Book Description (from the publisher)
Mount Sinai. For many, it is the most sacred place on Earth the site where God descended to give Moses the Ten Commandments. Yet for centuries, mankind has not known its exact location. In this heart-pounding true story, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Howard Blum tells the enthralling account of two modern-day adventurers Larry Williams, a two-time Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Montana and a self-made millionaire, and his friend Bob Cornuke, a retired policemen and former SWAT team member. Lured by the prospect of finding the fabled fortune in gold that the ancient Hebrews took with them when they fled from Egypt, the two men set out to find the true site of Mount Sinai with only the Old Testament as a guide.

Eminent biblical scholars at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania have argued that Mount Sinai is not in the Sinai Peninsula at all, but rather in northwestern Saudi Arabia. However, they were never allowed into the kingdom to prove their argument. When Cornuke and Williams are also denied entry, they daringly sneak into Saudi Arabia. And what they discover at the mountain known as Jabal al Lawz will astonish the world and inspire readers to rethink the role of the Bible in history. They find the remains of the stone altar at which the Golden Calf was worshiped, the twelve pillars that Moses ordered to be erected, the cave where Moses slept, and, most sensationally, the unnaturally scorched spot on the mountaintop where God gave Moses the two stone tablets. They also explain, in a fascinating account, the truth about the parting of the Red Sea waters. And not the least of their discoveries is the fact that one of the most sacred spots on earth is not a top secret Saudi military base. As these two adventurers follow in Moses' footsteps, they become pawns in a dangerous game of international power politics and intrigue, This action-packed tale part high-tech treasure hunt, part modern-day spy thriller, and part biblical detective story is riveting. And it is all true.

The Gold of Exodus, the riveting true story of lost treasure, international conspiracy, and biblical legend. Boyd Gaines reads Howard Blum's account of two fortune seekers' quest for the mythical gold of Moses in a convincing, authoritative voice, instantly drawing the listener into the actual events surrounding the mystery of the millennium. He switches in and out of character with the ease of a vaudeville ventriloquist, imitating everyone from rough-and-tumble Texans to angry Arabs with menacing accents. The story centers around the quest of millionaire adventurer Larry Williams and ex-cop Bob Cornuke to find Old Testament treasure, the Israeli gold left behind on Mt. Sinai when Moses led his people out of Egypt. However, Williams and Burke get much more than they ever imagined: a convoluted collusion, more spies than you can shake a stick at, and shotgun-wielding nomads on a mission from Allah. Jabal al Lawz, the suspected Mt. Sinai, is a remote mountain in Saudi Arabia that holds much more than buried booty; it's also a military lair stuffed with enough nuclear contraband to blow Israel to kingdom come and back again--a secret that may cost Williams and Cornuke their lives.

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