ARKANE Thriller Boxset 1: Stone of Fire, Crypt of Bone, Ark of Blood - ARKANE Thriller Boxset, #1

Escape into three ARKANE adventures. STONE OF FIRE: When fire falls from the heavens. will the whole world burn? Morgan Sierra, an Oxford University psychologist with a deadly past, doesn't know the answer to that question - and doesn't care. All she knows is that her sister and niece have been abducted, held hostage for the stone pendants that Morgan and her sister wear: two of twelve relics once owned by the original Apostles. Forged in fire and wind, drowned in the blood of martyrs, the twelve Pentecost stones have been kept secret for two thousand years.
But now the Keepers of the stones are being murdered, and the relics stolen by Thanatos, a shadowy group dedicated to remaking the world into a living Hell. Enter Jake Timber - agent of ARKANE, the British agency tasked with investigating the supernatural. Jake knows some of the secrets Morgan needs to save her family, but can't stop Thanatos without her help. Only together can they stop Thanatos before the stones are captured, before Morgan's family is murdered, and before the world is changed forever. From flooded ruins in Italy, to religious sites in Israel, to the far reaches of Iran and Tunisia, Morgan and Jake must race across the world to find the stones before Thanatos gathers the relics and uses their power to turn Earth into a living Hell. CRYPT OF BONE: Two billion people are about to die.
and they're the lucky ones. When a man in a hospital gown jumps to his death from the Western Wall in Israel, the authorities think it's just another victim of Jerusalem Syndrome: a religious psychosis triggered by a visit to the holy city. But when a second victim ritually disembowels himself, it's the sign of much worse to come. Thanatos - a fanatical group dedicated to the destruction of the world - is on the move again. Last time, Morgan and Jake worked together to stop Thanatos from bringing about a dark version of Pentecost.
This time, Thanatos is mixing science with sacrilege - combining the Devil's Bible with mind-control technology to murder a quarter of the human race. Thanatos is on the rise. Apocalypse is at the gates. And the only way to save a quarter of the world is for Morgan to uncover the secrets of her past. at the cost of her own future. Death awaits in a Crypt of Bone. ARK OF BLOOD: It is the seat of judgment.
The pinnacle of holiness. It is the Ark of the Covenant. and it's the most dangerous weapon in existence. A group of fanatics wearing masks of Egypt's gods slaughter the curator of Cairo's most famous museum. A cleaner in Washington, DC, discovers a decapitated head on top of a replica of the Ark of the Covenant. And someone is sharing videos of the deaths with extremists all over the world.   Jake is in a coma, nearly killed on a previous mission - so Morgan will have to go it alone.
Because the death toll is rising, and there's no time to wait. In over her head, in constant danger. Pursued by vicious mercenaries bent on revenge, hunted by assassins willing to do anything for their cause. But Morgan can't stop, because the Ark of the Covenant is more than a simple religious artifact. It may be the secret to ancient alchemy, and the unlocking of a scientific breakthrough that could save the world.
or end it.