The Alexander Cipher | The Exodus Quest (aka The Moses Quest) | The Lost Labyrinth | The Eden Legacy

About the Author & Series Overview

Author Will Adams writes thriller, adventure, and mystery novels. He worked many careers before becoming a novelist, which is his lifelong dream. The last career he had before making the switch to writing, was working for a communications consultancy firm in London. He tried working many careers, proper ones, but always felt that writing would be the best thing for him to do. Any job he would work, always left him unsettled and made him pretty hopeless doing it.

His first novel was released in the year 2007, with the title The Alexander Cipher. It is the first novel that stars his character Daniel Knox. His work has been published in more than twenty different languages. He has also written some stand alone novels as well.

He has a sister, that once worked for a big publisher in London; she was able to get a reader to read an early draft of The Alexander Cipher. The guy did not like it, and was right to the point about it. He was still nice about it, however, but Adams believes it was the right call because the book, at the time, was not good enough at the time.

From that, he made the choice to take every rejection as a reason to do that much better the next time around. He had to take a good look at the spots that he was falling short, and work on it. It was a long and slow process, but he did notice a difference. After a time, he got a big bid from Harper Collins. Quickly after that, he had some interviews and sold off foreign language rights in twelve countries.

Even though he always makes goals for himself as a writer, he never meets them. He either gets to writing because he fears a missed deadline or he gets caught up in a story. That being said, he needs plenty of silence to write, as he has fragile concentration. The best time for him, he feels to write, is from seven in the morning until around noon. At times, he will try to get some more writing done in the afternoons.

The Alexander Cipher is the first novel in the Daniel Knox series and was released in 2007. In the year 318 BC in Libyan deserts, and Alexander the Great gets his burial like a God. He was put in a Crystal Sarcophagus in many underground rooms, with each one packed with gold, rubies, and diamonds. This is how Alexander should have remained, time does not wait for anyone.

In 2007, Daniel Knox (an underwater archaeologist) has been searching for Alexander’s Gold for quite awhile now, just about as far back as he remembers. There is a new hotel being built, and a tomb is uncovered at the site. Daniel thinks he might have a clue to what he has been working on for many years now. The discovery alerts two of the most lethal men in the entire world. It makes Daniel a marked man.

This is a read full of suspense and thrills that made some fans of Will Adams, making them search out other things he has written. Fans of the novel found this to be quite a page turner and attention grabber. Adams was able to weave each of the story lines together like a pro, making the whole plot well put together. Fans of the adventure, treasure hunting genre were genuinely blown away by this book, as it exceeded their expectations; it even had some strong characters in it to really drive things.

The Exodus Quest is the second novel in the Daniel Knox series and was released in 2008. Daniel goes searching for the Dead Sea Scrolls, and finds a theft happening at an old temple, located close to Alexandria. Suspicion turns to Knox when a veteran Egyptian archaeologist is killed.

Gaille Bonnard (Daniel’s partner) is abducted, to make matters worse, while she shows the ruins of Amarna to a television crew. She is able to get a message out, sending Daniel her plea to rescue her. He is unable to, as he is many miles away, locked up under suspicion for murder. The only way he can clear his name and save Gaille is to solve a great unsolved mystery that dates back to the ancient world. All before it is too late.

Some readers enjoyed reading about the Egyptian theories and myths that this book had. It showed that this author clearly does research but did not bog down in all kinds of details, which would have ruined some of the experience. Fans of the novel felt this has the right amount of danger and excitement in it with just enough romance thrown in. It will provide a nice relaxing read for those looking for a quick and entertaining read.

The Lost Labyrinth is the third novel in the Daniel Knox series and was released in 2009. Twenty years have gone by since Roland Petitier (a French archaeologist) went missing without a trace. He dramatically reappears at a big Athens conference, claiming to have a shocking find. It is the legendary Golden Fleece. Before he can give any kind of talk about it, he is found in his hotel room, dead. A policeman goes out of control and puts Roland’s protege (named Augustin Pascal) into intensive care. Then he accuses him of killing Petitier.

Only Gaille Bonnard and Daniel Knox, two of Pascal’s closest buddies can try to clear his name. Rumors of the fleece being found have made the rounds and Nergadze (a Georgian oligarch, full of ambition) wants to get his hands on it first. The man sends Mikhail (his psychopath of a grandson) off to Athens and is told to bring it back. Mikhail starts to believe that Daniel Knox has possession of it and begins to move in for the kill.

Once again, here is an author that is able to give their fans books that are near impossible to put down. This novel is pedal to the medal action that does not let up for an instant, especially the finale the book comes to. Fans of the novel felt this page turning thriller focuses more on characters, and less time on scenery or the archaeology.

Source: Book Series in Order

The Eden Legacy is the fourth novel in the Daniel Knox series and was published in 2010.

After she finds out her estranged father and sister are missing from their coastal nature reserve in Madagascar, TV zoologist Rebecca Kirkpatrick is on the first flight home.

Underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox is searching for a sunken Chinese treasure ship when he hears of the disappearances and ventures to The Eden Reserve to investigate.

Still with a vendetta to settle, Georgian gangster dynasty the Nergadzes send a hitman to hunt down Knox and avenge them. As Knox chases answers he realizes that the idyllic coral reef of Eden hides an ugly truth – someone is willing to kill and exploit people for a secret that will rewrite the history of the New World…

Source: Goodreads

Title:	The Alexander Cipher
Author(s):	Will Adams
Series:	Daniel Knox #1 (of 4)
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Published:	January 1, 2007
Format:	epub
Date Added:	May 10, 2023
calibre ID:	e-1130
Read:	Yes
Date Finished:	March 9, 2014 (paperback)

About the Book

Workers in Alexandria are excavating for a new building when they discover the ruins of an old tomb, and all work crashes to a halt. According to federal law in Egypt, all discoveries must be properly catalogued by archeologists and this tomb has unusual relics and representations, apparently contemporary with Alexander the Great.

Daniel Knox’s first love is history and archeology, specifically on Alexander the Great. When he pisses off a local mobster on the coast of Egypt, he heads to Alexandria to an archaeology colleague’s apartment to hide out for a while. He learns his friend is getting to participate on the dig for this newly discovered tomb. Sneaking in with his friend, Daniel sees signs that the find is far bigger than anyone realizes and might hold clues to finally unravelling one of the world’s greatest mysteries: Where is Alexander the Great buried?

In his lifetime, Alexander was beloved as a god, and across the Mediterranean, everyone wanted to be close to him. Upon his death, there was a mad scrabbling among his former allies to secure his empire for themselves. Even now, nearly 2500 years later, Alexander is still being fought over. With the discovery of this tomb and the revelation of its relics, the race is on to find Alexander. Rival archeologists, Egyptian officials, and Macedonian nationalists all scurry and scramble, attacking each other along the way as they hunt for a glorious prize–the body of Alexander the Great.

Source: FictionDB

Title:	The Exodus Quest
Author(s):	Will Adams
Series:	Daniel Knox #2 (of 4)
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Published:	January 1, 2008
Format:	epub
Date Added:	May 10, 2023
calibre ID:	e-1131
Read:	Yes
Date Finished:	March 25, 2014 (paperback)

About the Book

On the trail of the lost Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeologist Daniel Knox stumbles upon a theft in progress at an ancient temple near Alexandria. Then a senior Egyptian archaeologist is violently killed, and the finger of suspicion points at Knox himself. To add to his mounting worries, his partner Gaille Bonnard is kidnapped while showing a television crew around the ruins of Amarna. She manages to smuggle out a message, pleading with Knox to rescue her, but he’s locked in a police cell on suspicion of murder hundreds of miles away. His only hope of clearing his name and saving Gaille is to crack one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the ancient world…before it’s too late.

Source: FictionDB

Title:	The Lost Labyrinth
Author(s):	Will Adams
Series:	Daniel Knox #3 (of 4)
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Published:	November 2009
Format:	epub
Date Added:	May 10, 2023
calibre ID:	e-1133
Read:	No
Date Finished:	n/a

About the Book

Fact collides with fiction in Will Adams third pulse-pounding adventure featuring the enigmatic Daniel Knox.

Twenty years after vanishing without a trace, French archaeologist Roland Petitier makes a dramatic reappearance at a major Athens conference, promising an astonishing find – the legendary Golden Fleece.

But before he can give his talk, he’s found dead in a hotel room; and an out-of-control policeman puts Petitier’s onetime protégé Augustin Pascal into intensive care, then later accuses him of Petitier’s murder. Only Augustin’s two closest friends, Daniel Knox and Gaille Bonnard can prove his innocence.

However, rumours of the fleece’s rediscovery have spread, and. ambitious Georgian oligarch Nergadze is determined to get it first. He sends his psychopathic grandson Mikhail to Athens with orders to bring it back. Mikhail quickly becomes convinced that Dan Knox has it, and slowly moves in for the kill…

Source: FictionDB

Title:	The Eden Legacy
Author(s):	Will Adams
Series:	Daniel Knox #4 (of 4)
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Published:	October 1, 2010
Format:	epub
Date Added:	May 10, 2023
calibre ID:	e-1132
Read:	No
Date Finished:	n/a

About the Book

Welcome to Eden. Population: Zero.

After she finds out her estranged father and sister are missing from their coastal nature reserve in Madagascar, TV zoologist Rebecca Kirkpatrick is on the first flight home.

Underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox is searching for a sunken Chinese treasure ship when he hears of the disappearances and ventures to The Eden Reserve to investigate.

Still with a vendetta to settle, Georgian gangster dynasty the Nergadzes send a hitman to hunt down Knox and avenge them. As Knox chases answers he realizes that the idyllic coral reef of Eden hides an ugly truth – someone is willing to kill and exploit people for a secret that will rewrite the history of the New World…

Source: Goodreads