SPARTAN GOLD

An ancient treasure stolen by Xerxes the Great . . . Discovered by Napoleon Bonaparte . . . The clues to its hidden location lost until now . . .Adventurers and treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are on a wild-goose chase. Up to their waists in the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Maryland, they`re hunting for lost gold. What they find instead is a small Second World War German U-boat.Inside the submarine they find a body - and a puzzling, incredibly rare bottle of wine. This bottle was one of twelve taken from Napoleon`s `lost cellar`. But it is also a clue to a fabulous, ancient treasure.One that Hadeon Bondaruk - a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire - will do anything to get his hands on. For he claims descent from treasure`s one-time owner.It will be his, no matter who stands in his way . . .The Fargos stumble upon a clue leading to the location of a legendary treasure hidden by King Leonidas of Sparta during the Battle of Thermopylae. However, they soon find themselves entangled in a danger