“If you love Steve Berry, Dan Brown or Umberto Eco, you may have a new author favorite in Glen Craney.” — BestThrillers.comA mysterious Templar code has eluded scholars for centuries.Does the key to unlocking its explosive message lie buried with Christopher Columbus?Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane was never much good at puzzles.But now, assigned to investigate the ritual … much good at puzzles.
But now, assigned to investigate the ritual murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, she must solve the world’s oldest palindrome—the infamous SATOR Square—to thwart a religious conspiracy that reaches back to the 15th century and a secretive monastic order of Portuguese sea explorers.
Separated by half a millennium, two espionage plots dovetail in this breakneck dual-narratives thriller, driven by history’s most closely guarded mystery….
… the shocking secret that Columbus took to the grave.
If you’re a fan of monastic cryptography, secret societies, relic heists, and esoteric conspiracies, don’t wait to join the search for The Virgin of the Wind Rose.
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While investigating the murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane becomes obsessed with a magical word square found inside an underground church guarding the tomb of the biblical Adam.
Drawn into a web of esoteric intrigue, she and a roguish antiquities thief named Elymas must race …
the twin stories of 1400 Europe and modern day searching for the ark are intertwined, which is sometimes a little confusing.
Severe logic problems. I had to give up half-way through.
The main character, an unlikable woman, is rescued 5 times by a mysterious man, and yet every time she sees him, she says to herself (or him) “How can I trust you?” She pats herself on the back for realizing she does, in fact, owe him her life — two times saved — but I don’t recall she …
Didn’t like the ending