Lethal Persuasion: A Joshua Penn Adventure

Dr. Joshua Penn plays for the highest stakes of his archeological career. Using lethal persuasion, the intrepid adventurer clashes with psychopathic genius, Ernst Richter, leader of an international anti-fascist organization, The Resistance. In dire need of capital, Richter colludes with an Iranian financier of terror to abduct Penn's wife, Taka. Her ransom coerces the archeologist to solve a three-millennia-old mystery, the location of the lost gold of Ophir, in thirty days or Taka will be executed. Penn enlists the help of a Japanese ghost agency to rescue Taka and find the richest gold mines from antiquity. Join Dr. Penn on this fast-paced adventure wrought with intrigue, surprise, and memorable characters. Delight in a novel that combines military engagement, historical, Biblical, and archeological lore, and the ever-growing battle against terrorism.