Code Name: Viper

Biologist Dr David Knight is a lucky man. He has been granted special permission to survey Xulakan – the forbidden island of the Mayan people. At the volcanic island’s birth in the Gulf of Mexico, it rose from the sea looking like a smoking pyramid, almost as if it were a fiery, holy temple. Mayan high priests immediately declared Xulakan to be sacred ground, so it was never inhabited and visited by the ancient people. But now legend and fear have kept it strictly off limits for centuries. When Dr Knight arrives, he senses eyes watching him — human eyes — and he is about to discover a world of lethal secrets. Soon, he begins to realise that this time, he might not live to tell the tale… Finding himself the captive of a mysterious, Crusoe-like man, Dr Knight is told the story of a viper’s nest of secrets and lies. He discovers that his captor may not be as hostile as first thought. His captor's story is one of corruption and greed… a hunt for a journal that reveals the truth and its possessor on the run. He runs until he finds himself at Xulakan. Will the island keep hold of his terrible secret? Drawing in pasts woven through Afghanistan, the opium trade, and a ruthless government intelligence agent – the Viper, this is a edge-of-your-seat thriller that will have your gripped until the final page.