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    The Adamantine Adventure: The Last Librarian, #2
    The Last Atlantean: The Last Librarian, #3
    The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian, #1
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    The Last Librarian Series

    By John C De Groot

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    About this series

    For centuries, the Tatars of the Crimea have captured and sold more European slaves than have ever been taken out of Africa. This is the story of some of them.

     

    In 1882, as the British capture Alexandria, Amanishakete is given the gift of an ancient codices written by St Clement that hints of a lost library in the Crimea. Invited to an audience with Queen Victoria, the Queen asks Amanishakete and Sabine to rescue her niece, who's been captured by Elbrus Yakhin the leader of a heartless gang of slave trading Tatars.

     

    Their mission takes them to Malta, then as pirates to North Africa and the Crimea where, joined by Colonel John Bartholomew-Pearce an agent of the Court of St James, Amanishakete becomes ensnared in Otto von Bismark's secret plans to rule Europe when an agent of Bismark tries to kill them while travelling to Germany on the new Express d'Orient, and Amani falls in love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn C De Groot
    Release dateJan 2, 2023
    The Adamantine Adventure: The Last Librarian, #2
    The Last Atlantean: The Last Librarian, #3
    The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian, #1

    Titles in the series (5)

    • 1

      The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian, #1
      The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian, #1

      The Quest for Eternal Life: The Last Librarian, #1

      John C De Groot
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      Cleopatra and Mark Antony have died by their own hands as Octavian's Roman forces prepare to attack Alexandria itself. The Great Alexandrian Library, containing the greatest collection of scientific academic and historical documents the world has ever known is under threat of destruction. Only Amanishakete a Nubian Princess knows where the Royal Library, a complete copy of the Great Library, is hidden and she is the only one who holds the key to its survival.   With a puzzling list of ingredients, found in a secret document in the library, Amanishakete must make a perilous journey across the wastes and dangers of the Sahara desert to find them and make an elixir of eternal life so she can return and protect the Royal Library for the future.

      Cleopatra and Mark Antony have died by their own hands as Octavian's Roman forces prepare to attack Alexandria itself. The Great Alexandrian Library, containing the greatest collection of scientific academic and historical documents the world has ever known is under threat of destruction. Only Amanishakete a Nubian Princess knows where the Royal Library, a complete copy of the Great Library, is hidden and she is the only one who holds the key to its survival.   With a puzzling list of ingredients, found in a secret document in the library, Amanishakete must make a perilous journey across the wastes and dangers of the Sahara desert to find them and make an elixir of eternal life so she can return and protect the Royal Library for the future.

    • 2

      The Adamantine Adventure: The Last Librarian, #2
      The Adamantine Adventure: The Last Librarian, #2

      The Adamantine Adventure: The Last Librarian, #2

      John C De Groot
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      The Royal Alexandrian Library faces threats in the twenty first century, from both the Soulless Brethren who want to make a fortune from the Libraries secrets using the power of two mystical objects they've discovered and Omar Gamel a billionaire who simply wants it for himself.   Amanishakete and Sabine must brave the perils of travelling back in time to 6th century BC Lydia in Asia Minor to change history and then to the Hoggar Mountains in the Sahara for an audience with Tin Hanan, the 4th century AD Queen of the Tuareg.   With new Adamantine weapons, made from an ancient mythological formula found in the Royal Library, Amanishakete and Sabine must confront the challenge of an inheritance from the now deceased Gamel and an attack from the Soulless Brethren.

      The Royal Alexandrian Library faces threats in the twenty first century, from both the Soulless Brethren who want to make a fortune from the Libraries secrets using the power of two mystical objects they've discovered and Omar Gamel a billionaire who simply wants it for himself.   Amanishakete and Sabine must brave the perils of travelling back in time to 6th century BC Lydia in Asia Minor to change history and then to the Hoggar Mountains in the Sahara for an audience with Tin Hanan, the 4th century AD Queen of the Tuareg.   With new Adamantine weapons, made from an ancient mythological formula found in the Royal Library, Amanishakete and Sabine must confront the challenge of an inheritance from the now deceased Gamel and an attack from the Soulless Brethren.

    • 3

      The Last Atlantean: The Last Librarian, #3
      The Last Atlantean: The Last Librarian, #3

      The Last Atlantean: The Last Librarian, #3

      John C De Groot
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      Unzari, the sole survivor of Atlantis following its volcanic destruction, seeks out Amanishakete's help to save the library of Atlantis that he says contains the technological secrets of their advanced civilisation.   But his motives are entirely different, threatening the secrets of the Royal Alexandrian Library and putting Amanishakete and Sabine in grave danger, as they journey with an ancient deity to the Forge of Vulcan and then along the Silk Road where they meet warriors and bandits.   In 2019 the discovery of what could be the site of Atlantis is splashed on the world news. Will this new discovery finally lead Amanishakete to recover the Atlantean's library and discover who the Atlanteans really are.

      Unzari, the sole survivor of Atlantis following its volcanic destruction, seeks out Amanishakete's help to save the library of Atlantis that he says contains the technological secrets of their advanced civilisation.   But his motives are entirely different, threatening the secrets of the Royal Alexandrian Library and putting Amanishakete and Sabine in grave danger, as they journey with an ancient deity to the Forge of Vulcan and then along the Silk Road where they meet warriors and bandits.   In 2019 the discovery of what could be the site of Atlantis is splashed on the world news. Will this new discovery finally lead Amanishakete to recover the Atlantean's library and discover who the Atlanteans really are.

    • 4

      The House of Wisdom: The Last Librarian, #4
      The House of Wisdom: The Last Librarian, #4

      The House of Wisdom: The Last Librarian, #4

      John C De Groot
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      In 1258 Wazir Marzban saves the House of Wisdom, the great library created in the round city of Baghdad, from destruction by the Mongol army. In 2018 Professor Hakim Azzi seeks out Amanishakete and Sabine in London to help rescue the entire library that history had wrongly recorded was totally destroyed by the Mongol Horde.   But Azzi has already sold two documents from the House of Wisdom on the open market, starting a race between Wolfram von Sternberg a German Count and his son Paul, Edward Maltravers a less than honest dealer in antiquities and Amanishakete and Sabine, to find the House of Wisdom.   When the dimensional veil, created by Marzban to protect the House of Wisdom, goes wrong they all find themselves confronted by the Mongols in the year 1258.

      In 1258 Wazir Marzban saves the House of Wisdom, the great library created in the round city of Baghdad, from destruction by the Mongol army. In 2018 Professor Hakim Azzi seeks out Amanishakete and Sabine in London to help rescue the entire library that history had wrongly recorded was totally destroyed by the Mongol Horde.   But Azzi has already sold two documents from the House of Wisdom on the open market, starting a race between Wolfram von Sternberg a German Count and his son Paul, Edward Maltravers a less than honest dealer in antiquities and Amanishakete and Sabine, to find the House of Wisdom.   When the dimensional veil, created by Marzban to protect the House of Wisdom, goes wrong they all find themselves confronted by the Mongols in the year 1258.

    • 5

      The Inkerman Slaves: The Last Librarian, #5
      The Inkerman Slaves: The Last Librarian, #5

      The Inkerman Slaves: The Last Librarian, #5

      John C De Groot
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      For centuries, the Tatars of the Crimea have captured and sold more European slaves than have ever been taken out of Africa. This is the story of some of them.   In 1882, as the British capture Alexandria, Amanishakete is given the gift of an ancient codices written by St Clement that hints of a lost library in the Crimea. Invited to an audience with Queen Victoria, the Queen asks Amanishakete and Sabine to rescue her niece, who's been captured by Elbrus Yakhin the leader of a heartless gang of slave trading Tatars.   Their mission takes them to Malta, then as pirates to North Africa and the Crimea where, joined by Colonel John Bartholomew-Pearce an agent of the Court of St James, Amanishakete becomes ensnared in Otto von Bismark's secret plans to rule Europe when an agent of Bismark tries to kill them while travelling to Germany on the new Express d'Orient, and Amani falls in love.

      For centuries, the Tatars of the Crimea have captured and sold more European slaves than have ever been taken out of Africa. This is the story of some of them.   In 1882, as the British capture Alexandria, Amanishakete is given the gift of an ancient codices written by St Clement that hints of a lost library in the Crimea. Invited to an audience with Queen Victoria, the Queen asks Amanishakete and Sabine to rescue her niece, who's been captured by Elbrus Yakhin the leader of a heartless gang of slave trading Tatars.   Their mission takes them to Malta, then as pirates to North Africa and the Crimea where, joined by Colonel John Bartholomew-Pearce an agent of the Court of St James, Amanishakete becomes ensnared in Otto von Bismark's secret plans to rule Europe when an agent of Bismark tries to kill them while travelling to Germany on the new Express d'Orient, and Amani falls in love.

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    John C De Groot

    Albert Einstein said that ‘it is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge’. That was certainly the case with my high school history teacher, who brought history alive and started my fascination in Ancient and Early Modern history. There are countless mysteries that still remain unsolved and I have a real suspicion that we have lost or forgotten more knowledge than we have ever gained. After a career in business, business support and as a trainer for Dale Carnegie, I did some consulting. It was a client who once said to me that ‘I was a useful man to have around’, based to some degree on my ability with the written word. When retirement loomed his words, my interest in history and a very patient and supportive wife encouraged me to ‘put pen to paper’ and with heart in hand resulted in my first book ‘The Quest for Eternal Life', the first in the ‘Last Librarian’ Series. That was several books ago in a growing portfolio.

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