Sphinx: The Second Coming

The Sphinx presides over the desert while methane bubbles beneath the ocean's beds. Catastrophe is coming. A team of westerners is set to unlock a code found deep in the fabric of the Great Pyramid. The puzzle goes beyond time – for secrets of Ancient Egypt are alive beneath modern Cairo. The puzzle stretches into the universe, where distant galaxies stay alert for the future of planet Earth. It's enough to shake the Ancient Gods to action. AUTHOR: An Irish-American writer and environmental lawyer, The New Statesman called James Thornton 'one of ten people who could change the world.' He is the founding CEO of ClientEarth, Europe's top legal environmental NGO. SPHINX draws on his extensive study and travel in Ancient Egypt; James's years running a brain science institute focused on applied psychedelics; a life of total dedication to environ-mental pressures on the planet; and the powers he draws on as a Zen Buddhist priest. This is his second novel. See more