The Codex

London: Pan Books. Good+. 2006. Reprint; Second Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with some cover scuffing and small split to base fore edge of slightly slanted spine, ink initials to inside front cover, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Second printing of Pan mass market edition, 2006. Good reading copy, no names inside. Cover design by Tony Greco. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 416 pages; A notorious treasure hunter and tomb robber, Maxwell Broadbent accumulated over half and a billion dollars worth of priceless art, gems, and artefacts before vanishing along with his entire collection from his mansion in New Mexico. At first, robbery is suspected, but the truth proves far stranger: As a final challenge to his three sons, Broadbent has buried himself and his treasure somewhere in the world, hidden away like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. If the sons wish to claim their fabulous inheritance, they must find their fathers carefully concealed tomb. The race is on, but amongst Broadbent's treasures is an ancient Mayan codex that may contain a secret far more important than the wealth of riches, and the three sons aren't the only ones on the trail... .