The Guardians of Atlantis

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  • Two
  • Spanish
  • Egyptologists,
  • Sonia
  • Gonzalez
  • and
  • David
  • Donnelly,
  • find
  • during
  • an
  • archaeological
  • excavation
  • in
  • the
  • tomb
  • of
  • an
  • Egyptian
  • priest
  • some
  • strange
  • inscriptions
  • that
  • turn
  • out
  • to
  • be
  • a
  • fragment
  • of
  • the
  • Critias,
  • Plato's
  • dialogue
  • that
  • tells
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • Atlantis. Surprised
  • by
  • the
  • discovery,
  • they
  • embark
  • on
  • an
  • investigation
  • into
  • the
  • origins
  • and
  • significance
  • of
  • their
  • discovery
  • in
  • which
  • they
  • will
  • soon
  • have
  • the
  • help
  • of
  • a
  • mysterious
  • character
  • who
  • will
  • guide
  • their
  • steps. With
  • the
  • help
  • of
  • a
  • friend
  • and
  • colleague
  • from
  • the
  • university,
  • Alvaro
  • de
  • Andrade,
  • they
  • travel
  • to
  • the
  • Brazilian
  • city
  • of
  • Manaus,
  • in
  • the
  • middle
  • of
  • the
  • Amazon
  • rainforest,
  • where
  • they
  • make
  • contact
  • with
  • a
  • retired
  • police
  • inspector
  • who
  • puts
  • them
  • on
  • the
  • trail
  • of
  • a
  • strange
  • city
  • lost
  • in
  • the
  • jungle
  • in
  • which
  • the
  • key
  • to
  • the
  • Critias,
  • the
  • inscriptions
  • on
  • the
  • Egyptian
  • tomb
  • and
  • the
  • existence
  • of
  • a
  • civilization
  • that
  • disappeared
  • in
  • the
  • night
  • of
  • time
  • may
  • have
  • been
  • the
  • common
  • origin
  • of
  • the
  • great
  • human
  • civilizations
  • of
  • the
  • Ancient
  • Age. Guided
  • by
  • a
  • strange
  • character,
  • and
  • closely
  • pursued
  • by
  • a
  • cruel
  • mercenary
  • in
  • the
  • pay
  • of
  • a
  • mysterious
  • international
  • lobby
  • that
  • intends
  • to
  • appropriate
  • at
  • all
  • costs
  • its
  • possible
  • discoveries,
  • the
  • protagonists
  • of
  • the
  • novel
  • embark
  • on
  • an
  • initiatory
  • journey
  • that
  • will
  • change
  • their
  • lives,
  • put
  • them
  • in
  • touch
  • with
  • the
  • true
  • past
  • of
  • humanity
  • and
  • make
  • them
  • messengers
  • of
  • a
  • change
  • in
  • which
  • the
  • last
  • hope
  • of
  • humanity
  • can
  • be found.
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