A New York Times bestselling title in hardback.

In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed an artifact hidden in a cave for a millennium: a 50,000 year-old meteorite - which he soon discovers possesses potentially catastrophic radioactive power. But the astounding find places him in the crosshairs of two opposing terrorist groups who seek the stone for themselves.

When one of his friends is found dead, Kidd - artist, computer whiz and criminal - tries to find out what really happened. Computer hackers, scientists and crooked businessmen all play their part as Kidd gets closer to discovering the truth.

Why are we so fascinated by ruins? Woodward looks back to the start of the cult in the 18th century, when follies were built in English landscape gardens. He examines Nazi fantasies, the shattered Statue of Liberty in the film Planet of the Apes and the Chelsea Flower Show's Millennium Ruin .

The keep had stood empty in the Transylvanian Alps for 500 years. No one knew who built it, or why. But on the eve of World War II, German soldiers move in and awaken something - something hungry and as merciless as the SS einsatzkommandos accompanying them.

Two brothers bound by blood, divided by hate ...