STARGATE SG-1: Ouroboros

STARGATE SG-1: Ouroboros

Old friends, new enemies<br /><br />When Dr Daniel Jackson discovers the location of a lost Ancient laboratory, the temptation to investigate proves impossible to resist...<br /><br />In the lab, he uncovers a powerful device — a prototype technology designed by the Ancient inventor, Janus, to supersede the Stargate network. But when the Ouroborus device accidentally activates, it strands General O’Neill and his team on a dangerous new world where friends are not always friends and a terrible enemy is stirring.<br /><br />Now all SG-1 have to do is survive long enough to find their way home…<br /><br />Another thrilling adventure from Melissa Scott, co-author of the hit Stargate Atlantis Legacy series.<br /><br />Ouroboros<br />There was a thrashing from the grass behind her, and Daniel joined them, his eyebrows rising as he took in the stone and its markings.<br /><br />“Ouroboros,” he said.<br /><br />“What?” Sam gave him a wary glance.<br />“The snake that eats its own tail.” Daniel moved further along the side of the stone slab, studying the carving. “It’s a symbol for infinity, and also for alchemy, for the transformation of base matter into gold, or matter into energy. And also —”<br /><br />He looked over his shoulder, his smile suddenly mischievous.<br /><br />“In Earth’s mythology, it’s associated with the god Janus.”<br /><br />“Oh, come on,” Sam protested, but it made a certain amount of sense. Everything they’d seen of Janus so far suggested that he was just that arrogant.<br /><br />“If he went to all this trouble to hide his secret lab, why would he carve his name on the front door…?”