{"product_id":"the-clockwork-god-thad-cross-9798249443337","title":"The Clockwork God: An Archaeological Action Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Antikythera mechanism was just a fraction of the machine. The rest of it is waking up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a perfectly preserved, ticking bronze cube is pulled from a Mediterranean shipwreck, historian Dr. Harrison Blake knows history is about to be rewritten. But this Bronze Age artifact isn't just an ancient computer-it's a resonant key. And it is counting down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cube is tied to a massive, subterranean tectonic engine built by the Minoans to vent the pressure of the Santorini volcano. For three millennia, it has slept. Now, Julianna McCravey, the ruthless CEO of a global tech empire, wants to use it. Armed with a military-grade predictive AI that calculates Harrison's every move before he makes it, McCravey plans to manually trigger a catastrophic earthquake, crash the global economy, and emerge as the savior of the ruins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a subterranean gunfight in the blackout-plagued London Underground to a high-altitude vehicle drop over the Ionian Sea, Harrison and his team-antiquities expert Dr. Serafina Bellini and tech genius Wyatt Lee-are outgunned and out of time. Forced into an uneasy alliance with a deadly Russian mercenary, they must decipher a trail of ancient musical ciphers that leads straight to the Oracle of Delphi and into the boiling, magma-filled depths of the Santorini caldera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey have ninety-six hours to jam the gears of a doomsday machine. But how do you stop an algorithm that already knows exactly how you will try to defeat it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacked with explosive deep-sea action, relentless pacing, and mind-bending historical conspiracies, \u003ci\u003eThe Clockwork God\u003c\/i\u003e is a globe-trotting thrill ride perfect for fans of James Rollins, Clive Cussler, and Steve Berry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thad Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249443337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Thad Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172517683455,"sku":"9798249443337","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-clockwork-god-thad-cross-9798249443337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}