Based on a true story
Unlock the Secrets of the Ancient World
Step into the thrilling world of The Babylon Code, where spies, treasure hunters, and lost civilizations collide. From the bazaars of 1938 Cairo to the caves of the Judean Desert, follow one woman’s race to break a code more than two thousand years old.
An Adventure Series: Book 1
Join Danielle Dawson, a fearless British spy on her first assignment, as she chases a mysterious treasure map from Cairo to Babylon to the Judean Desert. Codes, secrets, and peril await at every turn.
What You Will Love About This Series
based on a true mystery
HIGH-STAKES ADVENTURE ON THE EVE OF WAR
Secrets, codes, and lost artifacts
adventure with heart
Opening Scene: Cairo, 1938
“Nobody in the gallery was looking at the woman with the Beretta under her garter. They were looking at the king. Tutankhamun’s golden face stared past the crowd with the patience of three thousand years, and the schoolchildren pressed and shifted in front of it. The cameras came up, and Danielle let the bodies move her along the rail the way water moves a leaf. The room was cool and smelled of worn stone and very old linen.
“Satisfied she hadn’t been followed, she let her left hand drift toward the hem of her skirt. Beneath it the pistol sat snug against her thigh, cool as the museum air. A little Italian automatic no longer than her hand, small enough to hide inside a garter strap. Heavy enough to matter.”
The Stories
Through Time
CAIRO & BEIRUT
a Secret Code
An encrypted Nazi cable reveals a shocking truth: an ancient treasure map exists, and it’s protected by a code no one has solved before. Danielle and her spymaster, Elliott Owen, race to break it first.
DAMASCUS & BABYLON
A dangerous journey
Undercover as newlyweds, Danielle and Elliott follow a German expedition into ancient lands. As danger grows, so does forbidden attraction—threatening both the mission and their lives.
JERUSALEM & THE JUDEAN DESERT
a treasure hunt
The code leads Danielle beneath the Old City and out into the desert, to a ruined fortress above the Dead Sea. The Nazi expedition is already there. A sudden storm brings danger.
true history
mystical legends
Fortune hunters, Nazi villains, and a lost treasure map
A Quest for Love
A dashing explorer, a scandalous beauty, and a dangerous mission
A Copper Map
A lost treasure map, desert tunnels, and secret chambers
Hidden Treasures
Caves, ancient scrolls, and clues that only the brave dare to follow
the Mind Behind the adventure
Paul Donsbach
Paul Donsbach spent two decades in international corporate litigation—whistleblower cases, investigations for Fortune 500 companies, matters that reached the front page—before turning to family law and, eventually, to a copper document buried outside Jerusalem two thousand years ago. Five years of primary research into the Copper Scroll produced an original thesis about who wrote it and why, and The Babylon Code, the first novel in the Dead Sea Secrets series. He writes about how consequential things happen where no one is looking.
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