The Key to an Empire

Max Taylor, a young man still coming into his own, lost, searching for his great adventure in life. A Sword, forged by mysterious hands nearly as old as the ages, also lost, but found again. It is the key, the key to all the riches and adventure Max could ever dream of. That is...if he and the beautiful but mysterious Englishwoman, Emma Atherton, can survive. Chased halfway around the world, from the streets of Rome to the deserts of the Sahara, by a nameless, but very well-dressed organization, Max and Emma's lives are pushed to the very brink of survival. Will they have the strength, and the courage, to see the mysteries of the Sword revealed? Or will they falter...while poised at the edge of greatness?