by Peter Vegas
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Vegas lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife, daughter, two dogs, and a motorbike. He draws and writes at night and practices the dark arts of advertising during the day. His little corner of the Internet is petervegas.com.
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THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
PYRAMID HUNTERS #1
The Iron Tomb
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Aladdin hardcover edition August 2017
Text copyright © 2017 by Peter Vegas
Jacket illustration copyright © 2017 by Nigel Quarless
Interior illustrations on pages 24, 29, 44, 65, 133, 200, 202, 204, 206, 228,
239, 251, 301, 303, 317, 325, 348, and 384 copyright © 2017 by Mohammad Aram;
interior illustrations on pages 1, 37, 94, 193, 194, 213, 224, and 283 copyright © 2017 by
Simon & Schuster, Inc.; interior illustrations on pages 75, 101, 110, 152, 215, 274, 341, and 400 copyright © 2017 by Peter Vegas; swan logo on page 17 copyright © 2017 by iStock/milkal; submarine on page 36 copyright © 2016 by Shutterstock/Gino Caron;
mayan calendar on page 51 copyright © 2017 by iStock/T-STUDIO;
mayan statue on page 92 copyright © 2017 by iStock/jezdicek;
sphinx on page 92 copyright © 2017 by ThinkStock/quintanilla;
dollar bill on page 207 copyright © 2017 by iStock/paulprescott72
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This book has been cataloged with the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4814-4582-5 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-4584-9 (eBook)