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A story as old as time, Cleopatra is returned to life, after her tragic departure.
For nearly four hundreds years after the death of the last Queen of Egypt, Alexandria and Thonis-Heracleion plied a sea trade, tumbling to new lows of corruption and immorality, until around 365 AD, when the Gods were angered sufficiently to summon a dreadful cocktail of high winds, shifting plates and giant waves to wash the offending city and it's satellites under the sea - sending all those within to a watery grave.
Alexandria was hit by shock waves that stuck down buildings, shaken to their foundations, followed by waves fifteen meters in height that dashed onto the rubble with great force, submerging the city, dragging it down into the depths of a stormy Mediterranean, followed by high winds that sealed the fate of those within. Thonis-Heracleion suffered the same fate. The Gods did not reward desecration, misbehaving or unnatural mismanagement on such a scale, threatening the sanctity of Cleopatra's last resting place.
So ended the governing, as had wrecked the rulings of many unjust kingdoms. With the storms subsiding, the waves returning to the former bright green-blue clarity, lapping the sandy shores - and the sun shining forth - as though nothing had taken place. Save for the rapid cleansing, washing the blighted city from sight and memory.
Cleopatra's tomb was taken down in the striking, to be buried for at least sixteen hundred years more, until fresh movement of the earth's crust from anthropogenic warming of the planet, signaled clues as to the whereabouts of her sarcophagus, the mummy inside tightly wrapped to contain preserving, oils, spices and herbs. Fortunately, well enough conserved, but newly in danger from increasingly potent acidic seas, encroaching peaceful inertness - and in need of further acidity protections.
It was time to effect a rescue. The Gods would once more smile on the last Pharaoh queen, rewarding her for her suffering and bravery when alive, as a revered Goddess in her own right. That she might join in the struggle to save the planet from over exploitation, and help restore a more natural order.
PROLOGUE INNER CIRCLE OF SIX - Nazi funded medical human research laboratories Joseph Mengele's Fourth Reich escape to Brazil reserve plan. CHAPTER 1. THE POISON ASP - CHAPTER 2. WRATH OF THE GODS - The destruction of Thonis and Alexandria CHAPTER 3. NEW WORLD ORDER - A Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy CHAPTER 4. CYBERCORE GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a religious sect. CHAPTER 5. INCUBUS - CHAPTER 6. SPLICE - CHAPTER 7. TREMORS - Cleopatra's tomb lay lost for centuries. Until a shift in the tectonic plates triggered a tremor off the coast of Alexandria. CHAPTER 8. PANAMANIAN RUNNING MAN - CHAPTER 9. THE AMAZON - CHAPTER 10. TOMB RAIDERS - Safiya Sabuka and Musa Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover precious artifacts and golden treasures. CHAPTER 11. SCOTLAND YARD - CHAPTER 12. OPERATION ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace. CHAPTER 13. KIDNAP - Charley is taken prisoner CHAPTER 14. UNESCO - Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice. CHAPTER 15. REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence and implanted memories. CHAPTER 16. FULL STEAM AHEAD - Storm speeds to Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI sensors and the Ark database to find tomb has been plundered. CHAPTER 17. RITUAL SACRIFICE - The Baron prepares a drugged Cleopatra for ceremonial impregnation. CHAPTER 18. SANCTUM INTERRUPTUS - John finds secret Nazi hideout near Alexandria, disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators. CHAPTER 19. THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her spell, despite her being a replicant. CHAPTER 20. MILITARY INTERVENTION - The military detain Cleopatra to appease stakeholders, despite media & medical protests. Storm distraught. CHAPTER 21. DÉJÀ VU - History repeats itself, military lock up technology as gross violation of human rights, John left disillusioned: FINALE FOR NOW
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CHAPTER 1. THE POISON ASP - Overwhelmed by grief, Cleopatra poisons herself with a cobra bite in her mausoleum CHAPTER 2. WRATH OF THE GODS - The destruction of Thonis and Alexandria CHAPTER 3. NEW WORLD ORDER - A Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy CHAPTER 4. CYBERCORE GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a religious sect CHAPTER 5. INCUBUS - Franco Francisco accepts offer of employment from Roberta Ferrara CHAPTER 6. SPLICE - Klaus von Kolreuter perfects a method of gene manipulation CHAPTER 7. TREMORS - Cleopatra's tomb lay lost for centuries, until shift in the tectonic plates trigger tremor off the coast of Alexandria CHAPTER 8. PANAMANIAN RUNNING MAN - Marjorie Boyle videos exceptionally fast athlete, Sam Hollis investigates CHAPTER 9. AMAZON QUEEN - Elizabeth Swann navigating river and docking at Manaus CHAPTER 10. TOMB RAIDERS - Safiya Sabuka and Musa Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover precious artifacts and golden treasures CHAPTER 11. SCOTLAND YARD - London's secure DNA database is stolen CHAPTER 12. OPERATION ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace CHAPTER 13. KIDNAPPED - Charley is taken prisoner, John, Dan and CIA rescue her CHAPTER 14. UNESCO - Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice CHAPTER 15. REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence, implanted memories CHAPTER 16. FULL STEAM AHEAD - To Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI sensors and the Ark database to find tomb has been plundered CHAPTER 17. RITUAL SACRIFICE - The Baron prepares a drugged Cleopatra for ceremonial impregnation CHAPTER 18. SANCTUM INTERRUPTUS - John finds Nazi hideout near Alexandria, disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators CHAPTER 19. THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her spell, despite her being a replicant CHAPTER 20. MILITARY INTERVENTION - Military detain Cleopatra for stakeholders, despite media & medical protests. Storm distraught CHAPTER 21. DÉJÀ VU - History repeats itself, military lock up technology as gross violation of human rights, John left disillusioned
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