Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake
Indiana Jones meets Mission Impossible in this riveting page-turning adventure by an award-winning author. The Atlas family is in trouble: Jake hides an addiction to stealing; his twin sister; Pan; has to conceal her genius; for fear of bullies. The siblings can't stop fighting - with each other and with their parents; stuffy professors of Ancient History. But Jake's and Pan's lives take a dramatic turn the day they discover the truth about their boring mum and dad. When the family go to Cairo on holiday; Jake and Pan's parents mysteriously vanish and it's up to the twins to find them. They must team up with shady tomb robbers; master high-tech gadgets and locate a lost tomb in this story of a family that finds itself in the deserts of Egypt.
Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God
Jake Atlas and his family are on the run; hunted by international police while chasing the mysterious People of the Snake to stop them from hiding the secret history of humankind. But when the family's friend; Sami; is poisoned; the People of the Snake force the Atlases to work for them in exchange for a cure. Their mission: to locate a legendary lost city and the tomb of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl in the jungles of Honduras - home to bandits; big cats; tarantulas and crocodiles. But the family's greatest enemy is themselves; as their squabbles threaten to get them into even deeper trouble. In order to reach the tomb; the family must survive ancient traps; jump out of a crashing plane; escape a jaguar's lair; climb a cliff of skulls; jump over a huge waterfall and escape from a trap of swinging blades!
Jake Atlas and the Quest for the Crystal Mountain
Jake Atlas and his family are searching for the fifth emerald tablet that will reveal the secret to the history of humankind. At China's Terracotta Army Museum; Jake retrieves a clue to a safe passage into a nearby tomb; where the tablet is believed to be hidden. But when a helicopter appears and blows up the tomb; the Atlases know they are being pursued by the People of the Snake. They must decode the rescued tablet and journey to the Crystal Mountain in Tibet to discover its store of ancient knowledge. But the mountain is guarded by a spirit; never to be entered. Not one to be deterred; Jake Atlas must overcome high altitudes; survive in a frozen landscape and drink far more yak butter tea than he'd ever imagined to discover the mountain's secrets.
Jake Atlas and the Keys of the Apocalypse
The keys hold back a force that wiped out a lost civilization - now, Jake and his family must find them to stop it from returning. Their mission leads them to the edges of what was the Roman empire - to a volcano in Morocco, Hadrian's Wall and an island in the Middle East. There they are forced to team up with their enemy, the People of the Snake, to stop a power that threatens to destroy half the world. But the closer Jake grows to the group that were once his enemy, the further apart he and his family drift. And as he approaches the end of his quest, he's faced with a terrible choice - save the world or save his family!
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