A collection of essays that examines the international market in illicit antiquities, discussing the demand for looted antiquities, the supply of cultural artefacts which originate in source countries, and regulations.
FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, fall into a dangerous assignment at a remote Tibetan monastery when they are asked to recover a stolen relic with a deadly curse.
Walter Rothschild, an American Egyptologist with only six days left on his contract for the British Museum where he is working to unlock the secrets of a centuries-old funerary stone, realizes his life and his work are up for grabs after he is seduced and drugged by a young woman who was obviously only using him to get her hands on a precious document.
When Maxwell Broadbent and his entire collection of priceless art, gems, and artifacts disappear, his three sons discover a video tape that leads them on a wild chase around the globe in search of their father.
