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The Virgin of the Wind Rose: A Christopher Columbus Mystery-Thriller
Glen Craney
Author Self-Published
January 2014
On Sale: January 1, 2014
406 pages
ISBN: 0148553184
EAN: 2940148553182
Kindle: B00G8OULSS
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Historical | Thriller | Mystery
Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane was
never much good at puzzles--but now she must unlock an
ancient magical palindrome to expose a global conspiracy
spanning five centuries. While investigating the murder of an American missionary
in Ethiopia, Jaqueline discovers the mysterious Latin
word square carved into an underground church near the
tomb of the biblical Adam. Obsessed with solving its
coded message, she is drawn into a desperate race with an
elusive Middle Eastern mastermind to find the last relic
needed to resurrect Solomon's Temple. A trail of
cabalistic clues leads her to the catacombs of Rome, the
crypt below Chartres Cathedral, a Masonic shaft in Nova
Scotia, a Portuguese shipwreck off Sumatra, and the
caverns under the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Intertwined in a time shift with this modern relic hunt,
a parallel duel is waged: The year is 1452, and one of the most secretive societies
in history, Portugal's Order of Christ, is led by a
reclusive visionary. Prince Henry the Navigator and his
medieval version of NASA plot to foil their archenemies,
the Inquisitor Torquemada and Queen Isabella of Castile,
who scheme to bring back Christ for the Last Judgment by
ridding the world of Jews, heretics, and unbelievers. Separated by half a millennium, two conspiracies dovetail
in this fast-paced historical thriller to expose the
world's most explosive secret: The real identity of
Christopher Columbus.
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