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The Desert Heist
  • Published: 27 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241807514
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

The Desert Heist

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Tr. Paperback
27 Oct 2026
Hardback
30 Aug 2026
EBook
28 July 2026
Audiobook
30 July 2026
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The first in a globe-trotting adventure thriller series about a team of former special forces operators' mission to find the lost city of Ubar, the legendary ‘Atlantis of the Sands’. For fans of Cussler and Jack Carr

Former Green Beret, Nate Wilde, knows it’ll take something special to get ahead in his new civilian academic career. Like locating a lost Arabian city, the legendary Atlantis of the Sands. So, when his archaeological dig is rejected by Harvard, he resolves to return anyway to the place where his comrades were killed when their mission was compromised. He's joined by the only men he truly trusts: three survivors of that fateful day. But a team of deadly mercenaries is racing them, their objective unknown. Soon Nate’s treasure hunt becomes a fight for survival, and win or lose, the outcome will change the course of history...
  • Published: 27 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241807514
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

About the author

Alex Dekker

Alex Dekker served as a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces 'Green Berets' for nearly 20 years, first with 5th Special Forces Group and then as a special operations team member assigned to the United States Army Special Operations Command. He has deployed multiple times to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations worldwide, and has attended multiple advanced tactical and technical schools within the U.S. Special Operations community and interagency. Alex has traveled to dozens of countries for work and personal adventures and has spent years living abroad. He is an avid student of history who has participated as a volunteer in numerous archaeological digs, is an Arabic speaker, and holds a Masters in Applied Intelligence from Georgetown University. When not traveling, Alex lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Savannah, a former CIA Operations Officer, their children, and their German Shepherd Donovan.
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