Archaeological Mystery from the Middle East to Amazon

by Nicole Findlay

During his summer vacation, Greg Fisher hammered out an archaeological adventure novel. The Iranian Conspiracy combines fact and fiction, past and present, and East with West.

“People who like ancient mysteries, have an interest in modern politics, and enjoy a good romp, will hopefully find this fun to read,” said Fisher, a professor of Greek and Roman Studies in the College of the Humanities.

Although written in four short weeks, the plot percolated in Fisher’s imagination over the years since he completed his doctoral research. “I wrote about archaeological sites that I have visited for research.”

The story focuses on the mystery surrounding the burial site of Shapur the Great, a third-century Iranian leader. During a battle in 259 Shapur captured his arch enemy, the Roman Emperor Valerian.

“Valerian was reportedly skinned and turned into a footstool, so that Shapur could always have his feet on the Roman Empire!” Fisher explained.

Set predominantly in the Middle East with a jaunt to Oxford, England, the story follows an archeologist and a journalist as they race to find the lost tomb while under the threat of a shadowy ultranationalist group seeking exploit the grave for their own nefarious reasons.

The mystery series will unfold in a second book, The Syrian Project. This sequel will follow our protagonists as they unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Saint Sergius, a Syrian Christian Saint martyred in the third century AD.

The Iranian Conspiracy is available through barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com. An electronic version will also be produced for all e-readers.