The alignment of all nine planets will bring the Serpent Force, a mysterious power known to the ancients, to its maximum effect. One man has the secret and must be stopped. Once more Maxim Gunn is recalled from retirement as a favour to the Prime Minster. He follows a trail of murder and a dangerous trail that leads him to a murderous attack by hit men at Stonehenge, a horrifying escape from a labyrinth and a pair of hunting panthers near the Parthenon in Greece, a duel against a gladiator in a moonlit arena, and what seems certain death by drowning in the cenote at Chichen Itsa in the Mayan ruins in the Yucatan. An earthquake, unseen powers, duels with the forces of evil, and time running out leave Gunn little time for sightseeing. It?s a race which must be won, for the consequences of failure are unthinkable. Gunn chases down each lead that seems to link the great mystical and holy sites of the world with the force, focussing it on one final site and on one unstoppable day and time. But time is running out, until, with only hours left the location of the centre of power is revealed. A time, a place, two men, and the fate of the world at stake. Can Gunn get there in time and can he stop it. If anyone can do it, it?s Maxim Gunn. Britain, Greece, France, Mexico.