others questioning whether their motives are pure, Steve and Casey must unmask those seeking to exploit the tablet’s secrets before they, too, fall victim to its power.