Sanctus - Hardcover

Toyne, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062038303 ISBN 13: 9780062038302

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2011

Synopsis

"If a thriller has to be one thing it's thrilling, and Simon Toyne's Sanctus is thrilling with bells on....A roller coaster ride through a dark world of conspiracy and betrayal."
--Paul Christopher, author of The Templar Conspiracy

If you are a fan of top-notch conspiracy fiction that keeps you up late nights turning pages--if the bestselling novels of Steve Berry, James Rollins, Dan Brown, Raymond Khoury, and Chris Kuzneski make your heart race faster--then remember the name Simon Toyne! Already a smash instant bestseller in the United Kingdom ("Intriguing and engaging...[with a] relentless pace" The Sun) Toyne's Sanctus is, quite simply, one of the most extraordinary conspiracy thriller debuts in many years. In this electrifying, nonstop adventure, a young newspaper reporter, driven by the memory of her lost brother, uncovers a dark secret nurtured for 3,000 years by blood and lies by adherents of an ancient, unknown religion in a Vatican-like citadel hidden away for millennia from unwelcomed prying eyes.

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Review:

"["Sanctus"] might turn out to be the next great cliffhanger conspiracy thriller."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"When you read "Sanctus", you'll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way."--Brad Meltzer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Inner Circle"

"A huge, bold thriller, "Sanctus" is a bloody, twistedly perverse story about a battle against a secretive group of heretical, conspiring monks . . . . the most engaging writing I've read in months."--San Jose Mercury News

"[A] cool, confident debut. A talented new writer who instinctively grasps the broad rules of superior action thrillers and adapts them with pace, grace, humour and a keen eye for cinematic effect."--Daily Telegraph (London)

"Hard to think of it as a debut, better to think of it as the beginning of a massive new adventure, and a so-long to Dan Brown. . . ."--The Daily Mirror (UK)

"When you read "Sanctus," you'll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way."--Brad Meltzer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Inner Circle"

In British author Toyne s stellar first in a projected trilogy, a thriller in the Dan Brown tradition . . . The truly mind-boggling revelation will leave astounded readers eager for the next installment. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on "Sanctus""

Remarkable . . . Its just one more page, one more chapter urgency keeps you reading into the night, and the final revelation of the Citadel s secret is haunting. --Library Journal (starred review) on "Sanctus""

When you read "Sanctus," you ll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way. --Brad Meltzer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Inner Circle""

["Sanctus"] might turn out to be the next great cliffhanger conspiracy thriller. --Fort Worth Star-Telegram"

From the Back Cover:

One man's sacrifice shocks the world . . .

One woman's courage threatens a conspiracy as old as humankind . . .

And some will do anything--anything--to keep their secrets in the dark.

Sanctus

A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state that towers above the city of Ruin in modern-day Turkey. But this is no ordinary ascent. It is a dangerous, symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is an event witnessed by the entire world.

Few people understand its consequence. But for foundation worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others, it's evidence that a revolution is at hand. For the Sancti, the cowled and secretive monks who live inside the Citadel, it could mean the end of everything they have built. They will stop at nothing to keep what is theirs, and they will break every law in every country and even kill to hold it fast. For American reporter Liv Adamsen, it spurs the memory of the beloved brother she lost years before, setting her on a journey across the world and into the heart of her own identity.

There, she will make a discovery so shocking that it will change everything. . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062038303
• ISBN 13: 9780062038302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 486